| men's national records 1000m as at 31.12.2022 | ||||||
| Kenya | Noah Ngeny | 2:11,96 | (1.) | Rieti | 05.09.99 | International |
| Great Britain | Sebastian Coe | 2:12,18 | (1.) | Oslo | 11.07.81 | Oslo Games |
| Algeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 2:13,08 | (1.) | Tomblaine (FRA) | 01.07.15 | Meeting Stanislas Nancy |
| Djibouti | Ayanleh Souleiman | 2:13,49 | (1.) | Lausanne | 25.08.16 | Athlétissima |
| Sudan | Abubaker Kaki Khamis | 2:13,62 | (1.) | Eugene | 03.07.10 | Prefontaine Classic / Diamond League |
| France | Mehdi Baala | 2:13,96 | (1.) | Strasbourg | 26.06.03 | |
| United States of America | Rick Wohlhuter | 2:13,9h | (1.) | Oslo | 30.07.74 | Martin-Luther-King Memorial |
| Brazil | Joaquim Cruz | 2:14,09 | (1.) | Nice | 20.08.84 | NIKAIA |
| Poland | Marcin Lewandowski | 2:14,30 | (5.) | Lausanne | 25.08.16 | Athlétissima |
| Canada | Marco Arop | 2:14,35 | (2.) | Monaco | 10.08.22 | Herculis / Diamond League |
| Somalia | Abdi Bile | 2:14,50 | (1.) | Jerez de la Frontera | 13.09.89 | |
| FR Germany | Willi Wülbeck | 2:14,53 | (2.) | Oslo | 01.07.80 | Bislett Games |
| Morocco | Mahjoub Haida | 2:14,69 | (1.) | Nice | 12.07.95 | NIKAIA |
| Netherlands | Marko Koers | 2:15,05 | (3.) | Nice | 16.07.97 | NIKAIA |
| Bahrain | Belal Mansoor Ali (3) | 2:15,23 | (1.) | Stockholm | 07.08.07 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP |
| Turkey | İlham Tanui Özbilen (1) | 2:15,08 | (2.) | Ostrava | 17.06.14 | Golden Spike |
| German DR | Andreas Busse | 2:15,25 | (1.) | Berlin, Ost | 31.07.83 | |
| Burundi | Arthémon Hatungimana | 2:15,48 | (3.) | Nice | 12.07.95 | NIKAIA |
| Russia | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | 2:15,50 | (3.) | Stockholm | 22.07.08 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP |
| Ireland | James McIlroy | 2:15,57 | (4.) | Rieti | 05.09.99 | International |
| Belgium | Ivo Van Damme | 2:15,5h | (1.) | Namur (BEL) | 14.07.76 | |
| Switzerland | André Bucher | 2:15,63 | (1.) | Langenthal (SUI) | 24.05.01 | |
| Ethiopia | Mohammed Aman | 2:15,75 | (2.) | Bruxelles | 05.09.14 | Memorial Van Damme / Diamond League |
| Italy | Andrea Benvenuti | 2:15,76 | (1.) | Nuoro (ITA) | 12.09.92 | |
| South Africa | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | 2:15,86 | (2.) | Stockholm | 07.08.07 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / Diamond League |
| Spain | Jesús Gómez | 2:15,99 | (1.) | Nerja (ESP) | 12.05.21 | |
| Australia | Jeffrey Riseley | 2:16,09 | (3.) | Ostrava | 17.06.14 | Golden Spike |
| Soviet Union | Vladimir Malozyemlin | 2:16,0h | (1.) | Kiyev | 10.06.81 | |
| Denmark | Wilson Kipketer (2) | 2:16,29 | (1.) | København | 23.08.95 | |
| Portugal | Rui Silva | 2:16,30 | (9.) | Nice | 17.07.99 | NIKAIA |
| Norway | Filip Ingebrigtsen | 2:16,46 | (1.) | Oslo | 11.06.20 | Impossible Games |
| Venezuela | William Wuycke | 2:16,56 | (3.) | Bern | 29.07.83 | |
| Czech Republic | Lukás Vydrá | 2:16,56 | (6.) | Stockholm | 05.08.98 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP |
| Tunisia | Ali Hakimi | 2:16,71 | (6.) | Stockholm | 30.07.99 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP |
| Finland | Ari Suhonen | 2:16,88 | (1.) | Lahti | 11.08.87 | |
| Jamaika | Byron Dyce | 2:17,0h | (2.) | København | 15.08.73 | |
