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.Results at Tilastopaja
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDoug PadillaJozef LenčéšFrank Zimmermann
Results Heats
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Jozef Lenčéš 13:54.07 Q 2 1 Dave Clarke 13:54.19 Q 3 1 Vladimir Shesterov 13:54.59 Q 4 1 Ivan Uvizl 13:55.27 Q 5 1 Doug Padilla 13:55.47 Q 6 1 Aurel Niculescu Q 7 1 Petko Karpachev 13:56.31 q 8 1 Yutaka Kanai 14:03.78 q 9 1 Mehmet Yürdadön 14:23.83 10 1 Martín Pitayo 14:49.17 11 1 Ahmed Hassoune 16:37.29 12 1 Phiri Clemens 18:28.00 1 Gamal Dhawi 1 2 Frank Zimmermann 14:01.95 Q 2 2 Piero Selvaggio 14:03.85 Q 3 2 Shane Marshall 14:04.80 Q 4 2 Necdet Ayaz 14:05.17 Q 5 2 Gyorgy Marko 14:06.28 Q 6 2 Shinobu Murakoshi 14:06.97 Q 7 2 Jim Stintzi 14:08.14 q 8 2 Steve Foley 14:12.85 9 2 Pertti Tiainen 14:31.71 10 2 Rumen Mekhandzhinski 14:43.87 11 2 Mohamed Kolo 14:45.97 12 2 Ali Hufane 14:56.00 13 2 Mihsin Kudair 14:56.35 14 2 El Monge Al-Seaba 15:04.28
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Doug Padilla 13:49.95 Jozef Lenčéš 13:50.34 Frank Zimmermann 13:50.84 Piero Selvaggio 13:51.72 Ivan Uvizl 13:54.11 Dave Clarke 13:54.66 Aurel Niculescu 13:55.36 Jim Stintzi 13:55.81 Vladimir Shesterov 13:57.88 10 Necdet Ayaz 13:58.72 11 Gyorgy Marko 14:01.85 12 Petko Karpachev 14:06.45 13 Shane Marshall 14:15.88 14 Yutaka Kanai 14:23.31 15 Shinobu Murakoshi 14:48.84
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