1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 28 August 1999 at 21:30h.

Abbreviations

 * All times shown are in minutes:seconds:hundreds

Heats

 * Held on Wednesday 25 August 1999

Final
This was the first time anyone ran under 13 minutes at these championships.