1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk
# 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk

The men's 5000 metres walk event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jozef Pribilinec | Czechoslovakia | 18:44.40 | CR |
| | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia | 18:44.93 | |
| | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary | 18:45.91 | |
| 4 | Erling Andersen | Norway | 18:49.10 | NR |
| 5 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland | 18:49.49 | |
| 6 | Jos Martens | Belgium | 18:54.67 | NR |
| 7 | Giovanni De Benedictis | Italy | 18:58.40 | |
| 8 | Lyubomir Ivanov | Bulgaria | 19:00.02 | |
| 9 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia | 19:03.82 | |
| 10 | Sergey Protishin | Soviet Union | 19:18.30 | |
| 11 | Jean-Claude Corre | France | 19:20.03 | |
| 12 | Jan Staaf | Sweden | 19:20.81 | |
| 13 | José Urbano | Portugal | 19:41.79 | |
| 14 | Karoly Kirszt | Hungary | 20:23.50 | |
| 15 | Dirk Vandebosch | Belgium | 21:02.09 | |
| | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union | DQ | |
| | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden | DQ | |
