2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Yigrem Demelash
 Ethiopia
Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi
 Kenya
Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui
 Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 26:41.75 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
Championship Record  Josphat Kipkoech Bett (KEN) 27:30.85 Bydgoszcz, Poland 9 July 2008
World Junior Leading  Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (KEN) 27:08.44 Eugene, OR, United States 1 June 2012

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNote
Yigrem Demelash Ethiopia28:16.07PB
Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi Kenya28:23.98PB
Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui Kenya28:30.47
4Kinde Atanaw Ethiopia28:53.02
5Moses Martin Kurong Uganda29:06.87
6Kenta Murayama Japan29:40.56
7Ken Yokote Japan29:41.81SB
8Rahul Kumar Pal India29:42.15PB
9Zakaria Boudad Morocco30:21.07
10Daniele D'Onofrio Italy31:07.70
11Jacob Kildoo United States31:09.94
12Matías Silva Chile31:10.40
13Angel Ronco Spain31:18.35
14Claudiu Costin Cimpoeru Romania31:20.74PB
15Ryan Pickering United States31:33.69
16Edwin Haroldo Pirir Guatemala31:37.53
17Samuel Barata Portugal31:42.17
18Jonas Koller Germany31:42.81
19Myeongjun Son South Korea31:45.17
20Youcef Addouche Algeria31:45.29
21Áron Tóth Hungary31:50.25
22Yerson Orellana Peru31:51.98
23Binlu Wang China31:53.86
24Kevin Dooney Ireland31:56.41
25Ibrahim Ahmed Canada32:06.73
26Lucas Jaramillo Chile32:09.18
27Oleksiy Obukhovskyy Ukraine32:27.04
28Demeke Teshale Israel33:01.37
29Alexandre Lavigne Canada33:07.04
30Yuriy Datsko Ukraine33:14.32
31Zendio Daza Peru33:21.21
32Akoye Derseh Israel35:16.30
Mouloud Madoui AlgeriaDNF
Artur Bossy SpainDNF
Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam SudanDNS

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References

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