| Event: | Men's 5000 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 5000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 June.
| Gold | Mo Farah | |
| Silver | Arne Gabius | |
| Bronze | Polat Kemboi Arıkan |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 | ||
| European record | 12:49.71 | Brussels, Belgium | 25 August 2000 | ||
| Championship record | 13:10.15 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 31 August 1986 | ||
| World Leading | 12:56.98 | 2 June 2012 | |||
| European Leading | 12:56.98 | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2012 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:29.91 | |||||
| 13:31.83 | |||||
| 13:32.63 | |||||
| 13:32.65 | |||||
| 13:32.69 | |||||
| 13:36.05 | |||||
| 13:37.99 | |||||
| 13:39.01 | |||||
| 13:40.07 | |||||
| 10 | 13:41.40 | ||||
| 11 | 13:41.99 | ||||
| 12 | 13:42.46 | ||||
| 13 | 13:50.13 | ||||
| 14 | 13:51.05 | ||||
| 15 | 13:51.23 | ||||
| 16 | 13:51.29 | ||||
| 17 | 13:51.58 | ||||
| 18 | 13:51.64 | ||||
| 19 | 13:52.79 | ||||
| 20 | 13:55.98 | ||||
| 21 | 14:06.55 | ||||
| 22 | 14:07.48 | ||||
| 23 | 14:21.91 | ||||