title: Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 10,000 metres
text: # Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 10,000 metres
  
  The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 30 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Kamiel Maase | Netherlands | 28:22.11 |
  | | Dan Browne | United States | 28:27.64 |
  | | Rachid Berradi | Italy | 28:30.05 |
  | 4 | Pedro Trejo | Spain | 28:31.38 |
  | 5 | Thorsten Naumann | Germany | 28:38.48 |
  | 6 | Luís Novo | Portugal | 28:39.64 |
  | 7 | Naoki Mishiro | Japan | 28:41.12 |
  | 8 | Mohamed Afaadas | Morocco | 28:43.81 |
  | 9 | Stephen Mayaka | Kenya | 28:55.76 |
  | 10 | Wataru Kobayashi | Japan | 29:07.59 |
  | 11 | Dragoslav Prpa | FR Yugoslavia | 29:32.88 |
  | 12 | Steve Isbel | Australia | 29:50.72 |
  | 13 | Ted Fitzpatrick | United States | 29:56.89 |
  | 14 | Mehmet Kara | Turkey | 29:57.65 |
  | 15 | Craig Kirkwood | New Zealand | 29:58.52 |
  | 16 | Wellington Fraga | Brazil | 30:46.61 |
  | 17 | Timon Gunen | Nigeria | 31:14.85 |
  | 18 | Jean-Claude Minani | Burundi | 33:15.51 |
  | | Fidele Baregensabe | Burundi | DNF |
  | | Mark Saina | Kenya | DNF |
  | | Aziz Driouche | Morocco | DNF |
  | | Jan Erik Christiansen | Norway | DNF |
  | | Themba Nchefu | South Africa | DNF |
  