Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 18 and 20 August.^[1]^[2]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mikhail Zhelobovskiy Soviet Union	Glenn Herold United States	Leonid Moseyev Soviet Union

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Norman Morrison	Great Britain	13:47.02	Q^[3]
2	1	Mikhail Zhelobovskiy	Soviet Union	13:48.0	Q
3	1	Yuval Wischnitzer	Israel	13:48.8	Q
4	1	Carlos Caro	Spain	13:49.0	Q^[4]
5	1	Glenn Herold	United States	13:51.0	Q^[5]
6	1	Aldo Tomasini	Italy	13:52.8	q^[6]
7	1	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	13:56.67	q
8	1	Petko Karpachev	Bulgaria	13:57.0	q
9	1	Mohamed Kacemi	Algeria	14:09.6
10	1	Patrick Kiingi	Kenya	14:09.6
11	1	Brendan Layh	Australia	14:22.27	^[7]
12	1	Nanzadin Tserenbaljir	Mongolia	15:18.37
13	1	Mario Valdivia	Chile	15:34.8
	1	John Hartnett	Ireland	DNF
	1	Benjamin Abati	Ghana	DNF
1	2	Julian Goater	Great Britain	13:54.6	Q
2	2	Valentin Zotov	Soviet Union	13:55.4	Q
3	2	Pat Mandera	United States	13:55.8	Q^[5]
4	2	Peter Suchán	Czechoslovakia	13:58.2	Q
5	2	Sergio González	Mexico	14:02.30	Q
6	2	Tom Howard	Canada	14:02.95	q^[8]
7	2	Gabor Bathori	Hungary	14:09.0	q
8	2	José Bordón	Cuba	14:13.8
9	2	Takeo Koga	Japan	14:21.0
10	2	Atallah Rezique	Algeria	14:26.8
11	2	David Bitarinsaah	Uganda	14:31.90
12	2	Mohammad Vodjdanzadeh	Iran	14:32.4
13	2	Francisco Assis	Portugal	14:38.0
14	2	Clovis Morales	Honduras	15:32.2
15	2	Lawrence Ofosu	Ghana	15:54.2
16	2	Lafta Askar Sabri	Kuwait	16:03.4
	2	Danijel Korica	Yugoslavia	DNF

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mikhail Zhelobovskiy	Soviet Union	13:41.25
	Glenn Herold	United States	13:41.87
	Valentin Zotov	Soviet Union	13:43.60
4	Julian Goater	Great Britain	13:45.17
5	Aldo Tomasini	Italy	13:46.18
6	Pat Mandera	United States	13:46.48
7	Norman Morrison	Great Britain	13:50.8
8	Peter Suchán	Czechoslovakia	13:55.6
9	Yuval Wischnitzer	Israel	14:01.4
10	Sergio González	Mexico	14:03.8
11	Tom Howard	Canada	14:06.2
12	Petko Karpachev	Bulgaria	14:08.8
13	Gabor Bathori	Hungary	14:16.0
14	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	14:23.2	^[12]
15	Carlos Caro	Spain	14:36.6	^[13]

^ "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). 35/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ Year list
^ "La U.R.S.S. copo triunfos en gimnasia" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 19 August 1973. p. 12. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Heats results". The Sacramento Bee. 19 August 1973. p. 94. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Le medaglie e gli azzurri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 19 August 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ Australian results
^ Heats results
^ "Final results". The Central New Jersey Home News. 21 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1973. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Final results
^ "Maratona fra Italia e Bulgaria con scenimenti e contestazioni" (in Italian). La Stampa. 21 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Y con preponderancia USA comenzo la natación" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 August 1973. p. 22. Retrieved 20 November 2020.