2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

Events at the
2010 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
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 20 July.[1][2] A field of 20 athletes from 14 countries competed.[3]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Dennis Chepkongin Masai
 Kenya
Gebretsadik Abraha
 Ethiopia
Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata
 Kenya

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World junior recordSamuel WanjiruKenya Kenya26:41.75 BruxellesAugust 26, 2005
Championship record Josphat Bett Kenya Kenya 27:30.85 Bydgoszcz July 9, 2008

No new records were established during the competition.

Results

20 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Dennis Chepkongin Masai  Kenya 27:53.88 WJL
2nd Gebretsadik Abraha  Ethiopia28:03.45PB
3rdPaul Kipchumba Lonyangata Kenya 28:14.55PB
4 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada 29:11.75
5 Aaron Pulford  New Zealand 29:14.23 NJR
6 Parker Stinson  United States 29:32.23 PB
7 Suresh Kumar  India 29:40.07
8 Suguru Osako  Japan 29:40.14
9 Fuminori Shikata  Japan 29:47.87
10 Joseph Chebet  Uganda 29:56.53 SB
11 Gabriel Navarro  Spain 29:57.78 PB
12 Mohammed Merbouhi  Algeria 30:06.23 PB
13 Andrew Nixon  Canada 30:35.43
14 Nicolae Soare  Romania 30:37.23 PB
15 Mansour Haraoui  Algeria30:54.84
16 Graham Bazell  United States 30:59.57
17 Indalow Takala  Israel 31:25.38
Edwin Chebii Kimurer  Bahrain DNF
Debebe Woldesenbet  Ethiopia DNF
José Costa  Portugal DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WJL = World junior leading

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2010 Moncton CAN Jul 19-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 9 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. Parker Morse (2010-07-20). "Men's 10,000m Final". IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-21.

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