The men's 5000 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.[1]
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
János Pintér |  Hungary |
14:23.4 | |
 |
Andrei Barabás |  Romania |
14:23.8 | |
 |
Peter Kubicki |  West Germany |
14:23.8 | |
| 4 | Aleksey Konov |  Soviet Union |
14:23.8 | |
| 5 | Saburo Yokomizo |  Japan |
14:28.0 | |
| 6 | Béla Szekeres | Hungary |
14:30.0 | |
| 7 | Jaroslav Bohatý |  Czechoslovakia |
14:36.8 | |
| 8 | Edward Owczarek |  Poland |
14:40.4 | |
| 9 | Tereo Funai | Japan |
14:44.8 | |
| 10 | Ivan Peyev |  Bulgaria |
15:09.8 | |
| 11 | Michael Turner |  Great Britain |
15:21.4 | |
| 12 | Boris Ivanov | Bulgaria |
15:24.0 | |
| 13 | Östen Bergman |  Sweden |
15:37.8 | |
| 14 | Gurnam Singh |  Indonesia |
15:54.5 |