Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 5,000 metres explained

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 South American Games. The Men's 5,000m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 23 at 17:30.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
José Mauricio González	Javier Peña	Víctor Aravena

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record			12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
World Leading			13:20.85	Melbourne, Australia	4 March 2010
South American record			13:19.43	Kassel, Germany	8 June 2006
South American U23 record			13:36.65	Maia, Portugal	20 July 1991

Results

Results were published.

Rank	width=150	Athlete !	width=100	Nationality !	width=100	Result !	Notes
			14:23.35	SB
			14:27.62	PB
			14:45.85
4			15:11.65
5			15:16.15
6			15:28.38
7			15:47.75
8			16:47.19
–		Perú	DNF

Intermediate times:

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1000m	2:49.24
2000m	5:41.75
3000m	8:36.09
4000m	11:34.56

See also

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

External links

• Report