Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres explained

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 18–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Daniel Komen	Tom Nyariki	Richard Limo

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			14:00.16	Q
2	2			14:03.44	Q
3	2			14:09.68	Q^[2]
4	2			14:10.24	Q
5	2			14:10.43	Q
6	2			14:11.51	q
7	2			14:15.30	q
8	2			14:17.23	q
9	1			14:21.71	Q
10	1			14:22.12	Q
11	1			14:22.24	Q
12	1			14:23.28	Q
13	1			14:26.06	Q
14	1			14:30.65	q
15	1			14:40.37	q
16	2			14:40.52
17	2			14:42.33
18	1			14:50.34
19	2			14:50.63
20	2			14:53.78
21	1			14:57.42
22	1			16:22.82
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Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			13:22.57
			13:28.09
			13:37.42
			13:40.24
			13:44.69
			13:56.32
			14:02.36
			14:02.98
			14:06.47
10			14:19.35
11			14:28.96

Notes and References

1. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at5000m-s1.html Heat 1 results
2. Web site: Australian 1998 Almanac . 2015-12-10 . 2015-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151103220107/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1998-99.pdf . dead .
3. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at5000final-m.html Final results