1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk
# 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk

The men's 5000 metres walk event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia | Ronald Weigel East Germany | Roman Mrázek Czechoslovakia |

## Results

### Heats

First 6 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary | 19:14.64 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Erling Andersen | Norway | 19:15.30 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union | 19:17.74 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jacek Bednarek | Poland | 19:20.66 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy | 19:21.36 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia | 19:22.35 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Miguel Ángel Prieto | Spain | 19:26.73 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Martial Fesselier | France | 19:40.27 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Jan Staaf | Sweden | 20:08.08 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland | 20:08.12 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Walter Arena | Italy | 20:08.17 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Jozef Pribilinec | Czechoslovakia | 20:08.28 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Lyubomir Ivanov | Bulgaria | 20:08.36 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Ronald Weigel | East Germany | 20:08.48 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Christos Karagiorgos | Greece | 20:18.13 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Miguel Carvajal | Spain | 20:18.59 | |
| 17 | 1 | Hélder Oliveira | Portugal | 20:19.70 | |
| 18 | 2 | José Pinto | Portugal | 20:20.06 | |
| 19 | 2 | José Urbano | Portugal | 20:22.92 | |
| 20 | 1 | Philippe Burton | Belgium | 21:21.98 | |
| | 2 | Harold van Beek | Netherlands | DQ | |
| | 2 | Martin Toporek | Austria | DQ | |
| | 2 | Jos Martens | Belgium | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jozef Pribilinec | Czechoslovakia | 19:08.44 | CR |
| | Ronald Weigel | East Germany | 19:08.93 | |
| | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia | 19:10.77 | |
| 4 | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary | 19:13.09 | |
| 5 | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union | 19:18.31 | |
| 6 | Zdzisław Szlapkin | Poland | 19:19.16 | |
| 7 | Jan Staaf | Sweden | 19:19.96 | |
| 8 | Lyubomir Ivanov | Bulgaria | 19:38.85 | |
| 9 | Martial Fesselier | France | 19:58.52 | |
| 10 | Erling Andersen | Norway | 20:03.02 | |
| 11 | Miguel Ángel Prieto | Spain | 20:11.12 | |
| 12 | Christos Karagiorgos | Greece | 20:33.58 | |
| | Walter Arena | Italy | DQ | |
| | Carlo Mattioli | Italy | DQ | |
| | Jacek Bednarek | Poland | DQ | |
