Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 5,000 metres
# Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 5,000 metres

The Men's 5,000m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 23 at 17:30.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| José Mauricio González Colombia | Javier Peña Colombia | Víctor Aravena Chile |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Leading | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain | 13:20.85 | Melbourne, Australia | 4 March 2010 |
| South American record | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil | 13:19.43 | Kassel, Germany | 8 June 2006 |
| South American U23 record | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 13:36.65 | Maia, Portugal | 20 July 1991 |

## Results

Results were published.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | José Mauricio González | Colombia | 14:23.35 | SB |
| | Javier Peña | Colombia | 14:27.62 | PB |
| | Víctor Aravena | Chile | 14:45.85 | |
| 4 | Daniel Chaves da Silva | Brazil | 15:11.65 | |
| 5 | Carlos Aníbal Contreras | Ecuador | 15:16.15 | |
| 6 | Ronaldo do Carmo Rocha | Brazil | 15:28.38 | |
| 7 | Alex Cisneros | Ecuador | 15:47.75 | |
| 8 | Dennis Horatio | Guyana | 16:47.19 | |
| – | Wily Canchanya | Perú | DNF | |

Intermediate times:

| 1000m | 2:49.24 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| - | - | - |
| 2000m | 5:41.75 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 3000m | 8:36.09 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 4000m | 11:34.56 | Javier Peña (COL) |
