Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 26 and 28 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Simone Zanon Italy | Thorsten Naumann Germany | Dan Browne United States |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Tamás Kliszek | Hungary | 13:57.49 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gabino Apolonio | Mexico | 13:58.13 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Stephen Isbel | Australia | 13:58.89 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Stathis Stasi | Cyprus | 13:59.50 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Thorsten Naumann | Germany | 14:01.40 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | John Maitai Mboroth | Kenya | 14:03.87 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Naoki Mishiro | Japan | ??:??.?? | q |
| 8 | 2 | Richie Boulet | United States | 14:09.70 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Marílson Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 14:09.87 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Dan Browne | United States | 14:12.16 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Karl Keska | Great Britain | 14:12.60 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 14:12.66 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Øyvind Fretheim | Norway | 14:17.17 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Alexei Scutaru | Moldova | 14:18.63 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Abderrahim Maarouf | Morocco | 14:19.60 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Adamou Aboubakar | Cameroon | 14:20.45 | |
| 17 | 1 | Trent Harlow | Australia | 14:24.61 | |
| 18 | 2 | Şükrü Onat | Turkey | 14:30.73 | |
| 19 | 1 | Raúl Ramírez | Mexico | 14:31.46 | |
| 20 | 1 | Wataru Kobayashi | Japan | 14:33.93 | |
| 21 | 2 | Dragoslav Prpa | Yugoslavia | 14:35.28 | |
| 22 | 1 | Jan Erik Christiansen | Norway | 14:41.45 | |
| 23 | 2 | Juma Nkuwi | Tanzania | 14:47.33 | |
| 24 | 1 | Mathew Koskei | Kenya | 14:49.37 | |
| 25 | 2 | Anwalu Baray | Nigeria | 14:50.90 | |
| 26 | 1 | Iván Sánchez | Spain | 14:53.60 | |
| 27 | 2 | Fidele Baregensabe | Burundi | 14:55.82 | |
| 28 | 2 | Ian Grime | Great Britain | 15:01.57 | |
| 29 | 1 | Mehmet Kara | Turkey | 15:11.06 | |
| 30 | 1 | Bruno Gumyubumwe | Burundi | 15:36.91 | |
| 31 | 1 | Kelekae Poloko | Botswana | 15:40.22 | |
| 32 | 1 | Alfadio Traoré | Guinea | 16:34.53 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Simone Zanon | Italy | 13:57.54 |
| | Thorsten Naumann | Germany | 13:58.35 |
| | Dan Browne | United States | 14:00.94 |
| 4 | Naoki Mishiro | Japan | 14:01.90 |
| 5 | John Maitai Mboroth | Kenya | 14:04.57 |
| 6 | Gabino Apolonio | Mexico | 14:05.64 |
| 7 | Stephen Isbel | Australia | 14:06.71 |
| 8 | Karl Keska | Great Britain | 14:09.40 |
| 9 | Tamás Kliszek | Hungary | 14:11.68 |
| 10 | Stathis Stasi | Cyprus | 14:14.30 |
| 11 | Alexei Scutaru | Moldova | 14:15.72 |
| 12 | Marílson Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 14:16.48 |
| 13 | Øyvind Fretheim | Norway | 14:27.40 |
| 14 | Richie Boulet | United States | 14:31.43 |
| 15 | Abderrahim Maarouf | Morocco | 14:39.91 |
