# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bernard Lagat United States | Eliud Kipchoge Kenya | Moses Kipsiro Uganda |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
| Championship record | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 12:52.79 | Paris, France | 31 August 2003 |
| World leading | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:49.53 | Zaragoza, Spain | 28 July 2007 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 30, 2007 | 20:45 | Heats |
| September 2, 2007 | 19:30 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Qualified on time | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 13:33.37 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Abreham Cherkos | Ethiopia | 13:33.62 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Matt Tegenkamp | United States | 13:35.05 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 13:36.18 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 13:37.12 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Mo Farah | United Kingdom | 13:39.13 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 13:41.47 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Adam Goucher | United States | 13:41.65 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Ali Abdalla | Eritrea | 13:42.00 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Felix Kikwai Kibore | Qatar | 13:46.23 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:46.42 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Jesús España | Spain | 13:46.45 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 13:46.57 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Hicham Bellani | Morocco | 13:46.64 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 13:46.86 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | 13:47.30 | SB |
| 17 | 1 | Khoudir Aggoune | Algeria | 13:47.36 | |
| 18 | 1 | Isaac Kiprono Songok | Kenya | 13:47.42 | |
| 19 | 1 | Ahmed Baday | Morocco | 13:47.83 | |
| 20 | 1 | Joseph Ebuya | Kenya | 13:48.21 | |
| 21 | 2 | Jan Fitschen | Germany | 13:48.39 | |
| 22 | 2 | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis | Bahrain | 13:50.30 | |
| 23 | 1 | Tonny Wamulwa | Zambia | 13:50.95 | SB |
| 24 | 1 | Bekana Daba | Ethiopia | 13:53.16 | |
| 25 | 1 | Charles Bett Koech | Qatar | 13:53.36 | |
| 26 | 2 | Mourad Marofit | Morocco | 13:54.65 | |
| 27 | 2 | Takayuki Matsumiya | Japan | 13:54.95 | |
| 28 | 1 | Alistair Cragg | Ireland | 13:59.45 | |
| 29 | 2 | Stephen Kiprotich | Uganda | 14:04.22 | |
| 30 | 1 | Erik Sjöqvist | Sweden | 14:05.69 | |
| 31 | 1 | Yu Mitsuya | Japan | 14:07.38 | |
| 32 | 2 | Cleveland Forde | Guyana | 15:25.12 | |
| 33 | 2 | Thura Aung | Myanmar | 15:41.08 | |
| | 1 | Kabirou Dan Mallam | Niger | | DNF |
| | 1 | Nader al-Masri | Palestine | | DNS |
| | 1 | David Galván | Mexico | | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Bernard Lagat | United States | 13:45.87 |
| | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 13:46.00 |
| | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 13:46.75 |
| 4 | Matt Tegenkamp | United States | 13:46.78 |
| 5 | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:47.33 |
| 6 | Mo Farah | United Kingdom | 13:47.54 |
| 7 | Jesús España | Spain | 13:50.55 |
| 8 | Abreham Cherkos | Ethiopia | 13:51.01 |
| 9 | Felix Kikwai Kibore | Qatar | 13:51.18 |
| 10 | Ali Abdalla | Eritrea | 13:52.69 |
| 11 | Adam Goucher | United States | 13:53.17 |
| 12 | Hicham Bellani | Morocco | 13:55.44 |
| 13 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 13:56.24 |
| 14 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 13:59.86 |
| 15 | Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 14:01.25 |