The world record progression 1000 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:
| Name | Result | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
 Peder Østlund |
1:38.0 | 16 January 1899 | Davos |
| Peder Østlund |
1:34.0 | 10 February 1900 | Davos |
| Oscar Mathisen |
1:31.8 | 30 January 1909 | Davos |
 Clas Thunberg |
1:28.4 | 11 January 1930 | Davos |
 Yevgeny Grishin |
1:22.8 | 12 January 1955 | Medeo |
 Ard Schenk |
1:20.6 | 28 February 1967 | Inzell |
| Ard Schenk |
1:20.6 | 5 February 1968 | Davos |
| Ivar Eriksen |
1:20.5 | 9 March 1968 | Inzell |
| Ivar Eriksen |
1:20.3 | 8 February 1969 | Inzell |
| Ivar Eriksen |
1:19.5 | 1 March 1969 | Inzell |
| Valery Muratov |
1:19.2 | 24 January 1970 | Medeo |
| Ivar Eriksen |
1:19.2 | 15 January 1971 | Davos |
| Ard Schenk |
1:18.8 | 20 February 1971 | Inzell |
 Erhard Keller |
1:18.5 | 4 March 1972 | Inzell |
| Lasse Efskind |
1:17.6 | 13 January 1973 | Davos |
| Aleksandr Safronov |
1:17.23 | 11 April 1974 | Medeo |
| Valery Muratov |
1:16.92 | 17 March 1975 | Medeo |
| Yevgeny Kulikov |
1:15.70 | 20 March 1976 | Medeo |
| Yevgeny Kulikov |
1:15.33 | 19 March 1977 | Medeo |
 Eric Heiden |
1:14.99 | 12 March 1978 | Savalen |
| Eric Heiden |
1:14.99 | 17 February 1979 | Inzell |
| Eric Heiden |
1:13.60 | 13 January 1980 | Davos |
 Gaétan Boucher |
1:13.39 | 31 January 1981 | Davos |
| Pavel Pegov |
1:12.58 | 25 March 1983 | Medeo |
| Igor Zhelezovski |
1:12.58 | 25 February 1989 | Heerenveen |
| Kevin Scott |
1:12.54 | 17 December 1993 | Calgary |
| Dan Jansen |
1:12.43 | 18 February 1994 | Hamar |
 Yasunori Miyabe |
1:12.37 | 26 March 1994 | Calgary |
| Sylvain Bouchard |
1:12.27 | 22 December 1995 | Calgary |
| Kevin Overland |
1:12.19 | 23 December 1995 | Calgary |
| Manabu Horii |
1:11.67 | 1 March 1996 | Calgary |
| Jan Bos |
1:10.63 | 22 November 1997 | Calgary |
 Lee Kyou-hyuk |
1:10.42 | 23 November 1997 | Calgary |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon |
1:10.16 | 29 December 1997 | Calgary |
| Sylvain Bouchard |
1:09.60 | 29 March 1998 | Calgary |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon |
1:09.09 | 15 January 1999 | Calgary |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon |
1:08.66 | 20 February 1999 | Calgary |
| Jan Bos |
1:08.55 | 21 February 1999 | Calgary |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon |
1:08.49 | 12 January 2000 | Calgary |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon |
1:08.35 | 18 March 2000 | Calgary |
| Michael Ireland |
1:08.34 | 3 March 2001 | Calgary |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon |
1:08.28 | 11 March 2001 | Salt Lake City |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon |
1:07.72 | 1 December 2001 | Salt Lake City |
| Gerard van Velde |
1:07.18 | 16 February 2002 | Salt Lake City |
| Shani Davis |
1:07.03 | 20 November 2005 | Salt Lake City |
| Pekka Koskela |
1:07.00 | 10 November 2007 | Salt Lake City |
| Trevor Marsicano |
1:06.88 | 7 March 2009 | Salt Lake City |
| Shani Davis |
1:06.42 | 7 March 2009 | Salt Lake City |
| Kjeld Nuis |
1:06.18 | 9 March 2019 | Salt Lake City |
 Pavel Kulizhnikov |
1:05.69 | 15 February 2020 | Salt Lake City |
| Jordan Stolz |
1:05.37 | 26 January 2024 | Salt Lake City |