The men's 5000 metres at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 24 April.

Records +Records before the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004 Asian record 12:51.96 Fontvieille, Monaco 19 July 2013 Championship record 13:34.47 Wuhan, China 4 June 2015 World leading 13:08.05 Boston, United States 24 February 2019 Asian leading 13:27.81 8 February 2019

Results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Birhanu Balew 13:37.42 Albert Rop 13:37.57 Hiroki Matsueda 13:45.44 Hazuma Hattori 13:47.82 Gavit Murli Kumar 13:48.99 PB Abhishek Pal 13:56.09 SB Yaser Bagharab 13:56.30 PB Hossein Keyhani 13:56.86 PB Jalil Nasseri 14:19.82 SB 10 Nguyễn Văn Lai 14:26.81 SB 11 Du Jianrong 14:28.56 SB 12 Gawa Zangpo 14:33.43 NR 13 Ajitkumar Yadav 14:37.13 SB 14 Suber Hassan Jama 14:39.58 15 Yan Wei 14:40.94 16 Mahmoud Esbitan 15:03.49 SB 17 Daniaar Arypbekov 15:17.57 SB 18 Hussain Fazeel Haroon 15:30.27 NR 19 Nabin Parajuli 15:35.51 PB 20 Pheara Vann 16:30.50 PB 21 Abdelrahim Al-Abiat 17:01.16 SB Osama Al-Yaari

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