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Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth 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
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
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
Para-athletics
100 m blind	men
800 m wheelchair		women
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The men's 5000 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July.

Results※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	13:13.51	GR
	Benjamin Limo	Kenya	13:13.57
	William Kirui	Kenya	13:18.02	PB
4	John Mayock	England	13:19.43	PB
5	Sam Haughian	England	13:19.45	PB
6	Craig Mottram	Australia	13:25.21
7	Sean Kaley	Canada	13:26.28	SB
8	Michael Power	Australia	13:34.04	SB
9	Paul Wakou	Uganda	13:37.95	NR
10	Obed Mutanya	Zambia	13:39.74	SB
11	Matt O'Dowd	England	13:43.33	SB
12	Michael Aish	New Zealand	13:45.87
13	Jeff Schiebler	Canada	13:49.02
14	Glen Stewart	Scotland	13:49.70
15	Donald Naylor	Wales	14:09.38
16	Tau Khotso	Lesotho	14:21.94
17	Rashid Taimu	Malawi	14:27.94	PB
	Henry Foufaka	Solomon Islands	DNS
	Andres Jones	Wales	DNS
	Rodwell Kamwendo	Malawi	DNS
	John Yuda	Tanzania	DNS

References※

• Official results
• Results at BBC