1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

1996 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	women
10,000 m	men
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 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 August.^[1][2] In the race, there was a mistake in the lap counting of the judges, that caused many athletes to run 24 laps (9600 m) only.

Medalists[]

Gold	Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia
Silver	David Chelule  Kenya
Bronze	Japan

Results[]

Final[]

21 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Assefa Mezegebu	Ethiopia	28:27.78
	David Chelule	Kenya	28:29.14
		Japan	28:31.61
4		Mexico	28:34.66
5	Marko Hhawu	Tanzania	28:35.02
6		Kenya	28:39.79
7		Japan	28:50.21
8	Sisay Bezabeh	Ethiopia	28:55.97
9		Mexico	28:57.61
10		Uganda	29:21.25
11		Uganda	29:21.43
12		Tanzania	29:29.10
13		India	29:32.68
14		United States	29:32.88
15		Spain	29:35.31
16		Israel	29:35.57
17		Ukraine	29:39.66
18		Brazil	29:49.39
19	Janko Benša	FR Yugoslavia	29:53.41
20		China	30:18.34
21		Germany	30:23.10
22		Rwanda	30:34.24
23		Germany	30:38.68
24		United States	31:09.64
25		Laos	31:52.66
26		Mauritania	33:21.72
27		Myanmar	34:25.75
		Brazil	DNF
	Dmitriy Maksimov	Russia	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]