Fastest run 2,000 metres (male)
- Who
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen
- What
- 4:43.13 minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- Belgium (Brussels)
- When
- 08 September 2023
The fastest 2,000 m by a male athlete is 4 minutes 43.13 seconds, achieved by Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) in Brussels, Belgium, on 8 September 2023.
Ingebrigtsen claimed his first outdoor world record at a Diamond League meeting in Brussels. The previous men’s 2,000 m record, held by the great Hicham El Guerrouj, had stood since 1999 – before the 22-year-old Ingebrigtsen was born.