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

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

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