Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Boys
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Frode Rønning | NOR | 1:22.67 | Trondheim | NOR | outdoor - natural | 22 Jan 1977 | |
| 2 | Frode Rønning | NOR | 1:21.34 | Trondheim | NOR | outdoor - natural | 23 Jan 1977 | |
| 3 | Frode Rønning | NOR | 1:21.21 | Verdal | NOR | outdoor - natural | 30 Jan 1977 | |
| 4 | Hilbert van der Duim | NED | 1:19.41 | Savalen | NOR | outdoor - artificial | 8 Mar 1977 | |
| 5 | Jan Ykema | NED | 1:17.78 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 30 Jan 1981 | |
| 6 | Jan Ykema | NED | 1:17.49 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 31 Jan 1981 | |
| 7 | Aleksandr Furin | URS | 1:16.91 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 23 Mar 1983 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Furin | URS | 1:16.67 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 24 Mar 1983 | |
| 9 | Roman Popadchuk | URS | 1:15.50 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 17 Mar 1986 | |
| 10 | Vadim Shakshakbayev | URS | 1:14.98 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 25 Dec 1989 | |
| 11 | Vadim Shakshakbayev | URS | 1:14.64 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 5 Feb 1991 | |
| 12 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 1:14.11 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 17 Mar 1995 | |
| 13 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 1:13.55 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Dec 1995 | |
| 14 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 1:13.35 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 23 Dec 1995 | |
| 15 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 1:13.28 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 1 Mar 1996 | |
| 16 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 1:13.14 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 23 Mar 1996 | |
| 17 | Choi Jae-bong | KOR | 1:10.87 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 20 Feb 1999 |
| 18 | Masaaki Kobayashi | JPN | 1:10.83 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 18 Mar 2000 |
| 19 | Beorn Nijenhuis | NED | 1:10.65 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 23 Mar 2002 |
| 20 | Beorn Nijenhuis | NED | 1:08.83 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 11 Jan 2003 |
| 21 | Beorn Nijenhuis | NED | 1:08.53 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 19 Jan 2003 |
| 22 | Chung Jae-woong | KOR | 1:08.11 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 3 Mar 2018 |
| 23 | Kouki Kubo | JPN | 1:07.76 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 2018 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
