Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 12 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 12 December 2006 | 17:55 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 12:51.98 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 2006 |
| Games Record | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | 13:38.37 | Hiroshima, Japan | 16 October 1994 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | James Kwalia (QAT) | 13:38.90 |
| | Mushir Salem Jawher (BRN) | 13:41.10 |
| | Sultan Khamis Zaman (QAT) | 13:45.91 |
| 4 | Kazuhiro Maeda (JPN) | 13:56.16 |
| 5 | Sunil Kumar (IND) | 13:58.50 |
| 6 | Surendra Singh (IND) | 13:59.05 |
| 7 | Boonthung Srisung (THA) | 14:13.33 |
| 8 | Nader Al-Masri (PLE) | 14:24.81 |
| 9 | Denis Bagrev (KGZ) | 14:27.67 |
| 10 | Ajmal Amirov (TJK) | 14:40.35 |
| 11 | Eom Hyo-suk (KOR) | 14:56.60 |
| 12 | Jeon Eun-hoi (KOR) | 14:57.79 |
| 13 | Hem Bunting (CAM) | 15:19.25 |
| 14 | Saysana Bannavong (LAO) | 16:23.83 |
| — | Ali Al-Amri (KSA) | DNS |
| — | Mohannad Mustafa (PLE) | DNS |
| — | Rashid Ramzi (BRN) | DNS |
