2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

2003 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 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 20 July.^[1][2][3]

Gold	Chris Thompson  United Kingdom
Silver	Mo Farah  United Kingdom
Bronze	Robert Connolly  Ireland

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chris Thompson	United Kingdom	13:58.62
	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	13:58.88
	Robert Connolly	Ireland	14:03.75
4	Vasyl Matviychuk	Ukraine	14:10.19
5	Stefano Scaini	Italy	14:11.91
6	Mark Kenneally	Ireland	14:13.24
7	André Pollmächer	Germany	14:14.79
8	Hassam Outchich	France	14:16.89
9	Krijn Van Koolwyk	Belgium	14:19.85
10	Patrick Stitzinger	Netherlands	14:25.99
11	José Manuel Moreno	Spain	14:30.49
12	Dirk de Heer	Netherlands	14:33.02
13	Tim Clerbout	Belgium	14:34.55
14	Benoit Charpantier	France	14:42.83
15	Henrik Ahnström	Sweden	14:50.11
16	Mirko Petrović	Serbia and Montenegro	14:51.12
17	Aleksandr Nikolayuk	Belarus	14:52.92
18	Tristan Druet	Ireland	14:53.93
19	Marius Gheorghe	Romania	15:01.32
	Paweł Ochal	Poland	DNF
	Rui Pedro Silva	Portugal	DNF
	Ruslan Nazipov	Russia	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.