Athletics at the 1998 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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
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
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The men's 5000 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 18–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Daniel Komen  Kenya	Tom Nyariki  Kenya	Richard Limo  Kenya

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Richard Limo	Kenya	14:00.16	Q
2	2	Jason Bunston	Canada	14:03.44	Q
3	2	Lee Troop	Australia	14:09.68	Q[2]
4	2	Shadrack Hoff	South Africa	14:10.24	Q
5	2	Godfrey Nyombi	Uganda	14:10.43	Q
6	2	Kristen Bowditch	England	14:11.51	q
7	2	John Morapedi	South Africa	14:15.30	q
8	2	Karl Keska	England	14:17.23	q
9	1	Tom Nyariki	Kenya	14:21.71	Q
10	1	Daniel Komen	Kenya	14:22.12	Q
11	1	Keith Cullen	England	14:22.24	Q
12	1	Shaun Creighton	Australia	14:23.28	Q
13	1	Alan Bunce	New Zealand	14:26.06	Q
14	1	Reinhold Iita	Namibia	14:30.65	q
15	1	Richard Mavuso	South Africa	14:40.37	q
16	2	Kabo Gabaseme	Botswana	14:40.52
17	2	Francis Munthali	Malawi	14:42.33
18	1	Ian Gillespie	Scotland	14:50.34
19	2	Simon Labiche	Seychelles	14:50.63
20	2	Ian Carswell	Canada	14:53.78
21	1	Munusamy Ramachandran	Malaysia	14:57.42
22	1	Chris Votu	Solomon Islands	16:22.82
	1	Abel Chimukoko	Zimbabwe	DNS
	1	Jeff Schiebler	Canada	DNS
	1	Lefu Sephooa	Lesotho	DNS

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Daniel Komen	Kenya	13:22.57
	Tom Nyariki	Kenya	13:28.09
	Richard Limo	Kenya	13:37.42
4	Karl Keska	England	13:40.24
5	Keith Cullen	England	13:44.69
6	Lee Troop	Australia	13:56.32
7	Kristen Bowditch	England	14:02.36
8	Alan Bunce	New Zealand	14:02.98
9	John Morapedi	South Africa	14:06.47
10	Shadrack Hoff	South Africa	14:19.35
11	Richard Mavuso	South Africa	14:28.96
	Jason Bunston	Canada	DNF
	Reinhold Iita	Namibia	DNF
	Godfrey Nyombi	Uganda	DNF
	Shaun Creighton	Australia	DNS