2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
# 2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 12 August.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin | Qatar | 14:16.81 | |
| | Abdelhak Zakaria | Bahrain | 14:19.92 | |
| | Nasser Suleiman | Qatar | 14:19.97 | |
| 4 | Mukhlid Al-Otaibi | Saudi Arabia | 14:21.36 | |
| 5 | Wu Wen-Chien | Chinese Taipei | 14:25.16 | |
| 6 | Eduardo Buenavista | Philippines | 14:36.84 | |
| 7 | Gojen Singh | India | 14:37.90 | |
| 8 | Mehdi Zarenezhad | Iran | 14:48.61 | PB |
| | Shivananda Alagawadi | India | DNF | |
