1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

Events at the 1990 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
3000 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 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Richard Chelimo  Kenya
Silver	Ismael Kirui  Kenya
Bronze	Juma Ninga  Tanzania

Results

Final

8 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	28:18.57
	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	28:40.77
	Juma Ninga	Tanzania	28:41.90
4	Abraham Assefa	Ethiopia	28:43.22
5	Christian Leuprecht	Italy	28:51.80
6	Tesgie Legesse	Ethiopia	29:01.61
7	Vincenzo Modica	Italy	29:09.06
8	Mike Mykytok	United States	29:29.45
9	Domingos Lopes	Portugal	29:31.05
10	Muchapiwa Mazano	Zimbabwe	29:32.19
11	Mohamed Riad	Morocco	29:36.19
12	Meta Petro	Tanzania	29:37.82
13	Robinson Semolini	Brazil	30:00.01
14	Hernán Orcellet	Argentina	30:19.59
15	José Luis Francisco	Spain	30:24.48
16	Tom Van Hooste	Belgium	30:33.60
17	Javier Caballero	Spain	30:35.27
18	Stanislav Yordanov	Soviet Union	30:55.13
19	Hicham Louahbi	Morocco	30:58.05
20	Delfim Conceição	Portugal	31:03.69
21	Jeff Schiebler	Canada	31:13.63
22	Seiji Kushibe	Japan	31:43.75
23	Conor Holt	Ireland	31:45.24
24	Elisaldo León	Cuba	32:23.96
25	Shigeki Iketani	Japan	32:34.11
26	Yahia Azaidj	Algeria	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Argentina (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Soviet Union (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Tanzania (2)
•  United States (1)
•  Zimbabwe (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015