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Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Ben Jipcho
 Kenya
Brendan Foster
 England
Dave Black
 England

Results

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Heats

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Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Joshua Kimeto  Kenya 13:42.6 Q
2 1 Ian Stewart  Scotland 13:57.2 Q
3 1 Ben Jipcho  Kenya 13:57.2 Q
4 1 Bryan Rose  New Zealand 13:57.2 Q
5 1 Dave Black  England 13:59.9 Q
6 1 Mustafa Musa  Uganda 14:18.4 Q
7 1 Bernard Hayward  Wales 14:23.24
1 Graham Crouch  Australia DNS
1 Dan Shaughnessy  Canada DNS
1 Dick Tayler  New Zealand DNS
1 2 Brendan Foster  England 13:45.6 Q
2 2 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 13:46.0 Q
3 2 David Fitzsimons  Australia 13:46.18 Q[2]
4 2 Paul Mose  Kenya 13:50.2 Q
5 2 Gordon Minty  Wales 13:59.2 Q
6 2 David Bedford  England 13:59.2 Q
7 2 Kevin Ryan  New Zealand 14:07.42
8 2 Bob Hendy  Australia 14:14.98
9 2 Norman Morrison  Scotland 14:40.64
10 2 Golekane Mosveu  Botswana 14:46.14
11 2 Motseki Monethi  Lesotho 15:05.32

Final

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Held on 29 January

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ben Jipcho  Kenya 13:14.4 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brendan Foster  England 13:14.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dave Black  England 13:23.52
4 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 13:34.91
5 Ian Stewart  Scotland 13:40.32
6 David Fitzsimons  Australia 13:42.83
7 Joshua Kimeto  Kenya 13:43.6
8 Gordon Minty  Wales 13:45.48
9 Paul Mose  Kenya 13:54.44
10 Bryan Rose  New Zealand 14:00.93
11 David Bedford  England 14:18.76
12 Mustafa Musa  Uganda 14:25.39

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Australia results". Retrieved 21 December 2018.