The men's 5000 metres team race was the final track and field event on the athletics programme at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

[1] Charles Bennett set the defacto Olympic and World records for the event in the competition, winning in 15:29.2.

Tysoe and Robinson kept pace with Castanet and Champoudry in the third bunch of runners, while Rowley had been injured and began walking after completing the first lap.

Champoudry crossed the finish line in ninth, leaving the injured Rowley as the only athlete still running, though he was clearly in pain and had been lapped thrice.

While the rules of the event stated all team five members had to finish for the team to score, race officials agreed it would be pointless for Rowley to walk the final 1500 metres, and allowed him to retire at the end of his seventh lap.