2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue National Stadium
Location Tokyo, Japan
Dates19 September (heats)
21 September (final)
Winning time12:58.30
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Cole Hocker  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Isaac Kimeli  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg   Jimmy Gressier  Flag of France.svg  France
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The men's 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 19 and 21 September 2025. [1]

Contents

Summary

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Uganda.svg  Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)12:35.36 Fontvieille, Monaco14 August 2020
Championship record Flag of Kenya.svg  Eliud Kipchoge  (KEN)12:52.79 Saint-Denis, France31 August 2003
World LeadingFlag of Sweden.svg  Andreas Almgren  (SWE)12:44.27 Sweden, Stockholm15 June 2025
African Record Flag of Uganda.svg  Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)12:35.36 Fontvieille, Monaco14 August 2020
Asian Record Flag of Bahrain.svg  Birhanu Balew  (BHR)12:48.67 Paris, France20 June 2025
European Record Flag of Sweden.svg  Andreas Almgren  (SWE)12:44.27 Stockholm, Sweden15 June 2025
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Nico Young  (USA)12:45.27 Oslo, Norway12 June 2025
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Craig Mottram  (AUS)12:55.76 London, United Kingdom30 July 2004
South American Record Flag of Uruguay.svg  Santiago Catrofe  (URU)12:59.26 Paris, France20 June 2025

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:01.00. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
19 September20:00 Heats
21 September19:47 Final

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 19 September. The first eight athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Isaac Kimeli Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:13.06 Q
2 Mathew Kipsang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:13.33 Q
3 Cole Hocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:13.41 Q
4 Nico Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:13.51 Q
5 Ky Robinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:13.60 Q
6 Hagos Gebrhiwet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:13.73 Q
7 Mike Foppen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:13.97 Q
8 Etienne Daguinos Flag of France.svg  France 13:14.87 Q
9 Andreas Almgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13:16.38
10 Santiago Catrofe Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 13:17.26
11 Dominic Lobalu Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 13:19.57
12 Narve Gilje Nordås Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:25.00
13 Keneth Kiprop Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 13:25.15
14 Jacob Krop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:28.73
15 Nagiya Mori  [ de ]Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13:29.44
16 Florian Bremm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:31.09
17 Brian Fay Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 13:31.12
18 Seth O'Donnell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:34.52
19 Zhusup Sulaiman Uulu Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 14:47.40
Kuma Girma Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF
Soufiane El Bakkali Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNS
[4]

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Biniam Mehary Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:41.52 Q
2 Jimmy Gressier Flag of France.svg  France 13:41.64 Q
3 Birhanu Balew Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 13:41.75 Q
4 George Mills Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 13:41.76 Q
5 Valentín Soca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 13:41.80 Q
6 Grant Fisher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:41.83 Q
7 Yann Schrub Flag of France.svg  France 13:42.00 Q
8 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:42.15 Q, SB
9 Gulveer Singh Flag of India.svg  India 13:42.34
10 Darragh McElhinney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 13:42.56
11 Mohamed Abdilaahi Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:44.68
12 Cornelius Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:45.79
13 John Heymans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:47.37
14 Thierry Ndikumwenayo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:47.72
15 Saymon Amanuel Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 13:49.43
16 Jack Rayner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:49.46
17 Eduardo Herrera Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13:51.29
18 Harbert Kibet Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 13:52.36
19 Andrew Coscoran Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 13:56.95
20 Jamal Abdelmaji ART flag (2022).svg  Athlete Refugee Team 13:58.90
Niels Laros Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNF
Luis Grijalva Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala DNS
[4]

Final

PlaceAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Cole Hocker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12:58.30
Silver medal icon.svg Isaac Kimeli Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 12:58.78 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Jimmy Gressier Flag of France.svg  France 12:59.33
4 Ky Robinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12:59.61
5 Biniam Mehary Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 12:59.95
6 Nico Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:00.07
7 Birhanu Balew Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 13:00.55
8 Grant Fisher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:00.79
9 Yann Schrub Flag of France.svg  France 13:01.34
10 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:02.00 SB
11 Mathew Kipsang Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:03.67
12 Mike Foppen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:05.94
13 Hagos Gebrhiwet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 13:07.02
14 Etienne Daguinos Flag of France.svg  France 13:11.72
15 Valentín Soca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 13:34.35
16 George Mills Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 13:44.88
[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men 5000 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "5000 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Men's 5000 metres - Heat results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Men's 5000 metres - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
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