World University Games 5000 meters

Dates/Venues/Medalists (44 runnings for men, 19 runnings for women)

28/27 Aug 2017, Taipei TPE

G

14:00.86 Francois Barrer (FRA) 15:45.28 Hanna-Elisabeth Klein (GER)

S

14:02.46 Jonathan-Stuart Davies (ENG) 15:50.96 Jessica-Marie O'Connell (CAN)

B

14:02.65 Andreas Vojta (AUT) 15:51.19 Jessica-May Judd (ENG)

12/11 Jul 2015, Gwangju KOR

G

13:44.28 Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE) 16:03.29 Kristiina Maki (CZE)

S

14:02.06 Zouhir Talbi (MAR) 16:03.72 Camille Buscomb (NZL)

B

14:05.88 Rinas Akhmadeyev (RUS) 16:04.09 Darya Maslova (KGZ)

12/11 Jul 2013, Kazan RUS

G

13:35.89 Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE) 15:39.76 Roxana-Elisabeta Birca (ROM)

S

13:37.09 Paul Chelimo (KEN) 15:43.77 Olga Golovkina (RUS)

B

13:37.18 Richard Ringer (GER) 15:51.47 Ayuko Suzuki (JPN)

21/20 Aug 2011, Shenzhen CHN

G

14:00.06 Andrew Vernon (ENG) 15:41.15 Binnaz Uslu (TUR)

S

14:00.60 Yevgeniy Rybakov (RUS) 15:45.83 Sara-Isabel Moreira (POR)

B

14:02.95 Stefano LaRosa (ITA) 15:52.55 Natalya Popkova (RUS)

12/11 Jul 2009, Belgrade SER

G

14:06.96 Halil Akkas (TUR) 15:32.78 Sara-Isabel Moreira (POR)

S

14:07.11 Byron Piedra (ECU) 15:46.95 Kasumi Nishihara (JPN)

B

14:07.97 Elroy Gelant (RSA) 15:49.60 Natalya Medvedeva (RUS)

12/13 Aug 2007, Bangkok THA

G

14:08.47 Halil Akkas (TUR) 15:28.78 Jessica Augusto (POR)

S

14:09.33 Yuki Matsuoka (JPN) 15:40.56 Tatyana Holovchenko (UKR)

B

14:10.13 Simon Ayeko (UGA) 15:50.58 Yelizaveta Grechishnikova (RUS)

19 Aug 2005, Izmir TUR

G

13:38.51 Wilson Busienei (UGA) 15:29.18 Kimberley Smith (NZL)

S

13:39.90 Reid Coolsaet (CAN) 15:44.92 Tatyana Holovchenko (UKR)

B

13:43.47 Simon Ndirangu Githuka (KEN) 15:56.01 Jolene Williams (IRL)

29 Aug 2003, Daegu KOR

G

13:50.94 Sergey Lebed (UKR) 15:47.19 Eloise Wellings (AUS)

S

13:53.06 Jan Fitschen (GER) 15:47.62 Yu-hong Zhang (CHN)

B

13:53.79 Hicham Bellani (MAR) 15:50.44 Cristina Casandra (ROM)

01 Sep 2001, Beijing CHN

G

13:44.24 Sergey Lebed (UKR) 15:30.28 Yan-mei Dong (CHN)

S

13:46.63 Mikhail Yeginov (RUS) 15:43.18 Tatyana Aryasova (JPN)

B

13:48.21 Christian Belz (SUI) 15:43.94 Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN)

10/13 Jul 1999, Palma de Mallorca ESP

G

13:37.52 Sergey Lebed (UKR) 15:51.24 Rie Ueno (JPN)

S

13:38.59 Roberto Garcia Garcia (ESP) 15:53.23 Ana Dias (POR)

B

13:39.10 Naoki Mishiro (JPN) 16:03.18 Cristina Casandra (ROM)

28/26 Aug 1997, Catania ITA

G

13:57.54 Simone Zanon (ITA) 15:47.61 Nnenna Lynch (USA)

S

13:58.35 Thorsten Naumann (GER) 15:48.68 Lori Durward (CAN)

B

14:00.94 Dan Browne (USA) 15:49.96 Sarah Howell (CAN)

31/29 Aug 1995, Fukuoka JPN

G

13:53.86 Katsuhiro Kawauchi (JPN) 15:29.86 Gabriela Szabo (HUN)

