1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
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These are the official results of the Men's 5.000 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday August 9, 1997.
Final
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
 |
 Daniel Komen (KEN) |
13:07.38 |
 |
 Khalid Boulami (MAR) |
13:09.34 |
 |
Tom Nyariki (KEN) |
13:11.09 |
| 4. | Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) |
13:17.45 |
| 5. |  Dieter Baumann (GER) |
13:17.64 |
| 6. |  Bob Kennedy (USA) |
13:19.45 |
| 7. | El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) |
13:20.52 |
| 8. |  Enrique Molina (ESP) |
13:24.54 |
| 9. | Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) |
13:25.78 |
| 10. |  Fita Bayissa (ETH) |
13:25.98 |
| 11. |  Abdellah Béhar (FRA) |
13:29.10 |
| 12. | Worku Bikila (ETH) |
13:30.02 |
| 13. | Paul Bitok (KEN) |
13:30.25 |
| 14. |  Dionisio Castro (POR) |
13:31.74 |
| 15. |  Pablo Olmedo (MEX) |
14:05.59 |
Qualifying heats
- Held on Friday 1997-08-08
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) |
13:19.69 |
| 2. | Dieter Baumann (GER) |
13:19.81 |
| 3. | Daniel Komen (KEN) |
13:19.87 |
| 4. | Enrique Molina (ESP) |
13:22.74 |
| 5. | Paul Bitok (KEN) |
13:24.85 |
| 6. | Abdellah Béhar (FRA) |
13:26.50 |
| 7. | Worku Bikila (ETH) |
13:31.18 |
| 8. | Alan Culpepper (USA) |
13:34.74 |
| 9. | Anacleto Jimenez (ESP) |
13:36.55 |
| 10. |  Keith Cullen (GBR) |
13:42.40 |
| 11. |  Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim (QAT) |
13:49.55 |
| 12. |  Sergey Drygin (RUS) |
13:55.56 |
| 13. |  Jeff Schiebler (CAN) |
13:57.31 |
| 14. |  Mark Carroll (IRL) |
13:57.88 |
| 15. | Robert Denmark (GBR) |
13:58.08 |
| 16. |  Ali Zayed (LBA) |
13:58.26 |
| 17. |  Nestor García (URU) |
14:12.15 |
| 18. |  Francis Munthali (MAW) |
14:14.80 |
| — |  Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) |
DNF |
| — |  Marco Condori (BOL) |
DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bob Kennedy (USA) |
13:23.07 |
| 2. | Khalid Boulami (MAR) |
13:23.46 |
| 3. | Tom Nyariki (KEN) |
13:23.55 |
| 4. | El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) |
13:23.75 |
| 5. | Dionisio Castro (POR) |
13:24.51 |
| 6. | Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) |
13:25.71 |
| 7. | Pablo Olmedo (MEX) |
13:27.65 |
| 8. | Fita Bayissa (ETH) |
13:28.54 |
| 9. | Ismael Kirui (KEN) |
13:34.52 |
| 10. | Ayele Mezgebu (ETH) |
13:38.96 |
| 11. | Mustapha Essaid (FRA) |
13:39.11 |
| 12. |  Panagiotis Papoulias (GRE) |
13:58.27 |
| 13. | Brian Baker (USA) |
14:03.95 |
| 14. | Adrian Passey (GBR) |
14:07.49 |
| 15. |  Samuli Vasala (FIN) |
14:10.92 |
| 16. |  Yohannes Ghirmai (ERI) |
14:59.47 |
| 17. |  Anatola Lekade (TOG) |
15:00.21 |
| 18. |  Yeli Moussa (NIG) |
15:00.61 |