The men's 5000 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 15 March.Full results

Results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Osvaldo Suárez 15:30.6 Horace Ashenfelter 15:31.4 Jaime Correa 15:39.2 Gordon McKenzie 15:51.8 Francisco Hernández 16:02.4 Jesús González 16:25.4 Isidro Resendiz Edgard Freire Matias Vallejos 10 Guillermo Rojas 11 Nery Losse 12 Emerito Estrella 13 Gilberto Miora 14 Luiz Rodrigues Juan Miranda Francisco Paniagua

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