2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mohamed Elbendir Spain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Noureddine Smaïl France |
| Bronze | David McCarthy Ireland |

## Results

### Final

16 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mohamed Elbendir | Spain | 13:55.10 |
| | Noureddine Smaïl | France | 13:59.23 |
| | David McCarthy | Ireland | 14:00.78 |
| 4 | Abdi Nageeye | Netherlands | 14:03.87 |
| 5 | Rico Schwarz | Germany | 14:04.15 |
| 6 | Siarhei Chabiarak | Belarus | 14:04.79 |
| 7 | Maksym Kryvonis | Ukraine | 14:07.62 |
| 8 | Philipp Pflieger | Germany | 14:09.13 |
| 9 | Selim Bayrak | Turkey | 14:10.10 |
| 10 | Musa Roba-Kinkal | Germany | 14:11.44 |
| 11 | Javier García | Spain | 14:12.70 |
| 12 | Andrea Seppi | Italy | 14:13.85 |
| 13 | Jonathan Taylor | United Kingdom | 14:15.00 |
| 14 | Tom Wiggers | Netherlands | 14:19.52 |
| 15 | Alexander Söderberg | Sweden | 14:21.18 |
| 16 | Hassan Chahdi | France | 14:21.76 |
| 17 | Sindre Buraas | Norway | 14:25.83 |
| 18 | Matthieu Le Stum | France | 14:31.44 |
| 19 | Lewis Timmins | United Kingdom | 14:32.51 |
| 20 | Brendan O'Neill | Ireland | 15:16.45 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

* Belarus (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
