title: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
text: # 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
  
  The men's 5000 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 19 August.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships :
  
  | World U20 Record | Selemon Barega (ETH) | 12:43.02 | Brussels, Belgium | 31 August 2018 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Abreham Cherkos (ETH) | 13:08.57 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 13 July 2008 |
  | World U20 Leading | Addisu Yihune (ETH) | 12:58.99 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 8 June 2021 |
  
  ## Results
  
  The final was held on 19 August at 17:10.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Benson Kiplangat | Kenya | 13:20.37 | PB |
  | | Tadese Worku | Ethiopia | 13:20.65 | |
  | | Levy Kibet | Kenya | 13:26.01 | PB |
  | 4 | Addisu Yihune | Ethiopia | 13:32.76 | |
  | 5 | Merhawi Mebrahtu | Eritrea | 13:40.63 | PB |
  | 6 | Habtom Samuel | Eritrea | 13:45.65 | |
  | 7 | Rodgers Kibet | Uganda | 13:57.97 | |
  | 8 | Ajan Jacob Chol | South Sudan | 14:14.37 | |
  | 9 | Martin Magengo Kiprotich | Uganda | 14:15.62 | |
  | 10 | Jean Marie Bukuru | Burundi | 14:28.55 | |
  