Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 18 and 20 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Mikhail Zhelobovskiy Soviet Union | Glenn Herold United States | Leonid Moseyev Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Norman Morrison | Great Britain | 13:47.02 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union | 13:48.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yuval Wischnitzer | Israel | 13:48.8 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Carlos Caro | Spain | 13:49.0 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Glenn Herold | United States | 13:51.0 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Aldo Tomasini | Italy | 13:52.8 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | 13:56.67 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Petko Karpachev | Bulgaria | 13:57.0 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Mohamed Kacemi | Algeria | 14:09.6 | |
| 10 | 1 | Patrick Kiingi | Kenya | 14:09.6 | |
| 11 | 1 | Brendan Layh | Australia | 14:22.27 | |
| 12 | 1 | Nanzadin Tserenbaljir | Mongolia | 15:18.37 | |
| 13 | 1 | Mario Valdivia | Chile | 15:34.8 | |
| | 1 | John Hartnett | Ireland | DNF | |
| | 1 | Benjamin Abati | Ghana | DNF | |
| 1 | 2 | Julian Goater | Great Britain | 13:54.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Valentin Zotov | Soviet Union | 13:55.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pat Mandera | United States | 13:55.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Peter Suchán | Czechoslovakia | 13:58.2 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sergio González | Mexico | 14:02.30 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Tom Howard | Canada | 14:02.95 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Gabor Bathori | Hungary | 14:09.0 | q |
| 8 | 2 | José Bordón | Cuba | 14:13.8 | |
| 9 | 2 | Takeo Koga | Japan | 14:21.0 | |
| 10 | 2 | Atallah Rezique | Algeria | 14:26.8 | |
| 11 | 2 | David Bitarinsaah | Uganda | 14:31.90 | |
| 12 | 2 | Mohammad Vodjdanzadeh | Iran | 14:32.4 | |
| 13 | 2 | Francisco Assis | Portugal | 14:38.0 | |
| 14 | 2 | Clovis Morales | Honduras | 15:32.2 | |
| 15 | 2 | Lawrence Ofosu | Ghana | 15:54.2 | |
| 16 | 2 | Lafta Askar Sabri | Kuwait | 16:03.4 | |
| | 2 | Danijel Korica | Yugoslavia | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union | 13:41.25 |
| | Glenn Herold | United States | 13:41.87 |
| | Valentin Zotov | Soviet Union | 13:43.60 |
| 4 | Julian Goater | Great Britain | 13:45.17 |
| 5 | Aldo Tomasini | Italy | 13:46.18 |
| 6 | Pat Mandera | United States | 13:46.48 |
| 7 | Norman Morrison | Great Britain | 13:50.8 |
| 8 | Peter Suchán | Czechoslovakia | 13:55.6 |
| 9 | Yuval Wischnitzer | Israel | 14:01.4 |
| 10 | Sergio González | Mexico | 14:03.8 |
| 11 | Tom Howard | Canada | 14:06.2 |
| 12 | Petko Karpachev | Bulgaria | 14:08.8 |
| 13 | Gabor Bathori | Hungary | 14:16.0 |
| 14 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | 14:23.2 |
| 15 | Carlos Caro | Spain | 14:36.6 |
