2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Selemon Barega Ethiopia |
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| Silver | Jamal Abdi Dirieh Djibouti |
| Bronze | Wesley Ladema Kenya |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) | 12:47.53 | Paris, France | 6 July 2012 |
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| Championship Record | Abreham Cherkos (ETH) | 13:08.57 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 13 July 2008 |
| World Junior Leading | Abadi Hadis (ETH) | 13:02.49 | Shanghai, China | 14 May 2016 |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Selemon Barega | Ethiopia | 13:21.21 | PB |
| | Jamal Abdi Dirieh | Djibouti | 13:21.50 | NU20R |
| | Wesley Ladema | Kenya | 13:23.34 | PB |
| 4 | Yeneblo Biyazen | Ethiopia | 13:28.41 | PB |
| 5 | Aron Kifle | Eritrea | 13:31.09 | |
| 6 | Moses Koech | Kenya | 13:35.10 | SB |
| 7 | Awit Habte | Eritrea | 13:50.60 | |
| 8 | Elzan Bibić | Serbia | 13:51.40 | NU20R |
| 9 | Alexander Yee | Great Britain | 13:52.01 | PB |
| 10 | Jimmy Gressier | France | 13:55.07 | PB |
| 11 | Mario Pacay | Guatemala | 13:55.90 | NU20R |
| 12 | Martin Musau | Uganda | 13:58.30 | PB |
| 13 | Hyuga Endo | Japan | 14:08.38 | |
| 14 | Suldan Hassan | Sweden | 14:15.22 | |
| 15 | Matthew Ramsden | Australia | 14:15.35 | |
| 16 | Zachary Snider | United States | 14:15.89 | |
| 17 | Sergiy Polikarpenko | Italy | 14:20.39 | PB |
| 18 | Victor Kiplangat | Uganda | 14:21.22 | |
| 19 | Olin Hacker | United States | 14:23.33 | PB |
| 20 | Hiroki Abe | Japan | 14:27.70 | |
| 21 | Fabien Palcau | France | 14:36.83 | |
| 22 | Pierre Murchan | Ireland | 14:38.67 | |
| 23 | Robin Ryynänen | Finland | 14:46.28 | PB |
| 24 | Dario De Caro | Italy | 14:48.82 | |
| 25 | Jack O'Leary | Ireland | 14:50.67 | PB |
| | Thiery Ndikumwenayo | Burundi | DNS | |