S

13:54.05 Brahim Boulami (MAR) 15:34.32 Silvia Sommaggio (ITA)

B

13:54.13 Maurizio Leone (ITA) 15:35.28 Yumi Sato (JPN)

15/16 Jul 1993, Buffalo NY/USA (5000m/3000m)  

G

14:05.33 Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 9:04.32 Claire Taylor (USA)

S

14:06.15 Sergey Fedotov (RUS) 9:05.10 Iulia (Besliu) Ionescu (ROM)

B

14:06.74 Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 9:06.25 Rosalind Taylor (USA)

25/20 Jul 1991, Sheffield ENG (5000m/3000m)  

G

13:39.25 John Mayock (ENG) 8:55.42 Iulia (Ionescu) Besliu (ROM)

S

13:39.31 Peter Sherry (USA) 8:56.35 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)

B

13:39.31 David Evans (AUS) 9:01.09 Zita Agoston (HUN)

26/20 Aug 1989, Duisburg GER (5000m/3000m)  

G

13:39.04 Stefano Mei (ITA) 8:44.09 Paula Ivan (ROM)

S

13:39.42 Charles Cheruiyot (KEN) 8:46.27 Viorica Ghican (ROM)

B

13:39.50 Antonio Serrano Sanchez (ESP) 8:55.73 Regina Chistyakova (LTU)

18/17 Jul 1987, Zagreb CRO (5000m/3000m)  

G

14:08.15 Anacleto Jimenez Lopez (ESP) 8:53.61 Paula Ivan (ROM)

S

14:08.30 Michael Blackmore (USA) 8:59.56 Annie Schweitzer (USA)

B

14:09.21 David Swain (ENG) 9:02.98 Natalya Artemova (RUS)

04/03 Sep 1985, Kobe JPN (5000m/3000m)  

G

13:56.48 Stefano Mei (ITA) 9:02.75 Cathy Branta (USA)

S

13:57.77 Carey Nelson (CAN) 9:02.92 Kathryn Hayes (USA)

B

13:58.02 Rob Lonergan (CAN) 9:03.19 Angela Chalmers (CAN)

11/08 Jul 1983, Edmonton AB/CAN (5000m/3000m)  

G

13:46.99 Mark Harris (ENG) 9:04.32 Maria Radu (ROM)

S

13:47.69 Fethi Baccouche (TUN) 9:06.17 Elena Malykhina (RUS)

B

13:49.13 Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) 9:07.74 Lynn Williams (CAN)

26 Jul 1981, Bucharest ROM (5000m/3000m)  

G

13:49.95 Doug Padilla (USA) 8:53.78 Breda Pergar (SLO)

S

13:50.34 Jozef Lences (SVK) 8:54.23 Valentina Ilyinikh (RUS)

B

13:50.84 Frank Zimmerman (GER) 8:58.98 Maria Radu (ROM)

12 Sep 1979, Mexico City MEX  

G

14:12.9 Ilie Floroiu (ROM)

S

14:15.4 Jose Gomez (MEX)

B

14:18.0 Enrique Aquino (MEX)

  Aug 1977, Sofia BUL  

G

13:44.6 Enn Selik (EST)

S

13:45.1 Jerzy Kowol (POL)

B

13:45.6 Leonid Moseyev (RUS)

21/18 Sep 1975, Rome ITA (5000m/3000m)  

G

13:37.56 Francesco Fava (ITA) 8:54.09 Natalia Betini (ROM)

S

13:39.20 Ilie Floroiu (ROM) 8:54.94 Thelma Wright (CAN)

B

13:42.02 Julian Goater (ENG) 8:55.88 Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB)

  Aug 1973, Moscow RUS  

G

13:41.4 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy (BLR)

S

13:42.0 Glenn Herold (USA)

B

13:43.6 Valentin Zotov (RUS)

  Sep 1970, Turin ITA  

G

13:56.4 Nikolay Puklakov (RUS)

S

14:00.8 Jens Wollenberg (GER)

B

14:01.4 Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA)

  Sep 1967, Tokyo JPN  

G

14:03.8 Keisuke Sawaki (JPN)

S

14:05.4 Van Nelson (USA)

B

14:06.6 John Jackson (ENG)

01 Sep 1965, Budapest HUN  

G

13:45.2 Keisuke Sawaki (JPN)

S

13:46.6 Lutz Philipp (GER)

