title: 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
text: # 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
  
  The men's 5000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 July.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
  
  | World Junior Record | Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) | 12:47.53 | Paris, France | 6 July 2012 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Abreham Cherkos (ETH) | 13:08.57 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 13 July 2008 |
  | World Junior Leading | Selemon Barega (ETH) | 13:04.05 | Stockholm, Sweden | 10 June 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Edward Pingua | Kenya | 13:20.16 | |
  | 2 | Stanley Mburu | Kenya | 13:20.57 | |
  | 3 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 13:20.78 | AJR |
  | 4 | Selemon Barega | Ethiopia | 13:21.16 | |
  | 5 | Telahun Haile Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:23.24 | |
  | 6 | Jacob Kiplimo | Uganda | 13:23.35 | |
  | 7 | Oscar Chelimo | Uganda | 14:00.68 | |
  | 8 | Elzan Bibić | Serbia | 14:15.37 | |
  | 9 | Kokob Ghebru | Eritrea | 14:23.49 | |
  | 10 | Cooper Teare | United States | 14:24.30 | |
  | 11 | Simen Halle Haugen | Norway | 14:25.37 | |
  | 12 | Aarón Las Heras [es] | Spain | 14:30.09 | |
  | 13 | Mohamed Mohumed | Germany | 14:30.81 | |
  | 14 | Adrian Garcea | Romania | 14:33.21 | PB |
  | 15 | Idleh Aden | Djibouti | 14:33.35 | PB |
  | 16 | Thomas Mortimer | Great Britain | 14:37.14 | |
  | 17 | Yuhi Nakaya | Japan | 14:39.78 | |
  | 18 | Darragh McElhinney | Ireland | 14:53.63 | |
  | 19 | Tyler Dozzi | Canada | 15:31.39 | |
  | 20 | Soren Knudsen | United States | 16:18.33 | |
  | | Yousif Ramadan | Sudan | DQ | |
  | | Nursultan Keneshbekov | Kyrgyzstan | DNF | |
  