Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's half marathon
# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's half marathon

The men's half marathon event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on the streets of Catania, Italy on 31 August. This was the first time that this event was featured at the Universiade replacing the marathon.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Marílson Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 1:03:32 | UR |
| | Stephen Mayaka | Kenya | 1:03:51 | |
| | Solomon Wachira | Kenya | 1:04:05 | |
| 4 | Masateru Ikeya | Japan | 1:04:12 | |
| 5 | Sung Keun-oh | South Korea | 1:04:37 | |
| 6 | Mark Steinle | Great Britain | 1:04:19 | |
| 7 | Tshidiso Phofi | South Africa | 1:05:11 | |
| 8 | Kanno Kuniaki | Japan | 1:05:11 | |
| 9 | Christian Leuprecht | Italy | 1:05:44 | |
| 10 | John Maitai Mboroth | Kenya | 1:05:51 | |
| 11 | Juma Nkuwi | Tanzania | 1:06:08 | |
| 12 | Je In-mo | South Korea | 1:06:35 | |
| 13 | Rachid Boulenouar | Morocco | 1:06:46 | |
| 14 | Robert Smits | Netherlands | 1:07:09 | |
| 15 | Janko Benša | Yugoslavia | 1:07:28 | |
| 16 | Ephraim Mokgokhu | South Africa | 1:07:36 | |
| 17 | Adam Leane | Australia | 1:07:41 | |
| 18 | Raúl Ramírez | Mexico | 1:08:04 | |
| 19 | Garrett Crossan | Ireland | 1:08:05 | |
| 20 | Peter de la Cerda | United States | 1:08:59 | |
| 21 | Robert Sadek | Slovakia | 1:09:55 | |
| 22 | Michal Kavacký | Slovakia | 1:10:04 | |
| 23 | Dumitru Bogus | Moldova | 1:10:32 | |
| 24 | Laxman Adhikari | Nepal | 1:10:44 | |
| 25 | James Menon | United States | 1:10:54 | |
| 26 | Berthold Karumendu | Namibia | 1:10:59 | |
| 27 | Wu Wen-chien | Chinese Taipei | 1:13:14 | |
| 28 | Mohamed Abbas | Nigeria | 1:13:28 | |
| 29 | Ng Yu Lun Anson | Hong Kong | 1:16:08 | |
| 30 | Tolessa Teffera | Ethiopia | 1:18:54 | |
| 31 | Mahamedadam Ahmed | Sudan | 1:20:02 | |
| | Endalkachew Bezu | Ethiopia | DNF | |
| | Şükrü Onat | Turkey | DNF | |
