| Event: | Men's 5000 metres |
| Games: | 1996 Asian Winter Games |
| Venue: | Heilongjiang Indoor Rink |
| Dates: | 5 February 1996 |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Gold: | Mitsuru Watanabe |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Daigo Miyaki |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Yevgeniy Sanarov |
| Bronzenoc: | KAZ |
| Prev: | 1990 |
| Next: | 1999 |
See main article: Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games. The men's 5000 metres at the 1996 Asian Winter Games was held on 5 February 1996 in Harbin, China.
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:03.99 | |||||||
| 7:05.83 | |||||||
| 7:06.21 | |||||||
| 4 | 7:08.72 | ||||||
| 5 | 7:10.48 | ||||||
| 6 | 7:14.41 | ||||||
| 7 | 7:14.84 | ||||||
| 8 | 7:15.11 | ||||||
| 9 | 7:29.61 | ||||||
| 10 | 7:29.80 | ||||||
| 11 | 7:31.29 | ||||||
| 12 | 7:50.79 |