B

13:52.6 Alistair-Fergus Murray (SCO)

  Sep 1963, Porto Alegre BRA  

G

14:21.4 Leonid Ivanov (KGZ)

S

14:32.0 Bela Szekeres (HUN)

B

14:43.2 Ronald Hill (ENG)

  Sep 1961, Sofia BUL  

G

14:23.4 Janos Pinter (HUN)

S

14:23.8 Andrei Barabas (ROM)

B

14:23.8 Peter Kubicki (GER)

05 Sep 1959, Turin ITA  

G

14:09.8 Kevin Gilligan (ENG)

S

14:14.8 Saburo Yokomizo (JPN)

B

14:18.0 Jaroslav Bohaty (CZE)

  Sep 1957, Paris FRA 

G

14:31.0 Kevin Gilligan (ENG)

S

14:32.8 Veliša Mugoša (SER)

B

14:37.0 Gerhart Hecker (HUN)

  Aug 1955, San Sebastian ESP 

G

15:04.4 Adrian Jackson (GBR)

S

15:09.8 Alan Gordon (GBR)

B

15:11.6 Stephan Lupfert (GER)

  Aug 1953, Dortmund GER 

G

14:48.6 Osamu Inoue (JPN)

S

14:49.0 Tony Weeks-Pearson (GBR)

B

14:55.2 Velmir Ilic (YUG)

26 Aug 1951, Luxembourg LUX 

G

15:07.6 Christopher Brasher (ENG)

S

15:18.0 Philip Morgan (GBR)

B

15:18.2 John Bryant (GBR)

  Sep 1949, Merano ITA 

G

15:55.6 José Coll (ESP)

S

16:05.9 Antonio Amoros (ESP)

B

16:17.1 Ricardo Jebra (ESP)

31 Aug 1947, Paris FRA 

G

14:20.8 Emil Zatopek (CZE)

S

15:12.4 Claude Joly (FRA)

B

15:15.4 Pierre Barbaud (FRA)

  Aug 1939, Vienna AUT 

G

15:10.6 Rolf Fellersmann (GER)

S

15:10.8 András Csaplár (HUN)

B

15:28.6 Ċke Lindstedt (SWE)

  Aug 1939, Monaco MON 

G

15:20.2 Morrison Carstairs (SCO)

S

15:20.2 Ralph Schwarzkopf (USA)

B

16:11.2 Roger Leredde (FRA)

  Aug 1937, Paris FRA 

G

15:21.6 Peter Ward (ENG)

S

15:24.2 Morrison Carstairs (SCO)

B

15:38.2 András Csaplár (HUN)

  Aug 1935, Budapest HUN 

G

15:22.6 Peter Ward (ENG)

S

15:24.4 Hideo Tanaka (JPN)

B

15:26.0 András Csaplár (HUN)

 Sep 1933 Turin ITA (3000m) 

G

8:43.0 Umberto Cerati (ITA)

S

8:44.2 Joe McCluskey (USA)

B

9:02.8 Josef Hron (TCH)

  Aug 1930, Darmstadt GER 

G

15:24.3 Karl-Gustav Dahlstrom (SWE)

S

15:27.5 Eino Puukko (FIN)

B

15:27.7 Fritz Schilgen (GER)

  Aug 1928, Paris FRA (3000m) 

G

8:58.4 Gaston Leduc (FRA)

S

9:02.6e David Richards (ENG)

B

9:08.6e Elek Szerb (HUN)

  Aug 1927, Rome ITA (3000m) 

G

9:20.4 Józef Jaworski (POL)

S

9:28.0 John Bell (USA)

B

9:33.4 Josef Hron (TCH)

  Aug 1924, Warsaw POL 

G

17:31.0 François Christophe (FRA)

S

--- Julius Tiisfeldt (EST)

B

--- Wladyslaw Boski (POL)

  Jun 1923, Paris FRA 

G

16:28.0 R A S Castell (ENG)

S

16:28.8 Pippo Orio (ITA)

B

--- nfn Binder (FRA)

 Jun 1923, Paris FRA (3000m)  

G

9:32.5 Józef Jaworski (POL)

S

--- Stefan Kostrzewski (POL)

B

--- Julius Tiisfeldt (EST)

Note: In 1939, the  Axis countries held their own games in Vienna.

