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Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade
Track events
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200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
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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.

Medalists

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

Results

Heats

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
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

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "Klarenbeek in finale" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 25 July 1981. p. 21.
3. Australian results
4. "Final results". The Santa Fe New Mexican. 27 July 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. "Final results". United Press International. 26 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

• Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade
• 5000 metres at the Summer World University Games