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1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk

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The men's 5000 metres walk event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 March 1987.

The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which is the only time this event for men was won by less than 0.05 seconds at these championships. Since this event was discontinued after the 1993 championships, this record cannot be broken.

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mikhail Shchennikov  Soviet Union 18:27.79 WR, CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jozef Pribilinec  Czechoslovakia 18:27.80 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ernesto Canto  Mexico 18:38.71 AR
4 Roman Mrázek  Czechoslovakia 18:47.95 PB
5 David Smith  Australia 18:52.20 AR
6 Sándor Urbanik  Hungary 19:06.19
7 Walter Arena  Italy 19:08.20 PB
8 Tim Lewis  United States 19:18.40 NR
9 Erling Andersen  Norway 19:26.18
10 Bo Gustafsson  Norway 19:27.43 PB
11 Marcelino Colín  Mexico 19:45.19 PB
12 Zdzisław Szlapkin  Poland 19:46.67
13 Carlo Mattioli  Italy 19:59.47
14 Ray Sharp  United States 20:13.19
15 Andrew Jachno  Australia 20:19.74
16 Christos Karagiorgos  Greece 20:26.54
17 Hirofumi Sakai  Japan 21:10.01 AR

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