1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 11 August.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Fita Bayissa
  Ethiopia
Silver Abraham Assefa
  Ethiopia
Bronze Francesco Bennici
  Italy

Results edit

Final edit

11 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Fita Bayissa   Ethiopia 13:42.59
  Abraham Assefa   Ethiopia 13:44.63
  Francesco Bennici   Italy 13:47.10
4 Meta Petro   Tanzania 13:48.91
5 Paul Patrick   Australia 13:51.52
6 Stefano Baldini   Italy 13:54.38
7 Jan Pešava   Czechoslovakia 13:55.02
8 Juma Ninga   Tanzania 13:55.52
9 Ryuji Takei   Japan 13:55.78
10 Muchapiwa Mazano   Zimbabwe 13:56.97
11 Ion Avramescu   Romania 13:59.34
12 Dmitriy Drozdov   Soviet Union 14:01.60
13 Jon Brown   United Kingdom 14:03.09
14 Richard Potts   New Zealand 14:15.80
15 Mohamed Riad   Morocco 14:17.56

Heats edit

9 August

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Juma Ninga   Tanzania 14:06.60 Q
2 Abraham Assefa   Ethiopia 14:08.54 Q
3 Stefano Baldini   Italy 14:11.09 Q
4 Ryuji Takei   Japan 14:11.22 Q
5 Ion Avramescu   Romania 14:11.52 Q
6 Jon Brown   United Kingdom 14:11.61 q
7 Mohamed Riad   Morocco 14:12.56 q
8 Dmitriy Drozdov   Soviet Union 14:15.12 q
9 Jason Bunston   Canada 14:22.20
10 Claes Nyberg   Sweden 14:26.11
11 Anthony Kiprono   Kenya 14:28.26
12 Elias Couto   Portugal 14:33.54
13 Abdel Krim Benzai   Algeria 14:34.57
14 Piotr Gladki   Poland 14:37.48
15 Javier Cortés   Spain 14:40.19
16 Mugah Al-Maslemany   North Yemen 16:10.76

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Fita Bayissa   Ethiopia 13:53.80 Q
2 Meta Petro   Tanzania 14:02.08 Q
3 Francesco Bennici   Italy 14:02.49 Q
4 Jan Pešava   Czechoslovakia 14:02.81 Q
5 Richard Potts   New Zealand 14:09.74 Q
6 Paul Patrick   Australia 14:16.42 q
7 Muchapiwa Mazano   Zimbabwe 14:17.52 q
8 William Kalya   Kenya 14:17.77
9 Luis Suárez   Spain 14:36.33
10 Germano Neves   Portugal 14:38.98
11 Stanislav Yordanov   Soviet Union 14:42.00
12 Jarosław Cichocki   Poland 14:50.01
13 Abdullah Yousef Abdullah   Qatar 15:00.11
14 Christophe Van Der Meersch   Belgium 15:00.98
15 Bryan Conway   Ireland 15:18.18
16 Khalid Al-Estashi   North Yemen 15:59.66
Salah Hissou   Morocco DNF
Yasuyuki Watanabe   Japan DNF

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015