The men's 5000 metres event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 17 July.
| Gold | Anatoliy Rybakov | |
| Silver | Mo Farah | |
| Bronze | Aleksey Aleksandrov |
17 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 14:06.69 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 14:10.96 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 14:11.10 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:15.42 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:16.28 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 14:17.16 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:19.26 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:20.89 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:25.36 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:27.42 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 14:30.87 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 14:32.00 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 14:33.92 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 14:37.43 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 14:38.88 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 14:50.66 | ||||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | | 14:59.48 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | | 14:59.86 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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