London Olympics 2012: Men's 5000m Round 1

The London 2012 Men's 5000 1st Round was won by Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel, wearing bib 1688.

Classification
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" ! Pos. ! Bib ! Athlete ! Heat ! Mark ! Q ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20
 * 1688
 * [[File:Ethiopia.png]] Dejen Gebremeskel
 * 2
 * 13:15.15
 * Yes
 * 1677
 * [[File:Ethiopia.png]] Yenew Alamirew
 * 2
 * 13:15.39
 * Yes
 * 2310
 * [[File:Kenya.png]] Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa
 * 2
 * 13:15.41
 * Yes
 * 3231
 * [[File:United States.png]] Bernard Lagat
 * 2
 * 13:15.45
 * Yes
 * 2456
 * [[File:Morocco.png]] Abdalaati Iguider
 * 2
 * 13:15.49
 * Yes
 * 3250
 * [[File:United States.png]] Galen Rupp
 * 2
 * 13:17.56
 * Yes
 * 3114
 * [[File:Uganda.png]] Moses Ndiema Kipsiro
 * 2
 * 13:17.68
 * Yes
 * 1293
 * [[File:Canada.png]] Cameron Levins
 * 2
 * 13:18.29
 * Yes
 * 2495
 * [[File:Mexico.png]] Juan Luis Barrios
 * 2
 * 13:21.01
 * Yes
 * 1553
 * [[File:Djibouti.png]] Mumin Gala
 * 2
 * 13:21.21
 * Yes
 * 1592
 * [[File:Eritrea.png]] Abrar Osman Adem
 * 2
 * 13:24.40
 * Yes
 * 1095
 * [[File:Azerbaijan.png]] Hayle Ibrahimov
 * 1
 * 13:25.23
 * Yes
 * 2307
 * [[File:Kenya.png]] Isiah Kiplangat Koech
 * 1
 * 13:25.64
 * Yes
 * 1821
 * [[File:United Kingdom.png]] Nick McCormick
 * 2
 * 13:25.70
 * No
 * 1808
 * [[File:United Kingdom.png]] Mo Farah
 * 1
 * 13:26.00
 * Yes
 * 3232
 * [[File:United States.png]] Lopez Lomong
 * 1
 * 13:26.16
 * Yes
 * 1689
 * [[File:Ethiopia.png]] Hagos Gebrhiwet
 * 1
 * 13:26.16
 * Yes
 * 2320
 * [[File:Kenya.png]] Edwin Cheruiyot Soi
 * 1
 * 13:27.06
 * No
 * 3073
 * [[File:Turkey.png]] Polat Kemboi Arikan
 * 2
 * 13:27.21
 * No
 * 1900
 * [[File:Germany.png]] Arne Gabius
 * 1
 * 13:28.01
 * No