Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
30 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Ovett	England	13:24.11
	Jack Buckner	England	13:25.87
	Tim Hutchings	England	13:26.84
4	Paul Williams	Canada	13:28.51
5	John Walker	New Zealand	13:35.34
6	David Burridge	New Zealand	13:36.79
7	Terry Greene	Northern Ireland	13:39.11
8	Nat Muir	Scotland	13:40.92
9	Paul McCloy	Canada	13:42.57
10	Rob Lonergan	Canada	13:47.44
11	Kerry Rodger	New Zealand	13:52.04
12	Peter McColgan	Northern Ireland	13:58.75
13	George Mambosasa	Malawi	14:18.33
14	Thabiso Moqhali	Lesotho	14:48.91
15	Jamie Marsh	Guernsey	15:26.22
16	Paul Sheard	Guernsey	15:52.32
17	Richard Charleston	Scotland	DNS

References

1. Results