1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
1998 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 women
10,000 m men
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
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Million Wolde
 Ethiopia
Silver Kipchumba Mitei
 Kenya
Bronze Reuben Kamzee
 Kenya

Results

Final

2 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Million Wolde  Ethiopia 13:47.49
2nd Kipchumba Mitei  Kenya 13:49.60
3rd Reuben Kamzee  Kenya 13:51.22
4 Mark Thompson  Australia 14:06.24
5 Haylu Mekonnen  Ethiopia 14:06.30
6 Yuji Ibi  Japan 14:06.63
7 Driss Benismail  Morocco 14:06.83
8 Bonaventure Niyonizigiye  Burundi 14:07.65
9 Dmitriy Baranovskiy  Ukraine 14:07.77
10 Audace Niyongabo  Burundi 14:09.64
11 Vincent Kuotane  South Africa 14:15.90
12 Obed Mutanya  Zambia 14:19.50
13 Sam Haughian  United Kingdom 14:32.66
14 Takhir Mamashayev  Kazakhstan 14:34.32
15 Ahmed Baday  Morocco DQ IAAF rule 141

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Million Wolde  Ethiopia 14:07.50 Q
2 Reuben Kamzee  Kenya 14:07.61 Q
3 Bonaventure Niyonizigiye  Burundi 14:07.80 Q
4 Driss Benismail  Morocco 14:09.12 Q
5 Yuji Ibi  Japan 14:09.24 Q
6 Dmitriy Baranovskiy  Ukraine 14:09.57 q
7 Mark Thompson  Australia 14:22.47 q
8 Takhir Mamashayev  Kazakhstan 14:27.13 q
9 Vincent Kuotane  South Africa 14:27.95 q
10 Koen Raymaekers  Netherlands 14:28.94
11 Mikola Mestechkin  Ukraine 14:54.74
12 Rashid Taimu  Malawi 14:56.82
13 Michael May  Germany 15:08.92
14 Adrian Blincoe  New Zealand 15:30.97

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Haylu Mekonnen  Ethiopia 14:25.00 Q
2 Kipchumba Mitei  Kenya 14:25.14 Q
3 Obed Mutanya  Zambia 14:26.62 Q
4 Sam Haughian  United Kingdom 14:27.05 Q
5 Audace Niyongabo  Burundi 14:27.62 q
6 Ryan Andrus  United States 14:28.54
7 George Mofokeng  South Africa 14:56.98
8 Mattia Maccagnan  Italy 15:01.91
9 Siphesihle Mdluli  Swaziland 15:07.43
10 Shinichi Shibata  Japan 15:10.32
11 Kabirou Dan Mallam  Niger 15:15.29
12 Vishwananth Sukmongal  Guyana 15:44.96
13 Ahmed Baday  Morocco DQ IAAF rule 141 Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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