Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's half marathon

The men's half marathon event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on the streets of Catania, Italy on 31 August. This was the first time that this event was featured at the Universiade replacing the marathon.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	1:03:32	UR
	Stephen Mayaka	Kenya	1:03:51
	Solomon Wachira	Kenya	1:04:05
4	Masateru Ikeya	Japan	1:04:12
5	Sung Keun-oh	South Korea	1:04:37
6	Mark Steinle	Great Britain	1:04:19
7	Tshidiso Phofi	South Africa	1:05:11
8	Kanno Kuniaki	Japan	1:05:11
9	Christian Leuprecht	Italy	1:05:44
10	John Maitai Mboroth	Kenya	1:05:51
14	Robert Smits	Netherlands	1:07:09
15	Janko Benša	Yugoslavia	1:07:28
16	Ephraim Mokgokhu	South Africa	1:07:36
17	Adam Leane	Australia	1:07:41
20	Peter de la Cerda	United States	1:08:59
25	James Menon	United States	1:10:54