the fastest runners of 2000

Men's Track

100m - 9.91, Maurice Greene, USA, Osaka, 13May
200m - 19.71, Michael Johnson, USA, Pietersburg, 18Mar
400m - 43.9, Michael Johnson, USA, Cape Town, 31Mar
800m - 1:43.97, David Lelei, KEN, Melbourne, 02Mar
1500m - 3:32.55, William Chirchir, KEN, Melbourne, 02Mar
1 mile - 3:54.78i, Hailu Mekonnen, ETH, Lieven, 13Feb
3000m - 7:35.84i, Million Wolde, ETH, Stuttgart, 06Feb
Steeple - 8:19.47, John Kosgei, KEN, Melbourne, 02Mar
5000m - 13:19.60, Simon Maina, KEN, Osaka, 13 May
10,000m - 27:18.95, Simon Maina, KEN, Kobe, 23Apr
110h - 13.34, Terrence Trammell, USA, Knoxville, 14Apr
400h - 48.35, Llewellyn Herbert, RSA, Pretoria, 24Mar

Women's Track

100m - 10.84, Marion Jones, USA, Osaka, 13May
200m - 22.43, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, AUS, Hobart, 30Jan
400m - 49.59, Marion Jones, USA, Walnut, 16Apr
800m - 1:57.80i, Stephanie Graf, AUT, Birmingham, 20Feb
1500m - 4:03.45i, Regina Jacobs, USA, New York, 08Jan
1 mile - 4:21.79i, Regina Jacobs, USA, New York, 08Jan
3000m - 8:35.42i, Gabriela Szabo, ROM, Birmingham, 20Feb
5000m - 15:06.48, Suzy Favor-Hamilton, USA, Long Beach, 18Mar
10,000m - 31:27.86, Jelena Prokopcuk, LAT, Lisbon, 01Apr
100h - 12.63, Anjanette Kirkland, USA, Walnut, 16Apr
400h - 55.14, Sandra Glover, USA, El Paso, 15Apr
(note: "i" denotes indoor performance)