The Men's 5000 metres event took place on 6 October 2010 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.[1]
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | Moses Kipsiro |  Uganda |
13:31.25 | |
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7 | Eliud Kipchoge |  Kenya |
13:31.32 | |
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1 | Mark Kiptoo | Kenya |
13:32.58 | |
| 4 | 14 | Kipsegechi Yator | Kenya |
13:37.02 | |
| 5 | 17 | Chris Thompson |  England |
13:39.28 | |
| 6 | 11 | Collis Birmingham |  Australia |
13:39.59 | |
| 7 | 9 | Ben St Lawrence | Australia |
13:46.90 | |
| 8 | 20 | David McNeill | Australia |
13:47.40 | |
| 9 | 16 | Tony Wamulwa |  Zambia |
13:48.50 | SB |
| 10 | 23 | Eric Sebahire |  Rwanda |
13:55.54 | PB |
| 11 | 6 | Adrian Blincoe |  New Zealand |
14:03.07 | |
| 12 | 5 | Damiano Chopa |  Tanzania |
14:10.43 | SB |
| 13 | 18 | Sylvain Rukundo | Rwanda |
14:14.85 | |
| 14 | 10 | Sunil Kumar |  India |
14:18.99 | |
| 15 | 21 | Lee Merrien |  Guernsey |
14:19.33 | |
| 16 | 15 | Sandip Kumar | India |
14:22.59 | PB |
| 17 | 4 | Ramolefi Motsieloa |  Lesotho |
14:23.19 | |
| 18 | 13 | Cleveland Forde |  Guyana |
14:29.46 | |
| 19 | 8 | Lee Emanuel | England |
14:31.38 | |
| 20 | 19 | Jean Simuceka | Rwanda |
14:34.51 | |
| 21 | 3 | Sapolai Yao |  Papua New Guinea |
16:21.88 | |
| 22 | 12 | Philip Nausien |  Vanuatu |
16:37.30 | |
| – | 4 | Abraham Kiplimo | Uganda |
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| – | 22 | Chauncy Master |  Malawi |
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