The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held in Beijing, China on 28 August.[1]
Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | John Kanyi |  Kenya | 28:27.42 | |
 | Ignacio Cáceres |  Spain | 28:43.63 | |
 | Kazuyoshi Tokumoto |  Japan | 28:47.34 | |
| 4 | Ryuichi Hashinokuchi | Japan | 29:43.42 | |
| 5 | Cho Keun-Hyung |  South Korea | 30:08.36 | |
| 6 | Michael Aish |  New Zealand | 30:13.11 | |
| 7 | Nicholas Mugomeri |  Zimbabwe | 30:15.78 | |
| 8 | Joshua Chelimo |  Uganda | 30:16.66 | |
| 9 | Dmytro Baranovskyy |  Ukraine | 30:24.79 | |
| 10 | Jonnatan Morales |  Mexico | 30:42.92 | |
| 11 | Koen Raymaekers |  Netherlands | 30:59.75 | |
| 12 | Donatien Buzingo |  Burundi | 31:01.38 | |
| 13 | Matthew Downin |  United States | 31:08.21 | |
| 14 | Thabalethu Phaku |  South Africa | 31:15.65 | |
| 15 | Brandon Leslie | United States | 33:57.39 | |
| Saïd Ali-Hadji |  Algeria | DNF | ||
| Jaganath Bista |  Nepal | DNF |