Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 5000 metres
Games:	2018
Venue:	Carrara Stadium
Dates:	8 April
Competitors:	17
Nations:	9
Win Value:	13:50.83
Gold:	Joshua Cheptegei
Goldcga:	UGA
Silver:	Mohammed Ahmed
Silvercga:	CAN
Bronze:	Edward Zakayo
Bronzecga:	KEN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 8 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record		12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
Games record		12:56.41	Melbourne, Australia	20 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With seventeen entrants, the event was held as a straight final.^[2]

Final

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	2		13:50.83
	9		13:52.78
	11		13:54.06
	14		13:54.78
	3		13:58.96
	10		13:59.59
	16		14:03.51
	7		14:11.37
	6		14:13.97
10	1		14:16.53
11	13		14:18.80
12	12		14:24.51
13	4		14:30.66
14	5		14:39.29
15	17		14:50.25
16	8		16:08.77
	15

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's 5000m . 29 March 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 19 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200719170700/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/event-schedule-men-s-5000m.htm . dead .
2. Book: Athletics Men's 5000m - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 45. 21 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.