Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 10 and 12 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

The winning margin was a huge 17.78 seconds which as of 2024 is the only time the men's 5,000 metres has been won at these games by more than 11 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan	Zouhair Talbi Morocco	Rinas Akhmadeev Russia

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	13:51.40	Q
2	1	Hironori Tsuetaki	Japan	14:01.40	Q
3	1	Mohamed Agourram	Morocco	14:06.73	Q, SB
4	1	Ross Proudfoot	Canada	14:09.00	Q
5	1	Pol Mellina	Luxembourg	14:14.86	Q
6	2	Keisuke Nakatani	Japan	14:16.60	Q
7	2	Rinas Akhmadeev	Russia	14:17.31	Q
8	2	Zouhair Talbi	Morocco	14:17.76	Q
9	2	Thijs Nijhuis	Denmark	14:18.70	Q
10	2	Kevin Batt	Ireland	14:19.11	Q
11	2	Daniel Estrada	Chile	14:19.29	q
12	2	Valentin Paul Pfeil	Austria	14:23.56	q, SB
13	1	Andrey Minzhulin	Russia	14:24.88	q
14	2	Anton Danielsson	Sweden	14:26.07	q
15	1	Stewart McSweyn	Australia	14:28.33	q
16	2	Daniel Balchin	New Zealand	14:32.59
17	1	Anders Lindahl	Finland	14:37.46	SB
18	1	Hans Kristian Fløystad	Norway	14:42.69
19	1	Rok Puhar	Slovenia	14:46.45
20	1	Jeppe Harboe	Denmark	14:52.83
21	1	Awwad Al-Sharafat	Jordan	15:03.52	PB
22	1	Walter Suarez	Venezuela	15:04.21
23	2	Noah Schutte	Netherlands	15:11.78
24	2	Simiso Nzima	Swaziland	15:51.34
25	2	Phan Sopheak	Cambodia	16:56.26	PB
26	1	Al Zeer Al-Siyabi	Oman	17:34.21
	1	Mark Lokwanamoi	Kenya	DNS
	2	Ismael Mebale Me Nang	Gabon	DNS
	2	William Wanjiku	Kenya	DNS

Final

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Official Video

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	13:44.28
	Zouhair Talbi	Morocco	14:02.06
	Rinas Akhmadeev	Russia	14:05.88
4	Thijs Nijhuis	Denmark	14:12.83
5	Ross Proudfoot	Canada	14:13.30
6	Hironori Tsuetaki	Japan	14:13.54
7	Mohamed Agourram	Morocco	14:13.89
8	Andrey Minzhulin	Russia	14:26.56
9	Kevin Batt	Ireland	14:28.74
10	Keisuke Nakatani	Japan	14:33.85
11	Valentin Paul Pfeil	Austria	14:35.05
12	Pol Mellina	Luxembourg	14:35.31
13	Anton Danielsson	Sweden	14:36.37
14	Stewart McSweyn	Australia	14:37.96
15	Daniel Estrada	Chile	14:42.50

References

^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[1] "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

[2] "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

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