The men's 5000 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 4 and 6 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.
The winning margin was 0.05 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the men's 5,000 metres at these games.
Medalists GoldSilverBronze Simon Bédard Taiyo Yasuhara Nursultan Keneshbekov
Results Round 1 Qualification: First 8 in each heat (Q) advance to final. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 14:39.26 2 14:39.64 3 14:42.00 4 14:42.20 5 14:42.91 6 14:46.44 7 Chen Zhongping 14:53.44 8 14:59.94 9 15:29.21 10 16:39.79 Source:
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 14:30.88 2 14:31.91 3 14:33.10 4 14:34.65 5 14:35.33 6 14:37.84 7 14:38.16 8 14:38.54 9 Yang Kegu 14:46.82 10 15:02.63 11 15:28.38 12 Tse Chun Yin 15:32.40 13 16:33.08 Source:
Final Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 14:14.10 14:14.15 14:15.33 4 14:16.43 5 14:20.01 6 14:21.13 7 14:21.80 8 14:22.33 9 14:23.14 10 14:24.69 11 14:26.13 12 14:26.30 13 14:29.48 14 14:38.45 15 Chen Zhongping 15:07.41 16 15:19.30 Source:
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