Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

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sport athletics
discipline 5000 meter run
gender Men
Attendees ?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location Olympic Stadium
Competition phase August 4, 2020 (preliminary)
August 7, 2020 (final)

The men's 5000 meter run at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held in the Olympic Stadium from August 4th to 7th .

Current title holders

Olympic champion Mo Farah ( Great Britain ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom  13: 03.30 min Rio de Janeiro 2016
World Champion Muktar Edris ( Ethiopia ) EthiopiaEthiopia  12: 58.85 min Doha 2019
European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen ( Norway ) NorwayNorway  13: 17.06 min Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean champions Hassan Mead ( United States ) United StatesUnited States  14: 00.18 min Toronto 2018
South America champion Altobeli da Silva ( Brazil ) BrazilBrazil  13: 50.08 min Lima 2019
Asian champion Birhanu Balew ( Bahrain ) BahrainBahrain  13: 37.42 min Doha 2019
African champions Algiers 2020
Oceania Champion Oli Chignell ( New Zealand ) New ZealandNew Zealand  14:07.17 min Townsville 2019

Existing records

World record Kenenisa Bekele ( Ethiopia ) EthiopiaEthiopia  12: 37.35 min Hengelo , Netherlands May 31, 2004
Olympic record Noah Ngeny ( Kenya ) KenyaKenya  12: 57.82 min Beijing Final , People's Republic of China August 23, 2008

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