Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23 and 26 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Doug Padilla  United States	Jozef Lenčéš  Czechoslovakia	Frank Zimmermann  West Germany

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jozef Lenčéš	Czechoslovakia	13:54.07	Q
2	1	Dave Clarke	Great Britain	13:54.19	Q
3	1	Vladimir Shesterov	Soviet Union	13:54.59	Q
4	1	Ivan Uvizl	Czechoslovakia	13:55.27	Q
5	1	Doug Padilla	United States	13:55.47	Q
1	2	Frank Zimmermann	West Germany	14:01.95	Q
2	2	Piero Selvaggio	Italy	14:03.85	Q
3	2	Shane Marshall	New Zealand	14:04.80	Q
4	2	Necdet Ayaz	Turkey	14:05.17	Q
5	2	Gyorgy Marko	Romania	14:06.28	Q
8	2	Steve Foley	Australia	14:12.85	[2]

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Doug Padilla	United States	13:49.95
	Jozef Lenčéš	Czechoslovakia	13:50.34
	Frank Zimmermann	West Germany	13:50.84
4	Piero Selvaggio	Italy	13:51.72
5	Ivan Uvizl	Czechoslovakia	13:54.11
6	Dave Clarke	Great Britain	13:54.66
7	Aurel Niculescu	Romania	13:55.36
8	James Stintzi	United States	13:55.81
9	Vladimir Shesterov	Soviet Union	13:57.88
10	Necdet Ayaz	Turkey	13:58.72
11	Gyorgy Marko	Romania	14:01.85
12	Petko Karpachev	Bulgaria	14:06.45
13	Shane Marshall	New Zealand	14:15.88
14	Yutaka Kanai	Japan	14:23.31
15	Shinobu Murakoshi	Japan	14:48.84

References

1. "Klarenbeek in finale" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 25 July 1981. p. 21.
2. Australian results
3. "Final results". The Santa Fe New Mexican. 27 July 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Final results". United Press International. 26 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.