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

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 edit

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

Results edit

Final edit

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Assefa Mezegebu   Ethiopia 13:35.30
  David Chelule   Kenya 13:36.27
  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
Gojen Singh   India DNS
David Galindo   Mexico DNS
Sisay Bezabeh   Ethiopia DNS

Heats edit

23 August

Heat 1 edit

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
Frank Hoffmeister   Germany DNF

Heat 2 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  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 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015