2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 14 July.[1][2][3]

2012 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
10,000 m walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
GoldSilverBronze
Muktar Edris
 Ethiopia		 Abrar Osman Adem
 Eritrea		 Wiliam Malel Sitonik
 Kenya

Records

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

World Junior Record  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.61 Oslo, Norway 27 June 2003
Championship Record  Abreham Cherkos (ETH) 13:08.57 Bydgoszcz, Poland 13 July 2008
World Junior Leading  Isiah Kiplangat Koech (KEN) 12:57.63 Eugene, United States 2 June 2012

Results
The start of the 5000 metres
RankNameNationalityTimeNote
Muktar Edris Ethiopia13:38.95
Abrar Osman Adem Eritrea13:40.52
Wiliam Malel Sitonik Kenya13:40.52
4Younés Essalhi Morocco13:41.69PB
5Tsegaye Mekonnen Ethiopia13:44.43PB
6Phillip Kipyeko Uganda13:45.52PB
7Moses Martin Kurong Uganda13:52.96
8Moses Mukono Letoyie Kenya13:56.60
9Dino Bošnjak Croatia14:13.48NJ
10François Barrer France14:16.46
11Kota Murayama Japan14:18.24
12Krubhli Shiferaw Erassa United States14:19.28
13Kyle King United States14:19.97
14Kazuma Taira Japan14:22.95
15Lorenzo Dini Italy14:22.97PB
16Aaron Hendrikx Canada14:29.32
17Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam Sudan14:35.70PB
18Samuele Dini Italy14:43.43PB
19Souleiman Robleh Djibouti14:48.17PB
20Rethabile Molefi Lesotho14:50.60PB
21Myeongjun Son South Korea15:03.10
22Orye Lendoye Gabon19:03.89PB
-Soufiyan Bouqantar MoroccoDNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References
  1. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/timetable.html
  2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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