Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres

Qualification: First 6 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Paul Williams	Canada	13:50.74	Q
2	1	Yobes Ondieki	Kenya	13:51.67	Q
3	1	Jack Buckner	England	13:52.56	Q
4	2	John Ngugi	Kenya	13:52.37	Q
5	2	Eamonn Martin	England	13:52.50	Q
6	2	Ian Hamer	Wales	13:52.58	Q
7	2	Andy Lloyd	Australia	13:52.63	Q
8	2	Malcolm Norwood	Australia	13:53.39	Q
9	1	Mark Rowland	England	13:54.04	Q
10	2	Moses Tanui	Kenya	13:54.44	Q
11	1	Kerry Rodger	New Zealand	13:54.50	Q
12	1	Patrick Carroll	Australia	13:56.78	Q
13	1	Paul McCloy	Canada	13:58.24	q
14	1	Roger Hackney	Wales	13:58.89	q
15	2	Charles Mulinga	Zambia	14:00.58	q
16	2	Phil Clode	New Zealand	14:01.96
17	1	Wilson Theleso	Botswana	14:03.38
18	2	Graeme Fell	Canada	14:04.42
19	2	Isaac Simelane	Swaziland	14:04.78
20	1	Richard Potts	New Zealand	14:33.22
21	2	George Mambosasa	Malawi	14:51.58
22	2	Moneri Lebesa	Lesotho	15:18.40
23	1	Aaron Dupnai	Papua New Guinea	15:53.63
	1	Try Chinhoyi	Zimbabwe	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Andy Lloyd	Australia	13:24.86
	John Ngugi	Kenya	13:24.94
	Ian Hamer	Wales	13:25.63
4	Kerry Rodger	New Zealand	13:26.79
5	Moses Tanui	Kenya	13:28.31
6	Paul Williams	Canada	13:33.68
7	Mark Rowland	England	13:35.69
8	Patrick Carroll	Australia	13:48.16
9	Yobes Ondieki	Kenya	13:58.75
10	Paul McCloy	Canada	14:00.26
11	Charles Mulinga	Zambia	14:03.59
12	Jack Buckner	England	14:10.59
13	Malcolm Norwood	Australia	14:19.33
14	Roger Hackney	Wales	14:27.06
	Eamonn Martin	England	DNS