Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Men's 5000 metres ; at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	? and 25 July 1970
Medalists
	← 1966 Kingston Christchurch 1974 →

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, with the final on 25 July.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 3 miles.

Medallists

Medallists
Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ian Stewart Scotland	Ian McCafferty Scotland	Kipchoge Keino Kenya

The first 7 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Heats results (not complete)
Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
8	1	Tony Ashton	Wales	14:17.4
9	1	Allieu Massaquoi	Sierra Leone	14:51.0
10	1	Robert Hackman	Ghana	14:51.6
11	1	Dominic Chiwaya	Malawi	15:03.6
12	1	Ghulam Rasul	Pakistan	15:12.6
13	1	Donald Pierre	Grenada	15:51.8
14	1	Aurelio Falero	Gibraltar	16:02.6
	1	Tony Manning	Australia	DNS
	1	Harnek Singh	India	DNS
6	2	Ron Clarke	Australia	14:01.6	Q
8	2	David Mungai	Kenya	14:13.8
9	2	David Ellis	Canada	14:14.8
10	2	Gwynn Davis	Wales	14:22.8
11	2	Musa Mustafa	Uganda	14:27.4
12	2	George Waluza	Malawi	14:51.8
13	2	Abdul Karim	Pakistan	14:52.8
14	2	Dandison Moore	Sierra Leone	14:25.8
	2	Kerry O'Brien	Australia	DNS
	2	Harry Prowell	Guyana	DNS
	2	Benson Mulomba	Zambia	DNS

Final results
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ian Stewart	Scotland	13:22.85
	Ian McCafferty	Scotland	13:23.34
	Kipchoge Keino	Kenya	13:27.6
4	Allan Rushmer	England	13:29.8
5	Ron Clarke	Australia	13:32.4
6	Richard Taylor	England	13:33.8
7	Dick Quax	New Zealand	13:43.4
8	John Ngeno	Kenya	13:44.6
9	Bob Finlay	Canada	13:45.2
10	Dick Tayler	New Zealand	13:48.8
11	Joseph Stewart	Scotland	13:51.8
12	Derek Graham	Northern Ireland	13:54.0
13	Bernard Plain	Wales	14:02.0
14	Michael Baxter	England	14:03.0