Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 15 March.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Osvaldo Suárez	Argentina	15:30.6
	Horace Ashenfelter	United States	15:31.4
	Jaime Correa	Chile	15:39.2
4	Gordon McKenzie	United States	15:51.8
5	Francisco Hernández	Mexico	16:02.4
6	Jesús González	Mexico	16:25.4
7	Isidro Resendiz	Mexico	??:??.?
8	Edgard Freire	Brazil	??:??.?
9	Matias Vallejos	Paraguay	??:??.?
10	Guillermo Rojas	Guatemala	??:??.?
11	Nery Losse	Guatemala	??:??.?
12	Emerito Estrella	Dominican Republic	??:??.?
13	Gilberto Miora	Argentina	??:??.?
14	Luiz Rodrigues	Brazil	??:??.?
	Juan Miranda	Argentina	DNS
	Francisco Paniagua	Guatemala	DNS