2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18 and 21 October.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Gordon Mugi
  Kenya
Silver Kenenisa Bekele
  Ethiopia
Bronze Cyrus Kataron
  Kenya

Results edit

Final edit

21 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Gordon Mugi   Kenya 13:44.93
  Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 13:45.43
  Cyrus Kataron   Kenya 13:46.12
4 Obed Mutanya   Zambia 13:46.33
5 Beruk Debrework   Ethiopia 13:54.17
6 Khoudir Aggoune   Algeria 14:01.16
7 Cutbert Nyasango   Zimbabwe 14:02.02
8 Aïssa Dghoughi   Morocco 14:07.30
9 Onèsphore Nkunzimana   Burundi 14:07.67
10 Mo Farah   United Kingdom 14:12.21
11 Chris Thompson   United Kingdom 14:13.91
12 Said Al-Harasi   Qatar 14:14.45
13 Vasyl Matviychuk   Ukraine 14:31.27
14 Jeffrey Gwebu   South Africa 14:41.31
15 Gustav Svedbrant   Sweden 14:53.79

Heats edit

18 October

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gordon Mugi   Kenya 14:07.37 Q
2 Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 14:15.35 Q
3 Cutbert Nyasango   Zimbabwe 14:15.88 Q
4 Aïssa Dghoughi   Morocco 14:20.81 Q
5 Chris Thompson   United Kingdom 14:25.46 Q
6 Vasyl Matviychuk   Ukraine 14:32.99 q
7 Takamasa Uchida   Japan 14:43.59
8 Nasser Al-Bishi   Saudi Arabia 14:45.09
9 Idris Yousef   Qatar 14:51.46

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cyrus Kataron   Kenya 14:10.38 Q
2 Onèsphore Nkunzimana   Burundi 14:10.60 Q
3 Obed Mutanya   Zambia 14:10.71 Q
4 Beruk Debrework   Ethiopia 14:11.19 Q
5 Mo Farah   United Kingdom 14:18.82 Q
6 Khoudir Aggoune   Algeria 14:19.68 q
7 Said Al-Harasi   Qatar 14:22.91 q
8 Jeffrey Gwebu   South Africa 14:31.10 q
9 Gustav Svedbrant   Sweden 14:32.72 q
10 Kazuhiro Maeda   Japan 14:36.76

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2000 Santiago CHI Oct 17-22, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015