| Uganda | Julius Achon | 2:17,10 | (2.) | Rhede (GER) | 30.07.95 | |
| Hungary | Tamás Kazi | 2:17,19 | (7.) | Székesfehérvár (HUN) | 02.07.18 | Gyulai István Memorial Hungarian GP |
| Luxemburg | David Fiegen | 2:17,51 | (2.) | Longeville-les-Metz | 02.07.06 | Meeting de Metz Moselle Athlelor |
| Sweden | Johan Rogestedt | 2:17,67 | (2.) | Göteborg | 15.07.16 | Folksam Grand Prix |
| Zimbabwe | Pasmore Furusa | 2:17,68 | (2.) | Lindau (GER) | 28.07.95 | |
| Tchechoslovakia | Jozef Plachý | 2:17,6h | (1.) | Karlstad (SWE) | 10.08.77 | |
| Switzerland | Rolf Gysin | 2:17,7h | (2.) | Stuttgart | 26.08.75 | |
| Tansania | Samwel Mwera | 2:17,85 | (1.) | Oristano (ITA) | 06.09.03 | Meeting Terra Sarda |
| Yugoslavia | Milovan Savić | 2:17,9h | (2.) | Karlstad | 10.08.77 | |
| Latvia | Einars Tupuritis | 2:18,03 | (10.) | Nice | 16.07.97 | NIKAIA |
| Senegal | Babacar Niang | 2:18,06 | (2.) | Grosseto | 18.08.83 | International |
| Austria | Andreas Vojta | 2:18,06 | (11.) | Ostrava | 17.06.14 | Golden Spike |
| Bulgaria | Miroslav Chochkov | 2:18,22 | (1.) | Stara Zagora (BUL) | 20.08.88 | |
| Croatia | Branko Zorko | 2:18,62 | (3.) | Parma (ITA) | 23.07.92 | |
| Japan | Kentaro Usuda | 2:18,69 | (1.) | Kobe (JPN) | 15.10.22 | |
| Liechtenstein | Günther Hasler | 2:18,6h | (5.) | Nice | 20.08.78 | NIKAIA |
| Angola | João Babtista N'Tyamba | 2:18,82 | (2.) | Hamburg | 27.07.94 | |
| Barbados | Milton Browne | 2:18,90 | (6.) | Sydney | 14.09.00 | |
| Greece | Pavlos Farougias | 2:18,94 | (10.) | Athína | 28.06.00 | |
| Botsuana | Mbiganyi Thee | 2:19,19 | (4.) | Auckland | 20.01.90 | |
| Ukrain | Vitaliy Tyshchenko | 2:16,8h | (?.) | Kiyev | 11.06.81 | for USSR |
| Serbia | Slobodan Popović | 2:18,88 | (?.) | London | 14.07.89 | London Grand Prix - for Yugoslavia |
| Belarus | Ivan Komar | 2:19,22 | (11.) | Stockholm | 30.07.99 | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP |
| Ukrain | Oleksandr Osmolovych | 2:19,76 | (1.) | Vijandi (EST) | 02.07.13 | |
| Cuba | Jorge Felix Liranzo | 2:19,8h | (1.) | La Habana | 25.04.14 | |
| Puerto Rico | Wesley Vázquez | 2:19,94 | (11.) | Linz (AUT) | 14.07.14 | Gugl-Meeting |
| Estonia | Urmet Uusorg | 2:20,49 | (?.) | Florø | 23.05.98 | Friidrettsfestival |
| Iceland | Jón Diðriksson | 2:21,1h | (?.) | Minden (FRG) | 15.06.80 | |
| Lebanon | Peter Khoury | 2:24,68 | (?.) | Beirut | 20.08.20 | Inter-Lebanon Meeting |
| North Macedonia | Dario Ivanovski | 2:25,14 | (?.) | Skopje | 08.06.16 | |
| New Caledonia | Adrien Kela | 2:26,08 | (?.) | Nouméa (NewCaled) | 26.10.10 | Nouméa International Meeting |
| Tonga | Paea Funaki | 2:31,05 | (?.) | Victoria (AUS) | 19.08.94 | |
| Vanuatu | Tavakalo Kailes | 2:32,55 | (?.) | Flein (GER) | 26.07.95 | |
| Turks_and_Caicos_Islands | Woodens Corvil | 2:51,08 | (?.) | Basseterre (StKitts a Nevis) | 05.04.15 | CARIFTA Games |
| North Mariana Islands | Glen Núñez | 2:57,2h | (?.) | Tereora (CookIsl) | 03.05.95 | |
| Palau | Leon Mengloi | 3:05,15 | (?.) | Apia (Samoa) | 15.12.06 | Oceania Youth Athletics Championships |
| Qatar | ||||||
| Egypt | ||||||
| Slovakia | ||||||
| (1) born as İlham Tanui Özbilen in Kenya; came to Turkey in 2011 at age 21 | ||||||
| (2) born in Kenya; came to Denmark at age 18 | ||||||
| (3) born in Kenya as John Kipkorir Yego | ||||||