Men's 5000 metres
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCarrara Stadium
Dates8 April
Competitors17 from 9 nations
Winning time13:50.83
Medalists
gold medal    Uganda
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    Kenya

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  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Games record  Augustine Choge (KEN) 12:56.41 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday 8 April 201816:40Final

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

Results

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

Final

RankOrderNameResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)2 Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)13:50.83
2nd place, silver medalist(s)9 Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)13:52.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)11 Edward Zakayo (KEN)13:54.06
414 Thomas Ayeko (UGA)13:54.78
53 Stewart McSweyn (AUS)13:58.96
610 Phillip Kipyeko (UGA)13:59.59
716 James Sugira (RWA)14:03.51
87 Morgan McDonald (AUS)14:11.37
96 Nicholas Kimeli (KEN)14:13.97
101 Amine Khadiri (CYP)14:16.53
1113 David Kiprotich Bett (KEN)14:18.80
1212 David McNeill (AUS)14:24.51
134 Grevazio Mpani (MAW)14:30.66
145 Christophe Tuyishimire (RWA)14:39.29
1517 Chauncy Master (MAW)14:50.25
168 Patrick Kam (SOL)16:08.77
15 Toka Badboy (LES)DQR 163.3b

References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's 5000m". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Athletics | Men's 5000m - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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