Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres at the Commonwealth Games

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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ben Jipcho Kenya	Brendan Foster England	Dave Black England

Results

Heats

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Joshua Kimeto	Kenya	13:42.6	Q
2	1	Ian Stewart	Scotland	13:57.2	Q
3	1	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	13:57.2	Q
4	1	Bryan Rose	New Zealand	13:57.2	Q
5	1	Dave Black	England	13:59.9	Q
6	1	Mustafa Musa	Uganda	14:18.4	Q
7	1	Bernard Hayward	Wales	14:23.24
	1	Graham Crouch	Australia	DNS
	1	Dan Shaughnessy	Canada	DNS
	1	Dick Tayler	New Zealand	DNS
1	2	Brendan Foster	England	13:45.6	Q
2	2	Suleiman Nyambui	Tanzania	13:46.0	Q
3	2	David Fitzsimons	Australia	13:46.18	Q
4	2	Paul Mose	Kenya	13:50.2	Q
5	2	Gordon Minty	Wales	13:59.2	Q
6	2	David Bedford	England	13:59.2	Q
7	2	Kevin Ryan	New Zealand	14:07.42
8	2	Bob Hendy	Australia	14:14.98
9	2	Norman Morrison	Scotland	14:40.64
10	2	Golekane Mosveu	Botswana	14:46.14
11	2	Motseki Monethi	Lesotho	15:05.32

Final

Held on 29 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	13:14.4	GR
	Brendan Foster	England	13:14.6
	Dave Black	England	13:23.52
4	Suleiman Nyambui	Tanzania	13:34.91
5	Ian Stewart	Scotland	13:40.32
6	David Fitzsimons	Australia	13:42.83
7	Joshua Kimeto	Kenya	13:43.6
8	Gordon Minty	Wales	13:45.48
9	Paul Mose	Kenya	13:54.44
10	Bryan Rose	New Zealand	14:00.93
11	David Bedford	England	14:18.76
12	Mustafa Musa	Uganda	14:25.39

References

• Heats results