Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 21 and 23 August.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Enn Sellik
 Soviet Union
Jerzy Kowol
 Poland
Leonid Moseyev
 Soviet Union

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Duncan MacDonald  United States 14:07.3 Q
2 1 Leonid Moseyev  Soviet Union 14:09.7 Q
3 1 Ray Smedley  Great Britain 14:13.6 Q
4 1 Jerzy Kowol  Poland 14:15.3 Q
5 1 Enrique Aquino  Mexico 14:16.0 Q
6 1 Ricardo Ortega  Spain 14:30.3 [2]
7 1 Rumen Mekhandzhinski  Bulgaria 14:44.1
8 1 Joseph Mareka  Kenya 16:31.4
1 2 Venanzio Ortis  Italy 14:09.9 Q
2 2 Enn Sellik  Soviet Union 14:12.4 Q
3 2 Ilie Floroiu  Romania 14:13.7 Q
4 2 Petko Karpachev  Bulgaria 14:14.8 Q
5 2 Bjarte Sleire  Norway 14:18.0 Q
6 2 Takao Nakamura  Japan 14:20.7 q
6 2 Jim Brown  Great Britain 14:20.7 q
8 2 José Gómez  Mexico 14:24.0 q
9 2 Matti Salonen  Finland 14:29.3
10 2 Abera Asres  Ethiopia 15:16.2
11 2 Badamraa Munkhdalai  Mongolia 15:38.8
12 2 P. Kibinda  Kenya 16:07.6

Final[edit]

[3][4]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Enn Sellik  Soviet Union 13:44.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jerzy Kowol  Poland 13:45.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leonid Moseyev  Soviet Union 13:45.6
4 Venanzio Ortis  Italy 13:45.7
5 Duncan MacDonald  United States 13:46.2
6 Ilie Floroiu  Romania 13:56.0
7 Manfred Schöneberg  West Germany 13:56.5
8 Ray Smedley  Great Britain 13:59.8
9 Jim Brown  Great Britain 14:01.5
10 Takao Nakamura  Japan 14:01.5
11 Erwin Wagger  Austria 14:02.1
12 Enrique Aquino  Mexico 14:11.0
13 Petko Karpachev  Bulgaria 14:22.4
14 José Gómez  Mexico 14:37.9
Bjarte Sleire  Norway DNS

References[edit]

  1. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  2. ^ "Casañas y Juantorena no esperaron a la Copa del Mundo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 August 1977. p. 19.
  3. ^ "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 24 August 1977. p. 64. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 24 August 1977. p. 52. Retrieved 22 March 2020.