1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The men's 5000 metres walk event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia	Ronald Weigel East Germany	Roman Mrázek Czechoslovakia

First 6 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sándor Urbanik	Hungary	19:14.64	Q
2	1	Erling Andersen	Norway	19:15.30	Q
3	1	Mikhail Shchennikov	Soviet Union	19:17.74	Q
4	1	Jacek Bednarek	Poland	19:20.66	Q
5	1	Carlo Mattioli	Italy	19:21.36	Q
6	1	Roman Mrázek	Czechoslovakia	19:22.35	Q
7	1	Miguel Ángel Prieto	Spain	19:26.73	q
8	1	Martial Fesselier	France	19:40.27	q
9	2	Jan Staaf	Sweden	20:08.08	Q
10	2	Zdzisław Szlapkin	Poland	20:08.12	Q
11	2	Walter Arena	Italy	20:08.17	Q
12	2	Jozef Pribilinec	Czechoslovakia	20:08.28	Q
13	2	Lyubomir Ivanov	Bulgaria	20:08.36	Q
14	2	Ronald Weigel	East Germany	20:08.48	Q
15	1	Christos Karagiorgos	Greece	20:18.13	q
16	2	Miguel Carvajal	Spain	20:18.59
17	1	Hélder Oliveira	Portugal	20:19.70
18	2	José Pinto	Portugal	20:20.06
19	2	José Urbano	Portugal	20:22.92
20	1	Philippe Burton	Belgium	21:21.98
	2	Harold van Beek	Netherlands	DQ
	2	Martin Toporek	Austria	DQ
	2	Jos Martens	Belgium	DQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jozef Pribilinec	Czechoslovakia	19:08.44	CR
	Ronald Weigel	East Germany	19:08.93
	Roman Mrázek	Czechoslovakia	19:10.77
4	Sándor Urbanik	Hungary	19:13.09
5	Mikhail Shchennikov	Soviet Union	19:18.31
6	Zdzisław Szlapkin	Poland	19:19.16
7	Jan Staaf	Sweden	19:19.96
8	Lyubomir Ivanov	Bulgaria	19:38.85
9	Martial Fesselier	France	19:58.52
10	Erling Andersen	Norway	20:03.02
11	Miguel Ángel Prieto	Spain	20:11.12
12	Christos Karagiorgos	Greece	20:33.58
	Walter Arena	Italy	DQ
	Carlo Mattioli	Italy	DQ
	Jacek Bednarek	Poland	DQ