title: Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
text: # Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres
  
  The men's 5000 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 25 July 1991.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | John Mayock Great Britain | David Evans Australia Peter Sherry United States | |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 14:01.41 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 1 | Ryuji Takei | Japan | 14:01.47 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | James Farmer | United States | 14:01.56 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 14:01.74 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Chris Weber | Canada | 14:01.89 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Noel Berkeley | Ireland | 14:02.19 | q |
  | 7 | 1 | Salvador Parra | Mexico | 14:03.60 | q |
  | 8 | 1 | Khalid Khannouchi | Morocco | 14:04.75 | q |
  | 9 | 1 | Paulo Ferreira | Portugal | 14:10.56 | q |
  | 10 | 2 | Peter Sherry | United States | 14:11.04 | Q |
  | 11 | 2 | Imre Berkovics | Hungary | 14:11.72 | Q |
  | 12 | 2 | David Evans | Australia | 14:12.22 | Q |
  | 13 | 2 | Jon Brown | Great Britain | 14:12.63 | Q |
  | 14 | 2 | Guo Yigiang | China | 14:15.33 | Q |
  | 15 | 2 | Nihat Yaylalı | Turkey | 14:16.35 | q |
  | 16 | 1 | Jamie Harrison | Australia | 14:18.08 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Mohamed Kamel Selmi | Algeria | 14:19.67 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Hamid Sajjadi | Iran | 14:23.31 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Azzedine Salkhri | Algeria | 14:29.69 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Richard Lindroos | New Zealand | 14:51.87 | |
  | 21 | 2 | Donnacha O'Mahoney | Ireland | 14:57.07 | |
  | 22 | 2 | Kapkory Cheromoi | Kenya | 14:58.66 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Terje Johnsen | Norway | 15:12.16 | |
  | 24 | 2 | Godfrey Nuwagaba | Uganda | 15:20.84 | |
  | 25 | 2 | Zouhair Naji | Lebanon | 15:51.63 | |
  | 26 | 1 | Mohammad Fani | Iran | 16:54.44 | |
  | 27 | 1 | J. M. C. Mugashe | Tanzania | 17:12.61 | |
  | 28 | 2 | John Votaia | Solomon Islands | 17:25.63 | |
  | 29 | 1 | Emmanuel Senzira | Rwanda | 19:28.51 | |
  | | 2 | Alex Msuya | Tanzania | DNF | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | John Mayock | Great Britain | 13:39.25 | PB |
  | | David Evans | Australia | 13:39.31 | |
  | | Peter Sherry | United States | 13:39.31 | |
  | 4 | Jon Brown | Great Britain | 13:41.16 | |
  | 5 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 13:42.70 | |
  | 6 | Noel Berkeley | Ireland | 13:43.63 | |
  | 7 | Imre Berkovics | Hungary | 13:47.58 | |
  | 8 | James Farmer | United States | 13:51.92 | |
  | 9 | Nihat Yaylalı | Turkey | 13:52.35 | |
  | 10 | Chris Weber | Canada | 13:54.23 | |
  | 11 | Khalid Khannouchi | Morocco | 13:55.33 | |
  | 12 | Guo Yigiang | China | 14:02.99 | |
  | 13 | Ryuji Takei | Japan | 14:04.72 | |
  | 14 | Paulo Ferreira | Portugal | 14:22.72 | |
  | | Salvador Parra | Mexico | DNS | |
  