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

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Heats

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 |
| 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 | |

### Final

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 | |
