Results for South Africa in 5,000 metres, Men

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1912 Summer Olympics	Chris Gitsham	DNS
	Len Richardson	DNS
	John Victor	DNS
1928 Summer Olympics	Danie Jacobs	DNS
1996 Summer Olympics	Shadrack Hoff	11 h2 r2/3
	John Morapedi	13 h1 r2/3
2016 Summer Olympics	Elroy Gelant	13
2020 Summer Olympics	Lesiba Mashele	15 h2 r1/2