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

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		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	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]

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

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
	Yahia Azaidj	Algeria	DNF

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