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

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.^[1]

Medalists edit

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

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^[2]
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

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