# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mo Farah Great Britain (GBR) |
| Silver | Jesús España Spain (ESP) |
| Bronze | Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan (AZE) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
| European record | Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) | 12:49.71 | Brussels, Belgium | 25 August 2000 |
| Championship record | Jack Buckner (GBR) | 13:10.15 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 31 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 12:51.21 | Doha, Qatar | 14 May 2010 |
| European Leading | Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP) | 12:57.25 | Oslo, Norway | 4 June 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 29 July 2010 | 18:45 | Round 1 |
| 31 July 2010 | 21:20 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hayle Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 13:32.98 | Q, NR |
| 2 | Alemayehu Bezabeh | Spain (ESP) | 13:34.44 | Q |
| 3 | Daniele Meucci | Italy (ITA) | 13:35.02 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Chris Thompson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:35.58 | Q |
| 5 | Mert Girmalegese | Turkey (TUR) | 13:36.32 | Q |
| 6 | Alistair Cragg | Ireland (IRL) | 13:37.66 | q |
| 7 | Arne Gabius | Germany (GER) | 13:39.78 | q |
| 8 | Aleksandr Orlov | Russia (RUS) | 13:41.44 | q |
| 9 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia (EST) | 13:49.19 | |
| 10 | Eduard Mbengani | Portugal (POR) | 13:50.22 | |
| 11 | Gezachw Yossef | Israel (ISR) | 13:55.97 | |
| 12 | Philipp Bandi | Switzerland (SUI) | 13:58.11 | |
| 13 | Matti Räsänen | Finland (FIN) | 14:01.35 | |
| 14 | Sindre Buraas | Norway (NOR) | 14:03.93 | |
| | Oskar Käck | Sweden (SWE) | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mo Farah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:38.26 | Q |
| 2 | Jesús España | Spain (ESP) | 13:38.47 | Q |
| 3 | Sergio Sánchez | Spain (ESP) | 13:38.48 | Q |
| 4 | Noureddine Smaïl | France (FRA) | 13:38.49 | Q |
| 5 | Serhiy Lebid | Ukraine (UKR) | 13:38.51 | Q |
| 6 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy (ITA) | 13:38.71 | q |
| 7 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey (TUR) | 13:47.41 | q |
| 8 | Yevgeniy Rybakov | Russia (RUS) | 13:52.58 | |
| 9 | Sondre Nordstad Moen | Norway (NOR) | 13:53.69 | |
| 10 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey (TUR) | 14:07.42 | |
| 11 | Mark Christie | Ireland (IRL) | 14:12.68 | |
| 12 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland (FIN) | 14:17.07 | |
| 13 | Johan Wallerstein | Sweden (SWE) | 14:43.34 | |
| | Youssef El Kalay | Portugal (POR) | DNS | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Hayle Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 13:32.98 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | Alemayehu Bezabeh | Spain (ESP) | 13:34.44 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Daniele Meucci | Italy (ITA) | 13:35.02 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Chris Thompson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:35.58 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mert Girmalegese | Turkey (TUR) | 13:36.32 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Alistair Cragg | Ireland (IRL) | 13:37.66 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Mo Farah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:38.26 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Jesús España | Spain (ESP) | 13:38.47 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Sergio Sánchez | Spain (ESP) | 13:38.48 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Noureddine Smaïl | France (FRA) | 13:38.49 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Serhiy Lebid | Ukraine (UKR) | 13:38.51 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy (ITA) | 13:38.71 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Arne Gabius | Germany (GER) | 13:39.78 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Aleksandr Orlov | Russia (RUS) | 13:41.44 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey (TUR) | 13:47.41 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia (EST) | 13:49.19 | |
| 17 | 1 | Eduard Mbengani | Portugal (POR) | 13:50.22 | |
| 18 | 2 | Yevgeniy Rybakov | Russia (RUS) | 13:52.58 | |
| 19 | 2 | Sondre Nordstad Moen | Norway (NOR) | 13:53.69 | |
| 20 | 1 | Gezachw Yossef | Israel (ISR) | 13:55.97 | |
| 21 | 1 | Philipp Bandi | Switzerland (SUI) | 13:58.11 | |
| 22 | 1 | Matti Räsänen | Finland (FIN) | 14:01.35 | |
| 23 | 1 | Sindre Buraas | Norway (NOR) | 14:03.93 | |
| 24 | 2 | Halil Akkaş | Turkey (TUR) | 14:07.42 | |
| 25 | 2 | Mark Christie | Ireland (IRL) | 14:12.68 | |
| 26 | 2 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland (FIN) | 14:17.07 | |
| 27 | 2 | Johan Wallerstein | Sweden (SWE) | 14:43.34 | |
| | 1 | Oskar Käck | Sweden (SWE) | DNF | |
| | 2 | Youssef El Kalay | Portugal (POR) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Mo Farah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:31.18 |
| | Jesús España | Spain (ESP) | 13:33.12 |
| | Hayle Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 13.34.15 |
| 4 | Serhiy Lebid | Ukraine (UKR) | 13:38.69 |
| 5 | Noureddine Smaïl | France (FRA) | 13:38.70 |
| 6 | Daniele Meucci | Italy (ITA) | 13:40.17 |
| 7 | Alemayehu Bezabeh | Spain (ESP) | 13:43.23 |
| 8 | Chris Thompson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:44.42 |
| 9 | Mert Girmalegese | Turkey (TUR) | 13:45.25 |
| 10 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy (ITA) | 13:46.58 |
| 11 | Aleksandr Orlov | Russia (RUS) | 13:58.69 |
| 12 | Arne Gabius | Germany (GER) | 13:59.11 |
| 13 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey (TUR) | 14:17.32 |
| | Alistair Cragg | Ireland (IRL) | DNF |
| | Sergio Sánchez | Spain (ESP) | DNF |