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

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]

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
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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