The Men's 5000 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 16 July.
| Gold | Sindre Buraas | |
| Silver | Ross Millington | |
| Bronze | Jesper van der Wielen |
16 July 2011 / 19:20
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 14:22.69 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 14:22.78 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 14:23.31 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:24.44 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:24.62 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:24.75 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 14:24.86 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:26.18 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:27.90 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 14:29.01 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:29.24 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 14:29.57 | ||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:29.64 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | 14:30.09 | ||||
| 15 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:30.52 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | | 14:32.71 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | | 14:36.82 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 14:40.31 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | 14:44.35 | ||||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | | 14:44.91 | |||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | | 14:48.56 | |||
| 22 | align=left | align=left | | 14:55.51 | |||
| 23 | align=left | align=left | | 15:28.67 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.