1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run

The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on 12 August.

Medalists

Gold	Cosmas Ndeti Kenya
Silver	Juma Ninga Tanzania
Bronze	Dagne Debela Ethiopia

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	59:42
	Juma Ninga	Tanzania	1:00:30
	Dagne Debela	Ethiopia	1:01:02
4	Bedaso Turbe	Ethiopia	1:02:52
5	Giacomo Leone	Italy	1:03:01
6	Robinson Semolini	Brazil	1:03:09
7	Meta Petro	Tanzania	1:03:37
8	Kamal Kohil	Algeria	1:03:42
9	Sergey Bondarenko	Soviet Union	1:03:49
10	Muchapiwa Mazano	Zimbabwe	1:04:10
11	Samir M'tougui	Morocco	1:04:25
12	Tesuya Kumagai	Japan	1:04:29
13	Brandon Rhodes	United States	1:04:54
14	Uwe Michel	East Germany	1:05:10
15	Panayiótis Charamis	Greece	1:05:28
16	Richard Ngetich	Kenya	1:05:53
17	Javier Caballero	Spain	1:06:02
18	Elisaldo León	Cuba	1:06:19
19	Yahia Azaidj	Algeria	1:06:35
20	Paul Patrick	Australia	1:06:43
21	Keith Gorby	United States	1:07:32
22	Walter Marcone	Italy	1:07:57
23	Elisardo de la Torre	Spain	1:08:00
24	Andrew Mackenzie	New Zealand	1:08:26
25	Chris Unthank	Australia	1:10:02
26	John Murray	Ireland	1:11:45
27	Curri Genc	Albania	1:12:27
	Petko Stefanov	Bulgaria	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Algeria (2)
• Australia (2)
• Brazil (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Cuba (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Greece (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Morocco (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Spain (2)
• Tanzania (2)
• United States (2)
• Zimbabwe (1)