| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | 16–18 October | |||||||||
| Competitors | 54 from 35 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 5000 metres was the second-longest of the seven men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October and 18 October 1964. 54 athletes from 35 nations entered, with 6 not starting the first round. The first round was held on 16 October and the final on 18 October.
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The top three runners in each of the 4 heats advanced.
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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| 1 | Michel Jazy | France | 13:55.4 |
| 2 | Bill Baillie | New Zealand | 13:55.4 |
| 3 | Stepan Baidiuk | Soviet Union | 14:00.2 |
| 4 | Andrei Barabas | Romania | 14:00.2 |
| 5 | Anthony Cook | Australia | 14:02.4 |
| 6 | John Bryan Herring | Great Britain | 14:07.2 |
| 7 | Muharrem Dalkilic | Turkey | 14:12.0 |
| 8 | Lutz Philipp | Germany | 14:15.2 |
| 9 | Bruce Kidd | Canada | 14:21.8 |
| 10 | Janos Pinter | Hungary | 14:41.0 |
| 11 | Jean Randrianjatovo | Madagascar | 15:50.4 |
| — | Paschal Mfyomi | Tanganyika | DNS |
| Gaston Roelants | Belgium | DNS |
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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| 1 | Michael Edwin Wiggs | Great Britain | 13:51.0 |
| 2 | Bill Dellinger | United States | 13:52.2 |
| 3 | Thor Helland | Norway | 13:52.4 |
| 4 | Lech Boguszewicz | Poland | 13:52.8 |
| 5 | Kestutis Orentas | Soviet Union | 13:54.0 |
| 6 | Eugene Allonsius | Belgium | 13:55.0 |
| 7 | Jean Vaillant | France | 14:05.8 |
| 8 | Manfred Letzerich | Germany | 14:06.2 |
| 9 | Thomas O'Riordan | Ireland | 14:08.8 |
| 10 | Jorgen Nielsen Dam | Denmark | 14:20.4 |
| 11 | Albert George Thomas | Australia | 14:27.8 |
| 12 | Fernando Aguila | Spain | 14:29.2 |
| 13 | Alvaro Mejia Florez | Colombia | 14:41.4 |
| — | Ebrahim Yazdanpanah | Iran | DNS |
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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| 1 | Mohammed Gammoudi | Tunisia | 14:10.2 |
| 2 | Bob Schul | United States | 14:11.4 |
| 3 | Harald Norpoth | Germany | 14:11.6 |
| 4 | Murray Halberg | New Zealand | 14:12.0 |
| 5 | Josef Tomas | Czechoslovakia | 14:12.6 |
| 6 | Bengt Najde | Sweden | 14:13.4 |
| 7 | Franc Cervan | Yugoslavia | 14:16.6 |
| 8 | Simo Sakari Saloranta | Finland | 14:24.6 |
| 9 | Lajos Mecser | Hungary | 14:35.4 |
| 10 | Jean Fayolle | France | 14:44.6 |
| 11 | Sermsak Keocanta | Thailand | 16:08.8 |
| 12 | Ranatunge Karunananda | Ceylon | 16:22.2 |
| 13 | Nguyen Van Ly | Vietnam | 17:28.0 |
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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| 1 | Ron Clarke | Australia | 13:48.4 |
| 2 | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 13:49.6 |
| 3 | Nikolay Dutov | Soviet Union | 13:50.6 |
| 4 | Francisco Aritmendi | Spain | 14:05.0 |
| 5 | Sven-Olv Larsson | Sweden | 14:10.2 |
| 6 | Iwashita Satsuo | Japan | 14:18.4 |
| 7 | Derek Austin Graham | Great Britain | 14:21.6 |
| 8 | Oscar W. Moore | United States | 14:24.0 |
| 9 | Simo Vazic | Yugoslavia | 14:33.8 |
| 10 | Henri Clerckx | Belgium | 14:40.0 |
| 11 | Neville Ian Scott | Netherlands | 15:01.0 |
| — | Ben Assou El Ghazi | Morocco | DNS |
| Manuel Oliveira | Portugal | DNS | |
| Mamo Wolde | Ethiopia | DNS |
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | 1000 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | |
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| 1 | Bob Schul | United States | 13:48.8 | 2:51.4 | 5:40.0 | 8:25.0 | 11:16.2 | |
| 2 | Harald Norpoth | Germany | 13:49.6 | 2:51.0 | 5:39.8 | 8:22.8 | 11:15.8 | |
| 3 | Bill Dellinger | United States | 13:49.8 | 2:51.8 | 5:40.6 | 8:25.8 | 11:16.4 | |
| 4 | Michel Jazy | France | 13:49.8 | 2:50.4 | 5:39.6 | 8:22.4 | 11:15.6 | |
| 5 | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 13:50.4 | 2:50.8 | 5:40.4 | 8:25.6 | 11:16.0 | |
| 6 | Bill Baillie | New Zealand | 13:51.0 | 2:50.6 | 5:39.8 | 8:24.2 | 11:16.0 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Dutov | Soviet Union | 13:53.8 | 2:51.6 | 5:40.4 | 8:23.2 | 11:15.8 | |
| 8 | Thor Helland | Norway | 13:57.0 | 2:51.6 | 5:40.2 | 8:26.0 | 11:16.6 | |
| 9 | Ron Clarke | Australia | 13:58.0 | 2:50.2 | 5:39.4 | 8:22.2 | 11:15.8 | |
| 10 | Stepan Baidiuk | Soviet Union | 14:11.2 | 2:51.0 | 5:40.0 | 8:25.6 | 11:19.2 | |
| 11 | Michael Edwin Wiggs | Great Britain | 14:20.8 | 2:52.8 | 5:40.8 | 8:28.6 | 11:28.6 | |
| — | Mohammed Gammoudi | Tunisia | Did not start | - | ||||
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