2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

2006 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	women
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 5000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 20 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia
Silver	Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia
Bronze	Joseph Ebuya  Kenya

Results[]

Final[]

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13:31.34
	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	13:35.95
	Joseph Ebuya	Kenya	13:42.93
4		Kenya	13:44.03
5	Aadam Ismaeel Khamis	Bahrain	13:51.44
6	Kidane Tadese	Eritrea	13:51.60
7		Zambia	14:00.95
8	Noureddine Smaïl	France	14:06.86
9	Geoffrey Kusuro	Uganda	14:12.69
10		Qatar	14:15.10
11		Mexico	14:15.54
12	Teklemariam Medhin	Eritrea	14:18.57
13		China	14:19.33
14		Morocco	14:22.38
15		Bahrain	14:23.50
16	Simon Ayeko	Uganda	14:26.23
17		Spain	14:28.27
18		Japan	14:29.00
19		China	14:30.83
20		Japan	14:35.55
21		South Korea	14:35.64
22		Palestine	16:02.18
		Morocco	DQ

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References[]