Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 5,000m

Athletics at the 2010 South American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
20,000m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's 5,000m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 23 at 17:30.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
José Mauricio González Colombia	Javier Peña Colombia	Víctor Aravena Chile

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
World Leading	Andrew Baddeley	Great Britain	13:20.85	Melbourne, Australia	4 March 2010
South American record	Marilson dos Santos	Brazil	13:19.43	Kassel, Germany	8 June 2006
South American U23 record	Valdenor dos Santos	Brazil	13:36.65	Maia, Portugal	20 July 1991

Results were published.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	José Mauricio González	Colombia	14:23.35	SB
	Javier Peña	Colombia	14:27.62	PB
	Víctor Aravena	Chile	14:45.85
4	Daniel Chaves da Silva	Brazil	15:11.65
5	Carlos Aníbal Contreras	Ecuador	15:16.15
6	Ronaldo do Carmo Rocha	Brazil	15:28.38
7	Alex Cisneros	Ecuador	15:47.75
8	Dennis Horatio	Guyana	16:47.19
–	Wily Canchanya	Perú	DNF

Intermediate times: