1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 1991 World Championships
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
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 45 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on 1 September 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Yobes Ondieki Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Fita Bayisa Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Brahim Boutayeb Morocco (MAR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	12:58.39	Rome, Italy	27 July 1987
Championship Record	John Ngugi (KEN)	13:22.68	Rome, Italy	4 September 1987

Final

Rank	Final	Time
	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	13:14.45 CR
	Fita Bayisa (ETH)	13:16.64
	Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)	13:22.70
4.	Dieter Baumann (GER)	13:28.67
5.	Domingos Castro (POR)	13:28.88
6.	Khalid Skah (MAR)	13:32.90
7.	Risto Ulmala (FIN)	13:33.46
8.	Dionisio Castro (POR)	13:35.39
9.	Robert Denmark (GBR)	13:36.24
10.	Ibrahim Kinuthia (KEN)	13:38.96
11.	Abel Antón (ESP)	13:39.00
12.	Bob Kennedy (USA)	13:54.47
13.	Gary Staines (GBR)	13:58.26
14.	Doug Padilla (USA)	14:36.18
—	Stefano Mei (ITA)	DNF

Qualifying heats

• Held on 30 August 1991

Rank	Heat 1	Time
1.	Ibrahim Kinuthia (KEN)	13:57.65
2.	Khalid Skah (MAR)	13:58.45
3.	Gary Staines (GBR)	13:58.68
4.	Doug Padilla (USA)	13:58.83
5.	Andrew Sambu (TAN)	13:59.01
6.	Marti ten Kate (NED)	13:59.51
7.	Mikhail Dasko (URS)	13:59.71
8.	Antonio Serrano (ESP)	13:59.75
9.	Zeki Öztürk (TUR)	14:06.20
10.	Jonny Danielsson (SWE)	14:07.03
11.	Valdenor dos Santos (BRA)	14:35.00
12.	Tsuluunbaatar Ariunsaikhan (MGL)	15:26.62
	Mauricio González (MEX)	DNF
	Dieudonne Lamothe (HAI)	DNF
	Prakash Davendra Singh (FIJ)	DNS

Rank	Heat 2	Time
1.	Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)	13:53.75
2.	Dieter Baumann (GER)	13:54.07
3.	Stefano Mei (ITA)	13:54.35
4.	Dionisio Castro (POR)	13:54.39
5.	Ondoro Osoro (KEN)	13:54.41
6.	Ian Hamer (GBR)	13:54.49
7.	Sławomir Majusiak (POL)	13:57.98
8.	Reuben Reina (USA)	13:59.19
9.	Martín Fiz (ESP)	13:59.52
10.	John Halvorsen (NOR)	14:14.85
11.	Katsuhito Kumagai (JPN)	14:20.84
12.	Gerard de Gaetano (MLT)	15:31.08
	Addis Abebe (ETH)	DNS
	Daouda Kassougue (MTN)	DNS
	Lucas Eningo Elonga (GEQ)	DNS

Rank	Heat 3	Time
1.	Fita Bayissa (ETH)	13:41.59
2.	Robert Denmark (GBR)	13:46.25
3.	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	13:47.05
4.	Domingos Castro (POR)	13:47.61
5.	Risto Ulmala (FIN)	13:48.86
6.	Bob Kennedy (USA)	13:53.56
7.	Abel Antón (ESP)	13:53.60
8.	Mohamed Issangar (MAR)	13:55.49
9.	Andrew Lloyd (AUS)	13:59.71
10.	Frank O'Mara (IRL)	14:03.19
11.	Kerry Rodger (NZL)	14:03.81
12.	Yahia Azaidj (ALG)	14:43.49
13.	Souley Oumarou (NIG)	14:52.89
14.	Obva Elengha (CGO)	15:37.13
15.	Abi Tayeh Charbi (LIB)	16:13.21

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships 5000 metres (Split)
• Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
• 1993 Men's World Championships 5000 metres (Stuttgart)

References

• Results