2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Competitors24 from 12 nationsWinning time13:17.06Medalists

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The men's 5000 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 11 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
European record	Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)	12:49.71	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2000
Championship record	Jack Buckner (GBR)	13:10.15	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	Birhanu Balew (BHR)	13:01.09	Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July 2018
European Leading	Henrik Ingebrigtsen (NOR)	13:16.97	Stanford, United States	3 May 2018

Date	Time	Round
11 August 2018	20:55	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	13:17.06	EU20R
	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	13:18.75
	Morhad Amdouni	France	13:19.14	SB
4	Yemaneberhan Crippa	Italy	13:19.85
5	Marc Scott	Great Britain	13:23.14	SB
6	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	13:23.42	SB
7	Rinas Akhmadiyev	Authorised Neutral Athletes	13:24.43	PB
8	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	13:24.79	PB
9	Chris Thompson	Great Britain	13:25.11	SB
10	Soufiane Bouchikhi	Belgium	13:25.22
11	Ben Connor	Great Britain	13:25.31	PB
12	Florian Carvalho	France	13:28.08
13	Antonio Abadía	Spain	13:34.25
14	Kaan Kigen Özbilen	Turkey	13:35.31	SB
15	Robin Hendrix	Belgium	13:36.15
16	Juan Pérez	Spain	13:37.07
17	Florian Orth	Germany	13:37.46
18	Marcel Fehr	Germany	13:37.66
19	Andreas Vojta	Austria	13:42.75	SB
20	Benjamin Rainero de Haan	Netherlands	13:42.95
21	Jonas Raess	Switzerland	14:01.14
22	Ramazan Özdemir	Turkey	14:03.63
	Adel Mechaal	Spain	DNF
	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	DQ	163.5 (c)

^ Timetable
^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

v t e 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships
Men's 5000 m	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
Women's 3000 m	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994
Women's 5000 m	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 5000 metres
1934: Roger Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL) 1962: Bruce Tulloh (GBR) 1966: Michel Jazy (FRA) 1969: Ian Stewart (GBR) 1971: Juha Väätäinen (FIN) 1974: Brendan Foster (GBR) 1978: Venanzio Ortis (ITA) 1982: Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 1986: Jack Buckner (GBR) 1990: Salvatore Antibo (ITA) 1994: Dieter Baumann (GER) 1998: Isaac Viciosa (ESP) 2002: Alberto García (ESP) 2006: Jesús España (ESP) 2010: Mo Farah (GBR) 2012: Mo Farah (GBR) 2014: Mo Farah (GBR) 2016: Ilias Fifa (ESP) 2018: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 2022: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)