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
GBR   11   6   6     79
JPN    4   3   3     32
ITA    5   1   3     31
USA    1   7   1     27
GER    1   4   4     21
ESP    2   2   2     18
POL    2   2   1     17
RUS    1   3   3     17
FRA    3   1   3     21
HUN    1   2   4     15
UKR    3   0   0     15
MAR    1   2   1     12
ROM    1   2   0     11
AZE    2   0   0     10
TUR    2   0   0     10
EST    1   1   1      9
KEN    1   1   1      9
CAN    0   2   1      7
CZE    1   0   1      6
SWE    1   0   1      6
UGA    1   0   1      6
BLR    1   0   0      5
KGZ    1   0   0      5
MEX    0   1   1      4
ECU    0   1   0      3
SER    0   1   0      3
SVK    0   1   0      3
TUN    0   1   0      3
TCH    0   0   2      2
AUS    0   0   1      1
AUT    0   0   1      1
RSA    0   0   1      1
SUI    0   0   1      1
YUG    0   0   1      1

Women
       G   S   B   Score
ROM    6   2   3     39
USA    3   2   1     22
POR    2   2   0     16
JPN    1   2   3     14
RUS    0   3   4     13
CAN    0   3   3     12
CHN    1   1   0      8
NZL    1   1   0      8
HUN    1   0   1      6
UKR    0   2   0      6
AUS    1   0   0      5
CZE    1   0   0      5
GER    1   0   0      5
SLO    1   0   0      5
TUR    1   0   0      5
IRL    0   1   1      4
ITA    0   1   0      3
GBR    0   0   1      1
KGZ    0   0   1      1
LTU    0   0   1      1
UZB    0   0   1      1
Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
15  Sergey Lebed (UKR)          G (1999) G (2001) G (2003)
10  Józef Jaworski (POL)        G (1923) G (1927)
10  Peter Ward (ENG)            G (1935) G (1937)
10  Stefano Mei (ITA)           G (1985) G (1989)
10  Halil Akkas (TUR)           G (2007) G (2009)
10  Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE)       G (2013) G (2015)
 8  Morrison Carstairs (SCO)    S (1937) G (1939)
 8  Keisuke Sawaki (JPN)        G (1965) S (1967)
 8  Ilie Floroiu (ROM)          S (1975) G (1979)
 6  Kevin Gilligan (ENG)        G (1957) B (1959)
 5  András Csaplár (HUN)        B (1935) B (1937) S (1939) 
 4  Julius Tiisfeldt (EST)      B (1923) S (1924)
 2  Josef Hron (TCH)            B (1927) B (1933)


Women 
10  Paula Ivan (ROM)            G (1987) G (1989)
 8  Iulia Besliu-Ionescu (ROM)  G (1991) S (1993)
 8  Sara-Isabel Moreira (POR)   G (2009) S (2011)
 6  Maria Radu (ROM)            B (1981) G (1983)
 6  Tatyana Holovchenko (UKR)   S (2005) S (2007)
 2  Cristina Casandra (ROM)     B (1999) B (2003)
 

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners)
No prize money has been awarded in these championships according to available information.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year     Men   Women
2017    +0.3    -3.4 
2015    -0.5    +1.1
2013    -3.5    +0.6
2011    +1.5    +3.1
2009    +2.0    -0.1
2007    +4.4    +1.4
2005    +1.3    -1.4
2003    +1.3    -2.2
2001    -1.6    -0.0
1999    +0.1    +2.8
1997    +2.8    +0.4
1995    +3.5    +2.5
1993    +4.6    -1.7
1991    +0.1    +0.8
1989     n/c    -1.2
....    
1977    +2.6
....    
1973    -1.2
....    
1965    -0.8

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2017     329     517 
2015     483     492
2013     495     563
2011     494     582
2009     380     n/c
2007     435     609
2005     553     549
2003     553     469
2001     509     673
1999     458     649
....     
1995     424     719

Quality Performances

Men
<13:40      17
<13:50      51
<14:00     110

Women
<15:40       7
<16:00      44
<16:20     104
Women (3000m)
 <8:50       2
 <9:00      15
 <9:10      38
 <9:20      44
 <9:30      44

Note: Totals include heats.

Note:  For 1923, this event was known as the International Universities Championships.  For 1924 thru 1955, this event was known as the International University Games.


Last Updated on 28 Aug 2017

Contributors: Franco Civai (50), Francois Lorange (10), Juraj Gasparovic (47)