Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres explained

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Henry Rono	Michael Musyoki	Brendan Foster

Results

Heats

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			13:51.15	Q
2	1			13:51.48	Q
3	1			13:53.24	Q
4	1			13:55.81	Q
5	1			13:57.75	Q
6	1			13:57.76	Q
7	2			14:02.15	Q
8	2			14:08.02	Q
9	2			14:08.54	Q
10	1			14:09.16	q
11	2			14:09.64	Q
12	2			14:10.28	Q
13	2			14:10.35	Q
14	2			14:10.76	q
15	1			14:27.19	q
16	1			14:33.78
17	1			14:40.88
18	2			14:56.45
19	2			15:00.52
20	2			15:25.55
21	2			15:43.85
22	1			15:45.44
23	2			18:37.91
24	2			19:29.48
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Final

Held on 10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			13:23.04
			13:29.92
			13:31.35
			13:33.20
			13:34.08
			13:34.94
			13:39.81
			13:43.69
			13:50.06
10			13:52.54
11			13:54.59
12			13:55.18
13			14:28.10

References

• Heats results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2018-02-25 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .