2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

2002 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
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at the National Stadium in Independence Park, on 20 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia
Silver	Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia
Bronze	Solomon Bushendich  Kenya

Results[]

Final[]

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	29:02.71
	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	29:03.74
	Solomon Bushendich	Kenya	29:05.96
4		Japan	29:29.18
5		Burundi	29:30.09
6		Burundi	29:31.60
7	Franck de Almeida	Brazil	29:49.95
8		Kenya	30:04.86
9		Rwanda	30:06.97
10	Samson Kiflemariam	Eritrea	30:16.79
11		Japan	30:22.40
12		Rwanda	30:31.67
13		Denmark	31:11.38
14		Algeria	31:27.26
15		United States	32:03.71
16		United States	32:22.13
17		Djibouti	32:36.79
		Morocco	DNF
		Mexico	DNF
		Turkey	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[]