| Men's 5000 metres at the Pan American Games |
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| Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games | ||
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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 | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 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 | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 2 August. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Prefontaine | 13:52.53 | |||
| Steve Stageburg | 14:00.76 | |||
| Mario Pérez | 14:03.98 | |||
| 4 | Edmundo Warnke | 14:05.57 | ||
| 5 | Juan Máximo Martínez | 14:14.38 | ||
| 6 | Víctor Mora | 14:25.17 | ||
| 7 | Victoriano López | 14:38.55 | ||
| 8 | Héctor Ortiz | 14:45.77 | ||
| 9 | Carlos Alberto Alves | 14:47.93 | ||
| 10 | Domingo Tibaduiza | 14:58.67 | ||
| 11 | José Antonio Bordón | 15:07.4 | ||
| 12 | Robert Legge | 15:13.4 | ||
| 13 | Lucirio Garrido | 15:27.5 | ||
| 14 | Carlos Cuque López | 15:46.9 |