Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 6 August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Juan Luis Barrios from Mexico.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

Results
All times shown are in seconds.

Final
The results were as follows: