Hers was one of three world records set at the Globen Galan meeting, the third in the new International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Indoor Tour which concludes in Glasgow on Saturday.

Earlier in the evening Ayanleh Souleiman set a new mark over 1,000m of 2:14.20, and 18-year-old Abdalehah Haroun produced a 500m time of 59.83.

All three world record performers - strictly speaking, Haroun’s effort was a world best - are part of coach Jama Aden’s training group.

He said afterwards that Dibaba, who was voted IAAF World Athlete of the Year in 2015 after winning the world outdoor 1,500m title and breaking the world record of more than 20 years’ standing, would make another attempt this season at Masterkova’s mark.

“We were thinking of 4:12 tonight,” he told insidethegames.

 “But I think it got crowded over the first 100m and Genzebe maybe missed a second there.

“We will definitely go for it again this season.”

Dibaba’s effort was always likely to be a race against the clock following the late withdrawal of Sweden’s naturalised Ethiopian Abeba Aregawi, the world indoor 1,500m champion, because of a back problem.

The 25-year-old Ethiopian was paced through to 800m in 2:05.69 by Poland’s Joanna Jozwik, who leads this year’s standings with 2:00.12, before setting out on the long lonely route home which is becoming an increasingly familiar one to her.

En-route, she missed her own world indoor 1,500m record of 3:55.71 by just half a second, clocking 3:56.27.

But she was happy enough on the night.

“The pacing was perfect for me,” she said.

“I know this track well, and it is very good for me.

"The only thing that was difficult was the conditions in the arena – it felt very cold.”

As if to make her point, she then relapsed into a fit of coughing.

“I am very happy with this record," she said.

"And I think I will be able to run even faster this season.”

Thus, in a single evening, the world record total of the Globen Galan meeting moved from 16 to 19.

It was ideal news for a meeting that is anxiously seeking a new title sponsor.

Souleiman, world indoor champion at 1,500m, claimed his first world record here as he ran 2:14.20 to break the 1,000m mark which has stood since 2000 to Denmark’s Wilson Kipketer, who ran 2:14.96.

The exuberant 23-year-old Djibouti athlete said afterwards that he already knew the record was his for the taking after he reached 800m in 1:46.97.

He duly stepped up - and out - to take it, pushing on alone over the final lap, his normally sunny face contorting into a grimace of effort as he pushed for the line before transforming back to the relaxed character who likes to celebrate his track successes with some shadow boxing for the cameras.

Souleiman was bobbing and weaving as the significance of his achievement sank in, before the donation of a gift box and a large bouquet of yellow and red tulips cramped his style.

Praising the pacemaker Bram Som, who led him through to 600m in 1:19, Souleiman said: “He did a good job.

"That was the pace I wanted.

"After that I knew I had to work, but I knew I was ready.

 “After I passed 800m in 1.46 I knew I would have the record.

“This is my first world record, and I am very happy.

"I want to thank my coach, Jama Aden, for working so hard with me.

“I have been training like crazy this year.

"For me it is a case of step-by-step in Olympic year.

"Now I am looking forward to defending my world 1,500m title in Portland.”

 At which point he stepped away to follow the fortunes of the other two members of his group still to make their attempts on world records.

Haroun, a naturalised Sudanese 400m specialist now representing Qatar, was targeting the world indoor 500m mark of 60.09sec set last year by Brycen Spratling.

The burly Haroun made an unexpected breakthrough in Stockholm last year in setting an Asian record of 45.39 in the B race, almost a second faster than the winning time of world indoor champion Pavel Maslak in the A race.

Now he has made another huge flourish.

Elsewhere, Kim Collins managed to win the 60m final in 6.56 despite stumbling out of his blocks, moving from last to first in 40m to overhaul Mike Rodgers of the United States.