The men's 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 1 August 2022.

22 athletes from 16 countries entered to the competition.

Records U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: RecordAthlete & NationalityMarkLocationDateWorld U20 Record12:43.02Brussels, Belgium31 August 2018Championship Record13:08.57Bydgoszcz, Poland13 July 2008World U20 Leading13:01.32Rome, Italy9 June 2022

Results The final race started at 17:26 on 1 August 2022. The results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Time Note Addisu Yihune 14:03.05 Merhawi Mebrahtu 14:03.33 Habtom Samuel 14:03.67 4 Gebeyehu Belay 14:04.55 5 Rogers Kibet 14:07.71 6 Samuel Kibathi 14:07.82 7 Hiroto Yoshioka 14:10.68 8 Nelson Mandela 14:13.21 9 Peter Maru 14:13.71 10 Abdikani Mohamed Hamid 14:22.32 11 Keita Satoh 14:26.19 12 Tyrone Gorze 14:32.23 13 Dean Casey 14:37.79 14 Jaime Migallón 14:40.45 15 Ateka Demisie 14:40.68 16 David Ninavia 14:42.76 17 Niel van der Merwe 14:59.04 18 Archie Noakes 15:00.22 19 Johnny Livingstone 15:01.59 20 Joad Martinho 15:04.13 21 Konrad Pogorzelski 15:23.03 Dylan Throop

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