The men's 5000 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 18 July. [1] [2]
| Gold | Augustine Choge |
| Silver | Bado Worku |
| Bronze | Tariku Bekele |
18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustine Choge | 13:28.93 | |||
| Bado Worku | 13:30.45 | |||
| Tariku Bekele | 13:30.86 | |||
| 4 | Sultan Khamis Zaman | 13:32.33 | ||
| 5 | Boniface Kiprop | 13:33.18 | ||
| 6 | Fabiano Joseph | 13:33.62 | ||
| 7 | Henry Kemo Sugut | 13:40.77 | ||
| 8 | Yassine Mandour | 13:50.82 | ||
| 9 | Galen Rupp | 13:52.85 | ||
| 10 | Satoru Kitamura | 13:53.15 | ||
| 11 | Anatoliy Rybakov | 13:54.29 | ||
| 12 | Joshua McDougal | 14:07.55 | ||
| 13 | Yuki Sato | 14:15.62 | ||
| 14 | Aloys Nzambimana | 14:16.89 | ||
| 15 | Mohamed Kallouche | 14:19.69 | ||
| 16 | Stefano La Rosa | 14:20.51 | ||
| 17 | Yonas Mebrahtu | 14:25.69 | ||
| 18 | Ajmal Amirov | 14:25.86 | ||
| 19 | Dušan Markešević | 14:30.28 | ||
| 20 | Zelalem Martel | 14:58.88 | ||
| 21 | Mark Christie | 15:03.41 | ||
| Zolile Bhitane | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.