The men's 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 19 and 21 September 2025.
Summary
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record 12:35.36 Fontvieille, Monaco 14 August 2020 Championship record 12:52.79 Saint-Denis, France 31 August 2003 World Leading 12:44.27 Sweden, Stockholm 15 June 2025 African Record 12:35.36 Fontvieille, Monaco 14 August 2020 Asian Record 12:48.67 Paris, France 20 June 2025 European Record 12:44.27 Stockholm, Sweden 15 June 2025 North, Central American and Caribbean record 12:45.27 Oslo, Norway 12 June 2025 Oceanian record 12:55.76 London, United Kingdom 30 July 2004 South American Record 12:59.26 Paris, France 20 June 2025
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:01.00.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows:
Date Time Round19 September 20:00 Heats21 September 19:47 Final
Results Heats The heats took place on 19 September. The first eight athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Isaac Kimeli 13:13.06 2 Mathew Kipsang 13:13.33 3 Cole Hocker 13:13.41 4 Nico Young 13:13.51 5 Ky Robinson 13:13.60 6 Hagos Gebrhiwet 13:13.73 7 Mike Foppen 13:13.97 8 Etienne Daguinos 13:14.87 9 Andreas Almgren 13:16.38 10 Santiago Catrofe 13:17.26 11 Dominic Lobalu 13:19.57 12 Narve Gilje Nordås 13:25.00 13 Keneth Kiprop 13:25.15 14 Jacob Krop 13:28.73 15 13:29.44 16 Florian Bremm 13:31.09 17 Brian Fay 13:31.12 18 Seth O'Donnell 13:34.52 19 Zhusup Sulaiman Uulu 14:47.40 Kuma Girma Soufiane El Bakkali
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Biniam Mehary 13:41.52 2 Jimmy Gressier 13:41.64 3 Birhanu Balew 13:41.75 4 George Mills 13:41.76 5 Valentín Soca 13:41.80 6 Grant Fisher 13:41.83 7 Yann Schrub 13:42.00 8 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 13:42.15 , 9 Gulveer Singh 13:42.34 10 Darragh McElhinney 13:42.56 11 Mohamed Abdilaahi 13:44.68 12 Cornelius Kemboi 13:45.79 13 John Heymans 13:47.37 14 Thierry Ndikumwenayo 13:47.72 15 Saymon Amanuel 13:49.43 16 Jack Rayner 13:49.46 17 Eduardo Herrera 13:51.29 18 Harbert Kibet 13:52.36 19 Andrew Coscoran 13:56.95 20 Jamal Abdelmaji 13:58.90 Niels Laros Luis Grijalva
Final Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Cole Hocker 12:58.30 Isaac Kimeli 12:58.78 Jimmy Gressier 12:59.33 4 Ky Robinson 12:59.61 5 Biniam Mehary 12:59.95 6 Nico Young 13:00.07 7 Birhanu Balew 13:00.55 8 Grant Fisher 13:00.79 9 Yann Schrub 13:01.34 10 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 13:02.00 11 Mathew Kipsang 13:03.67 12 Mike Foppen 13:05.94 13 Hagos Gebrhiwet 13:07.02 14 Etienne Daguinos 13:11.72 15 Valentín Soca 13:34.35 16 George Mills 13:44.88
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