Results for Japan in 5,000 metres, Men

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1920 Summer Olympics	Tomeichi Ohura	6 h4 r1/2
	Konosuke Sano	AC h2 r1/2
	Saburo Hasumi	DNS
1924 Summer Olympics	Katsuo Okazaki	12
	Kikunosuke Tashiro	DNS
1928 Summer Olympics	Juichi Nagatani	DNS
	Seiichiro Tsuda	DNS
1932 Summer Olympics	Shoichiro Takenaka	12
	Masamichi Kitamoto	9 h1 r1/2
1936 Summer Olympics	Kohei Murakoso	4
	Hideo Tanaka	11 h2 r1/2
1952 Summer Olympics	Osamu Inoue	12 h1 r1/2
1964 Summer Olympics	Satsuo Iwashita	6 h4 r1/2
1968 Summer Olympics	Keisuke Sawaki	9 h1 r1/2
1972 Summer Olympics	Keisuke Sawaki	7 h5 r1/2
	Takaharu Koyama	8 h1 r1/2
1976 Summer Olympics	Toshiaki Kamata	8 h1 r1/2
1988 Summer Olympics	Shuichi Yoneshige	11 h2 r1/3
2000 Summer Olympics	Toshinari Takaoka	15
	Katsuhiko Hanada	10 h1 r1/2
2008 Summer Olympics	Kensuke Takezawa	7 h3 r1/2
	Takayuki Matsumiya	13 h1 r1/2
2012 Summer Olympics	Yuki Sato	11 h1 r1/2
2016 Summer Olympics	Suguru Osako	16 h2 r1/2
	Kota Murayama	21 h1 r1/2
2020 Summer Olympics	Yuta Bando	17 h1 r1/2
	Hiroki Matsueda	18 h2 r1/2