2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
2012 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 at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 14 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Muktar Edris
 Ethiopia
Abrar Osman Adem
 Eritrea
Wiliam Malel Sitonik
 Kenya

Records

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

World Junior Record  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.61 Oslo, Norway 27 June 2003
Championship Record  Abreham Cherkos (ETH) 13:08.57 Bydgoszcz, Poland 13 July 2008
World Junior Leading  Isiah Kiplangat Koech (KEN) 12:57.63 Eugene, United States 2 June 2012

Results

The start of the 5000 metres
Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st Muktar Edris  Ethiopia 13:38.95
2nd Abrar Osman Adem  Eritrea 13:40.52
3rd Wiliam Malel Sitonik  Kenya 13:40.52
4 Younés Essalhi  Morocco 13:41.69 PB
5 Tsegaye Mekonnen  Ethiopia 13:44.43 PB
6 Phillip Kipyeko  Uganda 13:45.52 PB
7 Moses Martin Kurong  Uganda 13:52.96
8 Moses Mukono Letoyie  Kenya 13:56.60
9 Dino Bošnjak  Croatia 14:13.48 NJ
10 François Barrer  France 14:16.46
11 Kota Murayama  Japan 14:18.24
12 Krubhli Shiferaw Erassa  United States 14:19.28
13 Kyle King  United States 14:19.97
14 Kazuma Taira  Japan 14:22.95
15 Lorenzo Dini  Italy 14:22.97 PB
16 Aaron Hendrikx  Canada 14:29.32
17 Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam  Sudan 14:35.70 PB
18 Samuele Dini  Italy 14:43.43 PB
19 Souleiman Robleh  Djibouti 14:48.17 PB
20 Rethabile Molefi  Lesotho 14:50.60 PB
21 Myeongjun Son  South Korea 15:03.10
22 Orye Lendoye  Gabon 19:03.89 PB
- Soufiyan Bouqantar  Morocco DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

External links

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