Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, with the final on 25 July. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 3 miles.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ian Stewart Scotland | Ian McCafferty Scotland | Kipchoge Keino Kenya |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 7 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 1 | Tony Ashton | Wales | 14:17.4 | |
| 9 | 1 | Allieu Massaquoi | Sierra Leone | 14:51.0 | |
| 10 | 1 | Robert Hackman | Ghana | 14:51.6 | |
| 11 | 1 | Dominic Chiwaya | Malawi | 15:03.6 | |
| 12 | 1 | Ghulam Rasul | Pakistan | 15:12.6 | |
| 13 | 1 | Donald Pierre | Grenada | 15:51.8 | |
| 14 | 1 | Aurelio Falero | Gibraltar | 16:02.6 | |
| | 1 | Tony Manning | Australia | DNS | |
| | 1 | Harnek Singh | India | DNS | |
| 6 | 2 | Ron Clarke | Australia | 14:01.6 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | David Mungai | Kenya | 14:13.8 | |
| 9 | 2 | David Ellis | Canada | 14:14.8 | |
| 10 | 2 | Gwynn Davis | Wales | 14:22.8 | |
| 11 | 2 | Musa Mustafa | Uganda | 14:27.4 | |
| 12 | 2 | George Waluza | Malawi | 14:51.8 | |
| 13 | 2 | Abdul Karim | Pakistan | 14:52.8 | |
| 14 | 2 | Dandison Moore | Sierra Leone | 14:25.8 | |
| | 2 | Kerry O'Brien | Australia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Harry Prowell | Guyana | DNS | |
| | 2 | Benson Mulomba | Zambia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ian Stewart | Scotland | 13:22.85 |
| | Ian McCafferty | Scotland | 13:23.34 |
| | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 13:27.6 |
| 4 | Allan Rushmer | England | 13:29.8 |
| 5 | Ron Clarke | Australia | 13:32.4 |
| 6 | Richard Taylor | England | 13:33.8 |
| 7 | Dick Quax | New Zealand | 13:43.4 |
| 8 | John Ngeno | Kenya | 13:44.6 |
| 9 | Bob Finlay | Canada | 13:45.2 |
| 10 | Dick Tayler | New Zealand | 13:48.8 |
| 11 | Joseph Stewart | Scotland | 13:51.8 |
| 12 | Derek Graham | Northern Ireland | 13:54.0 |
| 13 | Bernard Plain | Wales | 14:02.0 |
| 14 | Michael Baxter | England | 14:03.0 |
