1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
1996 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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Assefa Mezegebu
 Ethiopia
Silver David Chelule
 Kenya
Bronze Aaron Gabonewe
 South Africa

Results

Final

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia 13:35.30
2nd, silver medalist(s) David Chelule  Kenya 13:36.27
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Aaron Gabonewe  South Africa 13:46.19
4 Tetsuhiro Furuta  Japan 13:46.59
5 Marko Hhawu  Tanzania 13:52.51
6 Godfrey Nyombi  Uganda 13:55.92
7 Yuki Yamamoto  Japan 14:06.59
8 John Gilay  Tanzania 14:07.93
9 Adrian Maghiar  Romania 14:08.35
10 Janko Benša  Yugoslavia 14:12.13
11 Stephen Njenga  Kenya 14:24.18
12 Sebastian Hallmann  Germany 14:50.14
13 Gojen Singh  India DNS
14 David Galindo  Mexico DNS
15 Sisay Bezabeh  Ethiopia DNS

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Assefa Mezegebu  Ethiopia 14:07.15 Q
2 Aaron Gabonewe  South Africa 14:07.22 Q
3 Stephen Njenga  Kenya 14:07.27 Q
4 Marko Hhawu  Tanzania 14:07.66 Q
5 Yuki Yamamoto  Japan 14:13.20 Q
6 John Gilay  Tanzania 14:13.45 q
7 Gojen Singh  India 14:14.48 q
8 Mark Thompson  Australia 14:21.97
9 Samuel Mangusho  Uganda 14:22.37
10 Francisco Mondragón  Mexico 14:25.34
11 Marilson dos Santos  Brazil 14:30.99
12 Oscar Meza  Paraguay 15:39.16
13 José Castillo Caceres  Honduras 15:43.01
14 Frank Hoffmeister  Germany DNF

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sisay Bezabeh  Ethiopia 14:05.00 Q
2 David Chelule  Kenya 14:05.80 Q
3 Tetsuhiro Furuta  Japan 14:06.16 Q
4 David Galindo  Mexico 14:06.57 Q
5 Janko Benša  Yugoslavia 14:08.34 Q
6 Sebastian Hallmann  Germany 14:09.52 q
7 Adrian Maghiar  Romania 14:09.65 q
8 Godfrey Nyombi  Uganda 14:09.77 q
9 Ricardo Maestrelo  Brazil 14:16.08
10 Brent Hauser  United States 14:17.21
11 Fecri Idin  Turkey 14:53.60
12 Sinlasone Sanith  Laos 15:25.46
13 Mohamed Ould Abdellahy  Mauritania 16:12.57

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, 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
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