Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 18 and 19 July 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Anacleto Jiménez Spain | Michael Blackmore United States | Dave Swain Great Britain |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Jay Marden | United States | 14:17.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Borislav Dević | Yugoslavia | 14:17.66 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Halvorsen | Norway | 14:18.01 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Gerard Ryan | Australia | 14:18.80 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Juan Linares | Cuba | 14:21.16 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Michael Blackmore | United States | 14:35.76 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Panagiotis Fotiou | Greece | 14:36.22 | q |
| 8 | 1 | James Harrison | Australia | 14:36.30 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Hugo Allan García | Guatemala | 14:36.55 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 14:37.17 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Dave Swain | Great Britain | 14:38.63 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Edward Rendall | Canada | 14:39.78 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Noel Richardson | Ireland | 14:41.34 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Nicos Vassiliou | Cyprus | 14:43.02 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Faiz Didin | Jordan | 14:46.94 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Lansana Touré | Guinea | 15:30.10 | |
| 17 | 2 | Byron Vargas | Honduras | 15:36.33 | |
| 18 | 1 | Modupe Jonah | Sierra Leone | 15:45.38 | |
| 19 | 1 | Saidou Hangadoumbo | Niger | 16:28.78 | |
| 20 | 2 | Mahdi Al-Oun | Jordan | 16:39.73 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 14:08.15 |
| | Michael Blackmore | United States | 14:08.30 |
| | Dave Swain | Great Britain | 14:09.21 |
| 4 | John Halvorsen | Norway | 14:12.11 |
| 5 | Jay Marden | United States | 14:13.60 |
| 6 | Juan Linares | Cuba | 14:15.09 |
| 7 | Gerard Ryan | Australia | 14:16.05 |
| 8 | James Harrison | Australia | 14:23.12 |
| 9 | Panagiotis Fotiou | Greece | 14:26.21 |
| 10 | Noel Richardson | Ireland | 14:27.10 |
| 11 | Borislav Dević | Yugoslavia | 14:34.03 |
| 12 | Edward Rendall | Canada | 14:38.49 |
| 13 | Hugo Allan García | Guatemala | 14:39.20 |
| 14 | Faiz Didin | Jordan | 15:37.00 |
| | Nicos Vassiliou | Cyprus | DNS |
