Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held on 10 July at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Serhiy Lebid | Ukraine | 13:37.52 | UR |
| | Roberto García | Spain | 13:38.59 | |
| | Naoki Mishiro | Japan | 13:39.10 | PB |
| 4 | Matt O'Dowd | Great Britain | 13:40.54 | PB |
| 5 | Sean Kaley | Canada | 13:41.67 | |
| 6 | Koichiro Nagata | Japan | 13:42.08 | PB |
| 7 | Marco Mazza | Italy | 13:42.37 | |
| 8 | Jonathon Riley | United States | 13:50.08 | |
| 9 | Raymond Appenheimer | United States | 13:50.08 | |
| 10 | Abderrahim Maarouf | Morocco | 13:51.64 | PB |
| 11 | Kris Bowditch | Great Britain | 13:52.27 | |
| 12 | Igor Murga | Spain | 13:57.51 | |
| 13 | Hu An | China | 14:17.13 | |
| 14 | Ahmed Natli | Algeria | 14:28.14 | SB |
| 15 | Şeref Ali Imamoğlu | Turkey | 14:28.14 | |
| 16 | Osman Tayeb | Qatar | 14:29.58 | |
| 17 | Ulrik Bohnsen | Denmark | 14:35.54 | |
| 18 | Francisco Gómez Vega | Costa Rica | 14:53.93 | PB |
| 19 | Ibrahim Abba Gombo | Chad | 15:45.32 | PB |
| | Mohamed Abdelnabi | Sudan | DNF | |
| | Janko Benša | Yugoslavia | DNF | |
| | Manuel Médez | Argentina | DNS | |
| | David Muturi Kariuki | Kenya | DNS | |
| | Sammy Nyamongo | Kenya | DNS | |
