Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 25 and 27 August 1965.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Keisuke Sawaki Japan | Lutz Philipp West Germany | Fergus Murray Great Britain |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Keisuke Sawaki | Japan | 14:07.0 | Q, UR |
| 2 | 1 | Fergus Murray | Great Britain | 14:13.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kęstutis Orentas | Soviet Union | 14:13.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | József Mácsár | Hungary | 14:21.2 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | François Lacour | France | 14:24.2 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Bob Schul | United States | 14:25.0 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Ralph Hesse | West Germany | 14:25.4 | |
| 8 | 1 | Vladimír Balšánek | Czechoslovakia | 14:31.0 | |
| 9 | 1 | Umberto Risi | Italy | 14:44.4 | |
| 10 | 1 | Marian Bukowiec | Poland | 15:06.2 | |
| 1 | 2 | Tim Johnston | Great Britain | 14:44.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lutz Philipp | West Germany | 14:44.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Denes Simon | Hungary | 14:44.2 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Lage Tedenby | Sweden | 14:52.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Charles Galharague | France | 14:52.6 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Georgi Chulev | Bulgaria | 14:54.0 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Paweł Kiczyłło | Poland | 14:54.6 | |
| 8 | 2 | Gioacchino De Palma | Italy | 15:19.2 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Keisuke Sawaki | Japan | 13:45.2 | UR, NR |
| | Lutz Philipp | West Germany | 13:46.6 | |
| | Fergus Murray | Great Britain | 13:52.6 | |
| 4 | Kęstutis Orentas | Soviet Union | 13:55.6 | |
| 5 | Tim Johnston | Great Britain | 14:11.8 | |
| 6 | François Lacour | France | 14:14.4 | |
| 6 | Denes Simon | Hungary | 14:14.4 | |
| 8 | József Mácsár | Hungary | 14:23.6 | |
| 9 | Georgi Chulev | Bulgaria | 14:23.6 | |
| 10 | Charles Galharague | France | 14:45.2 | |
| 11 | Lage Tedenby | Sweden | 15:01.6 | |
| | Bob Schul | United States | DNS | |
