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

Men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	8 April
Competitors	17 from 9 nations
Winning time	13:50.83
Medalists
Joshua Cheptegei    Uganda   Mohammed Ahmed    Canada   Edward Zakayo    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 2018	16:40	Final

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	Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)	13:50.83
	9	Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)	13:52.78
	11	Edward Zakayo (KEN)	13:54.06
4	14	Thomas Ayeko (UGA)	13:54.78
5	3	Stewart McSweyn (AUS)	13:58.96
6	10	Phillip Kipyeko (UGA)	13:59.59
7	16	James Sugira (RWA)	14:03.51
8	7	Morgan McDonald (AUS)	14:11.37
9	6	Nicholas Kimeli (KEN)	14:13.97
10	1	Amine Khadiri (CYP)	14:16.53
11	13	David Kiprotich Bett (KEN)	14:18.80
12	12	David McNeill (AUS)	14:24.51
13	4	Grevazio Mpani (MAW)	14:30.66
14	5	Christophe Tuyishimire (RWA)	14:39.29
15	17	Chauncy Master (MAW)	14:50.25
16	8	Patrick Kam (SOL)	16:08.77
–	15	Toka Badboy (LES)	DQ	R 163.3b

References

1. "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. Athletics | Men's 5000m - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.