2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

2005 European Athletics U23 Championships
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
Road events
20 km 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
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 5000 metres event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 17 July.^[1][2][3]

Gold	Anatoliy Rybakov  Russia
Silver	Mo Farah  United Kingdom
Bronze	Aleksey Aleksandrov  Russia

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anatoliy Rybakov	Russia	14:06.69
	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	14:10.96
	Aleksey Aleksandrov	Russia	14:11.10
4	Marius Ionescu	Romania	14:15.42
5	Martin Fagan	Ireland	14:16.28
6	Scott Overall	United Kingdom	14:17.16
7	Noel Cutillas	Spain	14:19.26
8	Rafał Snochowski	Poland	14:20.89
9	Stefano Scaini	Italy	14:25.36
10	Kristof Van Malderen	Belgium	14:27.42
11	Marcin Janiak	Poland	14:30.87
12	Stefano Cugusi	Italy	14:32.00
13	Karol Rzeszewicz	Poland	14:33.92
14	Thibaud Naël	France	14:37.43
15	Stéphane Lefrand	France	14:38.88
16	Tom Humphries	United Kingdom	14:50.66
17	Joseph Sweeney	Ireland	14:59.48
18	Yohan Durand	France	14:59.86
	Mario Van Waeyenberge	Belgium	DNF
	Francisco José Bachiller	Spain	DNF
	Velibor Radojević	Serbia and Montenegro	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.