1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk

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

Medalists

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

Results

Heats

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

Final

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