Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 3 and 4 September 1985.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Stefano Mei Italy | Carey Nelson Canada | Rob Lonergan Canada |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Rob Lonergan | Canada | 13:57.71 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Stefano Mei | Italy | 13:58.41 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 13:58.76 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alan Guilder | Great Britain | 13:59.24 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 13:59.96 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Rob de Brouwer | Netherlands | 14:01.12 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Danny Henderson | United States | 14:03.17 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Larbi El Mouadden | Morocco | 14:03.66 | q |
| 9 | 2 | James Sapienza | United States | 14:05.30 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Tsukasa Endo | Japan | 14:05.36 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Michael Scheytt | West Germany | 14:05.45 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 14:06.93 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Emmanouel Hatzos | Greece | 14:07.24 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | João Campos | Portugal | 14:07.63 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Walter Merlo | Italy | 14:08.31 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Roberto López | Mexico | 14:11.17 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Hugo Allan García | Guatemala | 14:15.70 | |
| 18 | 2 | Argimiro Domínguez | Spain | 14:26.35 | |
| 19 | 2 | Mark Scrutton | Great Britain | 14:33.52 | |
| 20 | 2 | Mohamed Salmi | Algeria | 14:39.73 | |
| 21 | 2 | George Mambosasa | Malawi | 14:43.57 | |
| 22 | 1 | Luis Mena | Costa Rica | 15:00.99 | |
| 23 | 2 | Thierry Payet | Seychelles | 15:51.04 | |
| | 1 | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | DNF | |
| | 2 | Manuel Miranda | Bolivia | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Stefano Mei | Italy | 13:56.48 |
| | Carey Nelson | Canada | 13:57.77 |
| | Rob Lonergan | Canada | 13:58.02 |
| 4 | Tsukasa Endo | Japan | 13:58.36 |
| 5 | James Sapienza | United States | 14:01.22 |
| 6 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 14:04.64 |
| 7 | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 14:06.46 |
| 8 | Alan Guilder | Great Britain | 14:07.96 |
| 9 | Emmanuel Handzos | Greece | 14:11.37 |
| 10 | Michael Scheytt | West Germany | 14:13.96 |
| 11 | Rob de Brouwer | Netherlands | 14:17.56 |
| 12 | Larbi El-Mouadden | Morocco | 14:29.77 |
| | João Campos | Portugal | DNF |
| | Danny Henderson | United States | DNF |
| | Walter Merlo | Italy | DNF |
