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

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]

1992 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
5000 m walkwomen
10,000 m walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
GoldHaile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia
SilverJosephat Ndeti
 Kenya
BronzeYasuyuki Watanabe
 Japan

Results

Final

18 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia28:03.99
Josephat Ndeti Kenya28:46.25
Yasuyuki Watanabe Japan28:52.89
4Tegenu Abebe Ethiopia29:29.97
5Oscar Cortínez Argentina29:31.80
6Nestor Cevasco Argentina29:32.84
7Eliseo Martín Spain29:38.13
8Elias Bastos Brazil29:39.99
9Bruno Toledo Spain29:52.28
10Antonio Andriani Italy29:59.18
11Maurizio Leone Italy30:01.85
12Kim Min-Woo South Korea30:02.55
13José Alejandro Semprún Venezuela30:02.85
14Juma Ninga Tanzania30:03.58
15Jo Yeong-Do South Korea30:41.81
16Marcos Villa Mexico30:43.34
17Cláudio da Silva Brazil30:50.03
18Jorge Chávez Peru31:20.73
19Yahya Dogan Turkey31:38.13
20Muzaffer Çintimar Turkey31:39.82
21Stelios Marneros Cyprus32:11.55
Josephat Machuka KenyaDQ
Michael Lola TanzaniaDNF

Participation

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

References
  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. BBC Sports, May 28, 2004: Olympic countdown: 73 days
  4. YouTube video: 1992 World Junior Championships 10000m final sprint Machuka hit Haile
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