2012 European Athletics Championships

The men's 5000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 June.

Medalists

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
European record	Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)	12:49.71	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2000
Championship record	Jack Buckner (GBR)	13:10.15	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	Mo Farah (GBR)	12:56.98	Eugene, United States	2 June 2012
European Leading	Mo Farah (GBR)	12:56.98	Eugene, United States	2 June 2012

Date	Time	Round
27 June 2012	19:40	Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Mo Farah	Great Britain	13:29.91
	Arne Gabius	Germany	13:31.83
	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	13:32.63
4	Yohan Durand	France	13:32.65
5	Daniele Meucci	Italy	13:32.69
6	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	13:36.05
7	Dennis Licht	Netherlands	13:37.99
8	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	13:39.01
9	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	13:40.07
10	Manuel Ángel Penas	Spain	13:41.40
11	Stefano La Rosa	Italy	13:41.99
12	Francisco Javier Alves	Spain	13:42.46
13	Adil Bouafif	Sweden	13:50.13
14	Rory Fraser	Great Britain	13:51.05
15	Philipp Pflieger	Germany	13:51.23
16	Tiidrek Nurme	Estonia	13:51.29
17	Brenton Rowe	Austria	13:51.58
18	Sindre Buraas	Norway	13:51.64
19	Anatoliy Rybakov	Russia	13:52.79
20	Jesús España	Spain	13:55.98
21	Mats Lunders	Belgium	14:06.55
22	Philipp Bandi	Switzerland	14:07.48
23	Mitch Goose	Great Britain	14:21.91
	Jesper van der Wielen	Netherlands	DNF
	Maksym Cerrone Obrubanskyy	Italy	DQ	R163.3b