The men's 5000 metres event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 24 and 26 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: Record Athlete (nation) Location Date Games record 13:35.89 Kazan, Russia 12 July 2013

Results Heats First 8 in each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Arthur Gervais 14:07.99 2 Thomas Laviolette 14:08.34 3 Toby Gualter 14:08.95 4 14:09.24 5 Collins Kiprotich 14:09.66 6 Jonathan Harris 14:10.49 7 Oliver Smart 14:10.93 8 Adrian de la Orden 14:12.65 9 Olefile Kooagile 14:15.72 10 Jesper Sandberg 14:15.82 11 Gagan Singh 14:22.20 12 Lucas Martín Jiménez 14:34.99 13 Szymon Skalski 14:40.17 14 Francisco Zufiaurre 14:50.90 15 Matija Rizmal 15:14.58 16 Mark Mahinay 15:17.53 17 Mushota Lengwe 15:39.12 —

Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 14:41.26 2 Matre Kiran 14:41.49 3 David Mullarkey 14:42.01 4 14:42.20 5 Kobe Hermans 14:42.42 6 Kidus Begashaw 14:42.66 7 Christopher May 14:42.79 8 Thomas Termote 14:43.36 9 Liam Back 14:46.05 10 Vetle Farbu-Solbakken 14:48.41 11 14:56.43 12 Jakob Vase 14:59.27 13 Daniel Stiven Herrera 15:02.12 14 William Boyle 15:07.23 15 Oliver Annus 15:16.96 16 Juan Pablo Gelmi 15:52.27

Final Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Arthur Gervais 15:02.00 David Mullarkey 15:02.39 Collins Kiprotich 15:02.47 4 15:02.48 5 15:02.79 6 Kobe Hermans 15:02.93 7 Thomas Termote 15:03.79 8 Adrian de la Orden 15:04.29 9 Thomas Laviolette 15:04.32 10 15:04.48 11 Kidus Begashaw 15:04.84 12 Jonathan Harris 15:04.91 13 Toby Gualter 15:05.00 14 Oliver Smart 15:06.37 15 Christopher May 15:14.58 16 Matre Kiran 15:16.57

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