2000 metres women legal analytics

2000 metres table View source
Top mark
5:19.70
🇦🇺 Jessica Hull
Monaco · 2024-07-12
10th-place mark
5:27.50
gap: +7.80
100th-place mark
5:38.37
gap: +18.67
Median age, top 100
26.9 yrs
Distinct athletes
94
144 canonical perfs
Years contested
1979–2025
9 historical WRs
World-record progression 9 world records since 1979

Canonical list: All-time women's best 2000m. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 34 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1979: 2 performances1982: 1 performance1984: 10 performances1985: 7 performances1986: 8 performances1988: 1 performance1990: 1 performance1991: 3 performances1992: 2 performances1993: 7 performances1994: 7 performances1995: 2 performances1996: 2 performances1997: 5 performances1999: 7 performances2000: 1 performance2001: 6 performances2002: 1 performance2003: 4 performances2004: 2 performances2007: 3 performances2009: 10 performances2013: 3 performances2014: 11 performances2015: 2 performances2016: 1 performance2017: 1 performance2018: 2 performances2019: 4 performances2020: 1 performance2021: 15 performances2022: 1 performance2024: 9 performances2025: 2 performances1980199020002010202001519792025
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1970s 5:35.5 🇷🇴 Maricica Puica 1979-05-19
  2. 1980s 5:28.69 🇷🇴 Maricica Puica 1986-07-11
  3. 1990s 5:25.36 🇮🇪 Sonia O'Sullivan 1994-07-08
  4. 2000s 5:30.19 🇪🇹 Gelete Burka 2009-09-04
  5. 2010s 5:27.50 🇪🇹 Genzebe Dibaba 2014-06-17
  6. 2020s 5:19.70 🇦🇺 Jessica Hull 2024-07-12
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇰🇪 KEN 18
  2. 🇪🇹 ETH 17
  3. 🇬🇧 GBR 12
  4. 🇷🇺 RUS 7
  5. 🇷🇴 ROU 6
  6. 🇺🇸 USA 5
  7. 🇦🇺 AUS 4
  8. 🇨🇳 CHN 4
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇬🇧 Yvonne Murray 7
  2. 🇪🇹 Genzebe Dibaba 5
  3. 🇪🇹 Almaz Ayana 4
  4. 🇷🇴 Gabriela Szabo 3
  5. 🇧🇮 Francine Niyonsaba 3
  6. 🇰🇪 Mercy Cherono 3
  7. 🇷🇴 Maricica Puica 3
  8. 🇰🇪 Helen Obiri 3
Mark vs age 144 points