1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 September.^[1][2] Josephat Machuka finished second, but as he was being passed just before the finish, he deliberately punched at the eventual winner Haile Gebrselassie during the final sprint and was disqualified.^[3][4]

Medalists[]

Gold	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
Silver	Kenya
Bronze	[jp]  Japan

Results[]

Final[]

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	28:03.99
		Kenya	28:46.25
	[jp]	Japan	28:52.89
4		Ethiopia	29:29.97
5	Oscar Cortínez	Argentina	29:31.80
6		Argentina	29:32.84
7	Eliseo Martín	Spain	29:38.13
8		Brazil	29:39.99
9	Bruno Toledo	Spain	29:52.28
10		Italy	29:59.18
11	Maurizio Leone	Italy	30:01.85
12		South Korea	30:02.55
13	José Alejandro Semprún	Venezuela	30:02.85
14		Tanzania	30:03.58
15		South Korea	30:41.81
16		Mexico	30:43.34
17		Brazil	30:50.03
18		Peru	31:20.73
19		Turkey	31:38.13
20		Turkey	31:39.82
21		Cyprus	32:11.55
	Josephat Machuka	Kenya	DQ
		Tanzania	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[]