The men's 5000 metres walk event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.[1]
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Jozef Pribilinec |  Czechoslovakia |
18:44.40 | CR |
 |
Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia |
18:44.93 | |
 |
Sándor Urbanik |  Hungary |
18:45.91 | |
| 4 | Erling Andersen |  Norway |
18:49.10 | NR |
| 5 | Zdzisław Szlapkin |  Poland |
18:49.49 | |
| 6 | Jos Martens |  Belgium |
18:54.67 | NR |
| 7 | Giovanni De Benedictis |  Italy |
18:58.40 | |
| 8 | Lyubomir Ivanov |  Bulgaria |
19:00.02 | |
| 9 | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia |
19:03.82 | |
| 10 | Sergey Protishin |  Soviet Union |
19:18.30 | |
| 11 | Jean-Claude Corre |  France |
19:20.03 | |
| 12 | Jan Staaf |  Sweden |
19:20.81 | |
| 13 | José Urbano |  Portugal |
19:41.79 | |
| 14 | Karoly Kirszt | Hungary |
20:23.50 | |
| 15 | Dirk Vandebosch | Belgium |
21:02.09 | |
| Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union |
DQ | ||
| Bo Gustafsson | Sweden |
DQ |