Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres explained

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23 and 26 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Doug Padilla	Jozef Lenčéš	Frank Zimmermann

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			13:54.07	Q
2	1			13:54.19	Q
3	1			13:54.59	Q
4	1			13:55.27	Q
5	1			13:55.47	Q
6	1				Q
7	1			13:56.31	q
8	1			14:03.78	q
9	1			14:23.83
10	1			14:49.17
11	1			16:37.29
12	1			18:28.00
	1
1	2			14:01.95	Q
2	2			14:03.85	Q
3	2			14:04.80	Q
4	2			14:05.17	Q
5	2			14:06.28	Q
6	2			14:06.97	Q
7	2			14:08.14	q
8	2			14:12.85	^[3]
9	2			14:31.71
10	2			14:43.87
11	2			14:45.97
12	2			14:56.00
13	2			14:56.35
14	2			15:04.28

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			13:49.95
			13:50.34
			13:50.84
			13:51.72
			13:54.11
			13:54.66
			13:55.36
			13:55.81
			13:57.88
10			13:58.72
11			14:01.85
12			14:06.45
13			14:15.88
14			14:23.31
15			14:48.84

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja
2. News: Klarenbeek in finale . . 25 July 1981 . 21 . Dutch.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410014338/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int57.htm Australian results
4. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 27 July 1981 . 26.
5. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 26 July 1981.