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

The men's 5000 metres competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 30 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.^[1]

Men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Date	30 August
Competitors	15 from 12 nations
Medalists
Birhanu Balew    Bahrain   Albert Rop    Bahrain   Tariq Al-Amri    Saudi Arabia
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Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 30 August 2018	20:00	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
Asian Record	Albert Rop (BRN)	12:51.96	Monaco	19 July 2013
Games Record	Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT)	13:26.13	Incheon, South Korea	27 September 2014

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Birhanu Balew (BRN)	13:43.17
	Albert Rop (BRN)	13:43.76
	Tariq Al-Amri (KSA)	13:56.49
4	Hossein Keyhani (IRI)	14:08.69
5	Yaser Bagharab (QAT)	14:16.68
6	Govindan Lakshmanan (IND)	14:17.09
7	Nguyễn Văn Lai (VIE)	14:56.09
8	Syamsuddin Massa (INA)	15:03.76
9	Nabil Al-Garbi (YEM)	15:04.85
10	Nursultan Keneshbekov (KGZ)	15:07.59
11	Abdulaziz Al-Abdi (YEM)	15:09.14
12	Felisberto de Deus (TLS)	15:10.71
—	Dambadarjaagiin Gantulga (MGL)	DNS
—	Narandulamyn Mönkhbayar (MGL)	DNS
—	Kieran Tuntivate (THA)	DNS