The men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBernard LagatEliud KipchogeMoses Kipsiro

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004Championship record12:52.79Paris, France31 August 2003World leading12:49.53Zaragoza, Spain28 July 2007

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 30, 2007 20:45 HeatsSeptember 2, 2007 19:30 Final

Results KEY:qQualified on timeQQualifiedWRWorld recordARArea recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Eliud Kipchoge 13:33.37 Q 2 Abreham Cherkos 13:33.62 Q 2 Matt Tegenkamp 13:35.05 Q 2 Craig Mottram 13:36.18 Q 2 Juan Luis Barrios 13:37.12 Q 2 Mo Farah 13:39.13 q, SB 2 Benjamin Limo 13:41.47 q 2 Adam Goucher 13:41.65 q 2 Ali Abdalla 13:42.00 q 10 2 Felix Kikwai Kibore 13:46.23 q 11 1 Tariku Bekele 13:46.42 Q 12 1 Jesús España 13:46.45 Q 13 1 Bernard Lagat 13:46.57 Q 14 1 Hicham Bellani 13:46.64 Q 15 1 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 13:46.86 Q 16 2 Dieudonné Disi 13:47.30 SB 17 1 Khoudir Aggoune 13:47.36 18 1 Isaac Kiprono Songok 13:47.42 19 1 Ahmed Baday 13:47.83 20 1 Joseph Ebuya 13:48.21 21 2 Jan Fitschen 13:48.39 22 2 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis 13:50.30 23 1 Tonny Wamulwa 13:50.95 SB 24 1 Bekana Daba 13:53.16 25 1 Charles Bett Koech 13:53.36 26 2 Mourad Marofit 13:54.65 27 2 Takayuki Matsumiya 13:54.95 28 1 Alistair Cragg 13:59.45 29 2 Stephen Kiprotich 14:04.22 30 1 Erik Sjöqvist 14:05.69 31 1 Yu Mitsuya 14:07.38 32 2 Cleveland Forde 15:25.12 33 2 Thura Aung 15:41.08 1 Kabirou Dan Mallam DNF 1 Nader al-Masri DNS 1 David Galván DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bernard Lagat 13:45.87 Eliud Kipchoge 13:46.00 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 13:46.75 Matt Tegenkamp 13:46.78 Tariku Bekele 13:47.33 Mo Farah 13:47.54 Jesús España 13:50.55 Abreham Cherkos 13:51.01 Felix Kikwai Kibore 13:51.18 10 Ali Abdalla 13:52.69 11 Adam Goucher 13:53.17 12 Hicham Bellani 13:55.44 13 Craig Mottram 13:56.24 14 Juan Luis Barrios 13:59.86 15 Benjamin Limo 14:01.25

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