| Men's 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 19 September (heats) 21 September (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 12:58.30 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 2025 World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| 35 km walk | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| World Team event | ||
| World Team | ||
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]
Before the competition records were as follows: [2]
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 12:35.36 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 14 August 2020 | |
| Championship record | 12:52.79 | Saint-Denis, France | 31 August 2003 | |
| World Leading | 12:44.27 | Sweden, Stockholm | 15 June 2025 | |
| African Record | 12:35.36 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 14 August 2020 | |
| Asian Record | 12:48.67 | Paris, France | 20 June 2025 | |
| European Record | 12:44.27 | Stockholm, Sweden | 15 June 2025 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 12:45.27 | Oslo, Norway | 12 June 2025 | |
| Oceanian record | 12:55.76 | London, United Kingdom | 30 July 2004 | |
| South American Record | 12:59.26 | Paris, France | 20 June 2025 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:01.00. [3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: [1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 19 September | 20:00 | Heats |
| 21 September | 19:47 | Final |
The heats took place on 19 September. The first eight athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Kimeli | 13:13.06 | Q | |
| 2 | Mathew Kipsang | 13:13.33 | Q | |
| 3 | Cole Hocker | 13:13.41 | Q | |
| 4 | Nico Young | 13:13.51 | Q | |
| 5 | Ky Robinson | 13:13.60 | Q | |
| 6 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | 13:13.73 | Q | |
| 7 | Mike Foppen | 13:13.97 | Q | |
| 8 | Etienne Daguinos | 13:14.87 | Q | |
| 9 | Andreas Almgren | 13:16.38 | ||
| 10 | Santiago Catrofe | 13:17.26 | ||
| 11 | Dominic Lobalu | 13:19.57 | ||
| 12 | Narve Gilje Nordås | 13:25.00 | ||
| 13 | Keneth Kiprop | 13:25.15 | ||
| 14 | Jacob Krop | 13:28.73 | ||
| 15 | Nagiya Mori | 13:29.44 | ||
| 16 | Florian Bremm | 13:31.09 | ||
| 17 | Brian Fay | 13:31.12 | ||
| 18 | Seth O'Donnell | 13:34.52 | ||
| 19 | Zhusup Sulaiman Uulu | 14:47.40 | ||
| Kuma Girma | DNF | |||
| Soufiane El Bakkali | DNS | |||
| [4] | ||||
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biniam Mehary | 13:41.52 | Q | |
| 2 | Jimmy Gressier | 13:41.64 | Q | |
| 3 | Birhanu Balew | 13:41.75 | Q | |
| 4 | George Mills | 13:41.76 | Q | |
| 5 | Valentín Soca | 13:41.80 | Q | |
| 6 | Grant Fisher | 13:41.83 | Q | |
| 7 | Yann Schrub | 13:42.00 | Q | |
| 8 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 13:42.15 | Q, SB | |
| 9 | Gulveer Singh | 13:42.34 | ||
| 10 | Darragh McElhinney | 13:42.56 | ||
| 11 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | 13:44.68 | ||
| 12 | Cornelius Kemboi | 13:45.79 | ||
| 13 | John Heymans | 13:47.37 | ||
| 14 | Thierry Ndikumwenayo | 13:47.72 | ||
| 15 | Saymon Amanuel | 13:49.43 | ||
| 16 | Jack Rayner | 13:49.46 | ||
| 17 | Eduardo Herrera | 13:51.29 | ||
| 18 | Harbert Kibet | 13:52.36 | ||
| 19 | Andrew Coscoran | 13:56.95 | ||
| 20 | Jamal Abdelmaji | 13:58.90 | ||
| Niels Laros | DNF | |||
| Luis Grijalva | DNS | |||
| [4] | ||||
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Hocker | 12:58.30 | |||
| Isaac Kimeli | 12:58.78 | SB | ||
| Jimmy Gressier | 12:59.33 | |||
| 4 | Ky Robinson | 12:59.61 | ||
| 5 | Biniam Mehary | 12:59.95 | ||
| 6 | Nico Young | 13:00.07 | ||
| 7 | Birhanu Balew | 13:00.55 | ||
| 8 | Grant Fisher | 13:00.79 | ||
| 9 | Yann Schrub | 13:01.34 | ||
| 10 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 13:02.00 | SB | |
| 11 | Mathew Kipsang | 13:03.67 | ||
| 12 | Mike Foppen | 13:05.94 | ||
| 13 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | 13:07.02 | ||
| 14 | Etienne Daguinos | 13:11.72 | ||
| 15 | Valentín Soca | 13:34.35 | ||
| 16 | George Mills | 13:44.88 | ||
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