Sports
- 1.200 Mm — the length of the Paris–Brest–Paris bicycling event
- Several endurance auto races are, or were, run for 1,000 km:
- Bathurst 1000
- 1000 km Brands Hatch
- 1000 km Buenos Aires
- 1000 km Donington
- 1000 km Monza
- 1000 km Nürburgring
- 1000 km Silverstone
- 1000 km Spa
- 1000 km Suzuka
- 1000 km Zeltweg
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