The men's 5000 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Medallists + Gold Silver BronzeBen JipchoBrendan FosterDave Black
Results Heats Held on 27 January
Qualification for final The first 6 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Joshua Kimeto 13:42.6 Q 2 1 Ian Stewart 13:57.2 Q 3 1 Ben Jipcho 13:57.2 Q 4 1 Bryan Rose 13:57.2 Q 5 1 Dave Black 13:59.9 Q 6 1 Mustafa Musa 14:18.4 Q 7 1 Bernard Hayward 14:23.24 1 Graham Crouch DNS 1 Dan Shaughnessy DNS 1 Dick Tayler DNS 1 2 Brendan Foster 13:45.6 Q 2 2 Suleiman Nyambui 13:46.0 Q 3 2 David Fitzsimons 13:46.18 Q 4 2 Paul Mose 13:50.2 Q 5 2 Gordon Minty 13:59.2 Q 6 2 David Bedford 13:59.2 Q 7 2 Kevin Ryan 14:07.42 8 2 Bob Hendy 14:14.98 9 2 Norman Morrison 14:40.64 10 2 Golekane Mosveu 14:46.14 11 2 Motseki Monethi 15:05.32
Final Held on 29 January
+ Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ben Jipcho 13:14.4 GR Brendan Foster 13:14.6 Dave Black 13:23.52 4 Suleiman Nyambui 13:34.91 5 Ian Stewart 13:40.32 6 David Fitzsimons 13:42.83 7 Joshua Kimeto 13:43.6 8 Gordon Minty 13:45.48 9 Paul Mose 13:54.44 10 Bryan Rose 14:00.93 11 David Bedford 14:18.76 12 Mustafa Musa 14:25.39
References
Heats results