List of 5000 metres national champions (men)

Last updated August 31, 2025

Below a list of all National champions in the Men's 5000 metres (track outdoor) in track and field from several countries since 1980, some since 1970.

Australia

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

1980: Allan Zachariassen
1981: Allan Zachariassen
1982: Allan Zachariassen
1983: Ole Hansen
1984: Keld Johnsen
1985: Henrik Jørgensen
1986: Allan Zachariassen
1987: Flemming Jensen
1988: Allan Zachariassen
1989: Stig Nørregård
1990: Klaus Hansen
1991: Henrik Jørgensen
1992: Lars Bang
1993: Klaus Hansen
1994: Klaus Hansen
1995: Mogens Guldberg
1996: Klaus Hansen
1997: Dennis Jensen
1998: Dennis Jensen
1999: Dennis Jensen
2000: Dennis Jensen
2001: Dennis Jensen
2002: Dennis Jensen
2003: Dennis Jensen
2004: Robert Kiplagat Andersen
2005: Flemming Bjerre
2006: Flemming Bjerre
2007: Jesper Faurschou

England

Estonia

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* unofficial championships

Finland

France

Germany

East Germany

West Germany

Unified Germany

^*In 2000 Dieter Baumann won the race in 13:39.17, but he was later disqualified for a drug violation.

India

1992: Bahadur Prasad
2012: Rahul Kumar Pal

Italy

Japan

The information taken from JAAF website.^[2]

Latvia

Lithuania

1921 : L.Juozapaitis
1990 : Vytautas Ežerskis
1991: Raimondas Juodeška
1992: Česlovas Kundrotas
1993: Raimondas Juodeška
1994: Bronius Basalykas
1995: Dainius Virbickas
1996: Egidijus Sabaliauskas
1997: Dainius Virbickas
1998: Darius Gruzdys
1999: Pavelas Fedorenka
2000 : Mindaugas Pukštas
2001 : Dainius Šaucikovas
2002 : Egidijus Rupšys
2003 : Linas Šalkauskas
2004 : Marius Diliûnas
2005 : Egidijus Rupšys
2006 : Dainius Šaucikovas
2007 : Tomas Matijošius
2008 : Tomas Matijošius
2009 : Robertas Geralavičius
2010 : Tomas Matijošius

Netherlands

New Zealand

1970: J. Power
1971: Mike Ryan
1972: Dick Quax
1973: Dick Quax
1974: Dick Quax
1975: S. Melville
1976: B. Jones
1977: S. Melville
1978: Rod Dixon
1979: Rod Dixon
1980: Rod Dixon
1981: Rod Dixon
1982: Tom Birnie
1983: John Bowden
1984: Peter Renner
1985: Rex Wilson
1986: David Rush
1987: David Rush
1988: Phil Clode
1989: Peter Renner
1990: Kerry Rodger
1991: Sean Wade
1992: David Rush
1993: Paul Smith
1994: Phil Clode
1995: Jonathan Wyatt
1996: Robbie Johnston
1997: Jason Cameron
1998: Alan Bunce
1999: Richard Potts
2000: Richard Potts
2001: Jonathan Wyatt
2002: Hamish Christensen
2003: Phil Costley
2004: John Henwood
2005: Dale Warrander
2006: Ben Ruthe
2007: Rees Buck
2008: Jason Woolhouse
2009: Jason Woolhouse
2010: Matt Smith
2011: Nick Willis
2012: Nick Willis
2013: Hugo Beamish
2014: Malcolm Hicks
2015: Jake Robertson
2016: Hayden McLaren
2017: Daniel Balchin
2018: Oli Chignell

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Russia

1992: Andrey Tikhonov
1993: Andrey Tikhonov
1994: Andrey Tikhonov
1995: Vener Kashayev
1996: Farid Khayrullin
1997: Sergey Drygin
1998: Sergey Drygin
1999: Sergey Lukin
2000: Sergey Drygin
2001: Mikhail Yeginov
2002: Yuriy Abramov
2003: Mikhail Yeginov
2004: Sergey Ivanov
2005: Pavel Shapovalov
2006: Sergey Ivanov
2007: Aleksandr Orlov

South Africa

Soviet Union

Spain

Ukraine

United States

References

↑ "EESTI MEISTRIVÕISTLUSTE KOLM PAREMAT" [Estonian Championships top3](PDF). Estonian Athletic Association (in Estonian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
↑ National Champions and Records (過去の優勝者・記録) Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

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[1] "EESTI MEISTRIVÕISTLUSTE KOLM PAREMAT" [Estonian Championships top3](PDF). Estonian Athletic Association (in Estonian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.

[2] National Champions and Records (過去の優勝者・記録) Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

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