The 33-year-old won Saturday's 5,000m final in Rio to extend his tally as Britain's most successful Olympic track and field athlete of all time.
Farah won in 13 minutes 3.30 seconds as Scot Andrew Butchart finished fourth.
"It shows I didn't just fluke it in London. To do it again is incredible. I can't believe it," said Farah.
Farah's was GB's 27th gold in Rio and their 65th medal, matching the haul at London 2012.
They surpassed that tally when the women's 4x400m relay team won bronze shortly after.
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Farah cemented his place as one of Britain's greatest athletes with his double success four years ago, but repeating the feat makes him the world's most successful distance runner in terms of major medals.
The Somalia-born Londoner is now a nine-time global champion, moving him above Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele, after his second victory in Rio's Olympic Stadium.
He also matched the feat of Finland's Lasse Viren, who completed the long-distance double at the Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976 Olympics.
Farah had already achieved the World Championships 'double double', successfully defending his 10,000m and 5,000m titles in Beijing last year.
"My legs were a bit tired after the 10k. I don't now how I recovered," he told BBC Sport.
How the race was won
Ethiopians Dejen Gebremeske and Hagos Gebrhiwet took turns to set a quick pace in the first half of the race.
Farah moved to the front shortly after the 3,000m mark, taking control of the pace before accelerating to hold on in the final straight.
"I was surprised by the first lap; I thought it was going to be a slow race," said Farah.
"They had a plan - they wanted to take the sting out of me. But when I hit the front, I wasn't letting anyone past me."
Farah finished 0.6secs clear of American Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo, who was disqualified along with fourth-placed Muktar Edris of Ethiopia and Canada's Mohammed Ahmed in fifth.
Gebrhiwet, who crossed the line in third, won silver, and Bernard Lagat of the United States was promoted from sixth place to bronze.
The disqualifications pushed Butchart, who ran a personal best of 13:08.61, up to fourth.
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Brendan Foster, Olympic medallist and BBC athletics commentator:
"What a moment. What a fantastic performance. What a privilege to see this man collect a fourth Olympic medal in style. He did it the only way he knows how.
"Mo, you are a treasure. You are more than a national treasure. You are the greatest we have ever had and one of the greatest distance runners we have ever seen."
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