| Men's 5000 metres at the Pan American Games |
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| Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 15 March. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osvaldo Suárez | 15:30.6 | |||
| Horace Ashenfelter | 15:31.4 | |||
| Jaime Correa | 15:39.2 | |||
| 4 | Gordon McKenzie | 15:51.8 | ||
| 5 | Francisco Hernández | 16:02.4 | ||
| 6 | Jesús González | 16:25.4 | ||
| 7 | Isidro Resendiz | ??:??.? | ||
| 8 | Edgard Freire | ??:??.? | ||
| 9 | Matias Vallejos | ??:??.? | ||
| 10 | Guillermo Rojas | ??:??.? | ||
| 11 | Nery Losse | ??:??.? | ||
| 12 | Emerito Estrella | ??:??.? | ||
| 13 | Gilberto Miora | ??:??.? | ||
| 14 | Luiz Rodrigues | ??:??.? | ||
| Juan Miranda | DNS | |||
| Francisco Paniagua | DNS |