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

2012 World Junior
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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

Gold Silver Bronze
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 place, gold medalist(s) Muktar Edris  Ethiopia 13:38.95
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abrar Osman Adem  Eritrea 13:40.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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