Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Men's 5000m

The winner, Juan Luis Barrios (left; taken before the start of the 10,000 meter run )

The men's 5,000-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games was held on July 25 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .

16 runners from ten countries took part in the run. The gold medal was won by Juan Luis Barrios after 13: 46.47 min, silver went to David Torrence with 13: 46.60 min and the bronze medal was won by Víctor Aravena with 13: 46.94 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Kenenisa Bekele	12: 37.35 min	Hengelo , Netherlands	May 31, 2004
Record of games	Ed Moran	13: 25.60 min	Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	July 23, 2007

Result

July 25, 2015, 8:50 p.m.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	13: 46.47
	David Torrence	United States	13: 46.60
	Víctor Aravena	Chile	13: 46.94 PB
4th	Garrett Heath	United States	13: 47.17
5	Cameron Levins	Canada	13: 48.03
6th	Altobeli da Silva	Brazil	13: 49.00
7th	José Juan Esparza	Mexico	13: 51.50
8th	Lucas Bruchet	Canada	13: 56.09
9	Carlos Díaz	Chile	13: 59.66
10	Bayron Piedra	Ecuador	14: 04.20
11	Mario Pacay	Guatemala	14: 07.87
12	David de Macedo	Brazil	14: 08.56
13	Joseph Cesar Rosa	Puerto Rico	14: 29.78
14th	Jose Mauricio Gonzalez	Colombia	16: 13.05
	Federico Bruno	Argentina	DNF
	James Cesar Rosa	Puerto Rico	DNS

Web links and sources

• Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 .