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.^[1]

Medalists

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

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
6	1	Aurel Niculescu	Romania	13:5?.??	Q
7	1	Petko Karpachev	Bulgaria	13:56.31	q
8	1	Yutaka Kanai	Japan	14:03.78	q
9	1	Mehmet Yürdadön	Turkey	14:23.83
10	1	Martín Pitayo	Mexico	14:49.17
11	1	Ahmed Hassoune	Lebanon	16:37.29
12	1	Phiri Clemens	Zimbabwe	18:28.00
	1	Gamal Dhawi	Libya	DNF
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
6	2	Shinobu Murakoshi	Japan	14:06.97	Q
7	2	Jim Stintzi	United States	14:08.14	q
8	2	Steve Foley	Australia	14:12.85	^[3]
9	2	Pertti Tiainen	Finland	14:31.71
10	2	Rumen Mekhandzhinski	Bulgaria	14:43.87
11	2	Mohamed Kolo	Nigeria	14:45.97
12	2	Ali Hufane	Somalia	14:56.00
13	2	Mihsin Kudair	Iraq	14:56.35
14	2	El Monge Al-Seaba	Libya	15:04.28

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	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	Jim 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