Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Carrara Stadium
Dates8 April
Competitors17 from 9 nations
Winning time13:50.83
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Joshua Cheptegei  Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Silver medal icon.svg   Mohammed Ahmed  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Edward Zakayo  Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
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The men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 8 April 2018. [1]

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Games record Flag of Kenya.svg  Augustine Choge  (KEN)12:56.41 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 8 April 201816:40Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With seventeen entrants, the event was held as a straight final. [2]

Final

RankOrderNameResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2Flag of Uganda.svg  Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)13:50.83
Silver medal icon.svg9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mohammed Ahmed  (CAN)13:52.78
Bronze medal icon.svg11Flag of Kenya.svg  Edward Zakayo  (KEN)13:54.06
414Flag of Uganda.svg  Thomas Ayeko  (UGA)13:54.78
53Flag of Australia.svg  Stewart McSweyn  (AUS)13:58.96
610Flag of Uganda.svg  Phillip Kipyeko  (UGA)13:59.59
716Flag of Rwanda.svg  James Sugira  (RWA)14:03.51
87Flag of Australia.svg  Morgan McDonald  (AUS)14:11.37
96Flag of Kenya.svg  Nicholas Kimeli  (KEN)14:13.97
101Flag of Cyprus.svg  Amine Khadiri  (CYP)14:16.53
1113Flag of Kenya.svg  David Kiprotich Bett  (KEN)14:18.80
1212Flag of Australia.svg  David McNeill  (AUS)14:24.51
134Flag of Malawi.svg  Grevazio Mpani  (MAW)14:30.66
145Flag of Rwanda.svg  Christophe Tuyishimire  (RWA)14:39.29
1517Flag of Malawi.svg  Chauncy Master  (MAW)14:50.25
168Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Patrick Kam  (SOL)16:08.77
–15Flag of Lesotho.svg  Toka Badboy  (LES)R 163.3b

References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's 5000m". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Athletics | Men's 5000m - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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