2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 17 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mo Farah Great Britain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan |
| Bronze | Andy Vernon Great Britain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) | 12:49.71 | Brussels, Belgium | 25 August 2000 |
| Championship record | Jack Buckner (GBR) | 13:10.15 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 31 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Edwin Soi (KEN) | 12:59.82 | Paris, France | 5 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Andy Vernon (GBR) | 13:11.50 | Stanford, United States | 2 June 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 17 August 2014 | 18:30 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 14:05.82 | |
| | Hayle Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan | 14:08.32 | |
| | Andy Vernon | Great Britain | 14:09.48 | |
| 4 | Richard Ringer | Germany | 14:10.92 | |
| 5 | Roberto Alaiz | Spain | 14:11.47 | |
| 6 | Bouabdellah Tahri | France | 14:11.62 | |
| 7 | Arne Gabius | Germany | 14:11.84 | |
| 8 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | 14:11.89 | |
| 9 | Ali Kaya | Turkey | 14:12.53 | |
| 10 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 14:13.89 | SB |
| 11 | Jesús España | Spain | 14:14.57 | |
| 12 | Tom Farrell | Great Britain | 14:15.93 | |
| 13 | Brenton Rowe | Austria | 14:16.46 | |
| 14 | Marouan Razine | Italy | 14:16.95 | |
| 15 | Soufiane Bouchikhi | Belgium | 14:17.43 | |
| 16 | Bashir Abdi | Belgium | 14:24.73 | |
