1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

Events at the 1986 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
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
2000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Peter Chumba  Kenya
Silver	Juma Mnyampanda  Tanzania
Bronze	Debebe Demisse  Ethiopia

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Chumba	Kenya	28:44.00
	Juma Mnyampanda	Tanzania	28:45.14
	Debebe Demisse	Ethiopia	28:49.09
4	Stephan Freigang	East Germany	29:53.52
5	Ararse Fuffa	Ethiopia	29:54.91
6	Gino Van Geyte	Belgium	30:04.41
7	Thomas Paskus	United States	30:08.49
8	Akira Nakamura	Japan	30:10.61
9	Johnstone Kipkoech	Kenya	30:19.14
10	Stephen Spiers	Australia	30:19.16
11	Masaki Yamamoto	Japan	30:28.27
12	Zoltán Káldy	Hungary	30:34.59
13	Valery Chesak	Soviet Union	30:38.23
14	Oleg Bandura	Soviet Union	30:39.11
15	Neal Gassman	United States	30:46.96
16	João Lopes	Portugal	30:47.99
17	Sándor Barcza	Hungary	31:06.08
18	Alejandro Aros	Chile	31:12.04
19	Tommi Liljedahl	Finland	31:27.29
20	José Sobral	Portugal	31:50.56
21	Francisco Gómez	Mexico	32:04.37
22	Tom Bessai	Canada	32:24.75

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Chile (1)
•  East Germany (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Tanzania (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015