Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held in Beijing, China between 30 August and 1 September.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Serhiy Lebid  Ukraine	Mikhail Yeginov  Russia	Christian Belz  Switzerland

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	13:40.23	Q
2	1	Matthew Lane	United States	13:41.06	Q[3]
3	1	Mikhail Yeginov	Russia	13:41.70	Q
4	1	Christian Belz	Switzerland	13:43.41	Q
5	1	Rubin McRae	New Zealand	13:45.42	Q[3]
6	1	Pablo Villalobos	Spain	13:49.89	q
7	1	Ryuichi Hashinokuchi	Japan	13:55.59	q
8	1	Rachid Boulahdid	Morocco	14:01.29	q
9	2	Jan Fitschen	Germany	14:07.78	Q
10	2	Kazuyoshi Tokumoto	Japan	14:07.97	Q
11	2	Dmytro Baranovskyy	Ukraine	14:08.55	Q
12	2	Hicham Bellani	Morocco	14:09.33	Q
13	2	Jonathon Riley	United States	14:10.23	Q
14	2	Paul McRae	New Zealand	14:14.21	q
15	1	Chris Thompson	Great Britain	14:16.45	q
16	2	Joshua Chelimo	Uganda	14:21.09
17	2	Fabio Cesari	Italy	14:21.89
18	2	Peter Watson	Canada	14:22.29
19	2	Yawo Kloutse	Togo	15:01.19	NJR
20	2	Wilfred Kunfong	Nigeria	15:07.07
21	1	Ahmad Al-Matari	Jordan	15:26.03
22	1	Jeremia Mutikisha	Namibia	15:39.52
23	2	Bill Hedges do Santo	São Tomé and Príncipe	15:53.90
24	1	Elijah Tukashabaruhanga	Uganda	15:59.09
25	1	Khaled Al-Minji	Oman	17:00.14

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	13:44.24
	Mikhail Yeginov	Russia	13:46.63
	Christian Belz	Switzerland	13:48.21
4	Matthew Lane	United States	13:48.90
5	Kazuyoshi Tokumoto	Japan	13:51.64
6	Hicham Bellani	Morocco	13:54.74
7	Dmytro Baranovskyy	Ukraine	13:56.03
8	Chris Thompson	Great Britain	13:56.55
9	Jan Fitschen	Germany	14:05.40
10	Rachid Boulahdid	Morocco	14:06.50
11	Rubin McRae	New Zealand	14:12.96
12	Pablo Villalobos	Spain	14:15.52
13	Ryuichi Hashinokuchi	Japan	14:18.77
14	Jonathon Riley	United States	14:26.63
15	Paul McRae	New Zealand	14:50.76