The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 July 1981. Results at Tilastopaja The times are unofficial as, due to the officials' error, the athletes ran one extra lap, making the race 10,400 metres in total.
Results Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Toomas Turb 29:42.83 Gyorgi Marko 29:51.13 Dave Murphy 29:51.27 Mehmet Yurdadön 29:53.86 Mike Cotton 29:59.43 Alessio Faustini 30:02.20 Shinobu Murakoshi 30:12.69 Vicente Polo 30:25.86 Aurel Niculescu 30:29.26 10 Yutaka Kanai 30:29.60 11 Mehmet Terzi 30:32.49 12 Vladimir Sýkora 30:43.42 13 Marcus Nenow 31:04.48 14 Yevgeniy Okorokov 31:10.39 15 Francisco Pacheco 31:32.63 16 Shane Marshall 31:37.78 17 Rumen Mekhandzhinski 31:41.61 18 Gerardo Alcalá 31:59.38 19 Nabil Chouéri 32:12.84 Petko Karpachev Pertti Tiainen
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