2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 2006 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		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
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 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 20 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia
Silver	Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia
Bronze	Joseph Ebuya  Kenya

Results

Final

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13:31.34
	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	13:35.95
	Joseph Ebuya	Kenya	13:42.93
4	Mang'ata Ndiwa	Kenya	13:44.03
5	Aadam Ismaeel Khamis	Bahrain	13:51.44
6	Kidane Tadese	Eritrea	13:51.60
7	Tony Wamulwa	Zambia	14:00.95
8	Noureddine Smaïl	France	14:06.86
9	Geoffrey Kusuro	Uganda	14:12.69
10	Naser Jamal Naser	Qatar	14:15.10
11	Diego Borrego	Mexico	14:15.54
12	Teklemariam Medhin	Eritrea	14:18.57
13	Zhao Bing	China	14:19.33
14	Mohamed Bouifalloussene	Morocco	14:22.38
15	Saleh Bakheet	Bahrain	14:23.50
16	Simon Ayeko	Uganda	14:26.23
17	Mohamed Elbendir	Spain	14:28.27
18	Takahiro Mori	Japan	14:29.00
19	Huang Dali	China	14:30.83
20	Kodai Matsumoto	Japan	14:35.55
21	Jeon Eunhoi	South Korea	14:35.64
22	Yosef Abo Saman	Palestine	16:02.18
23	Mouhssine Cherkaoui	Morocco	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•  Bahrain (2)
•  China (2)
•  Eritrea (2)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Qatar (1)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Uganda (2)
•  Zambia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015