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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Yigrem Demelash
  Ethiopia 		Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi
  Kenya 		Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui
  Kenya

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record   Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 26:41.75 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
Championship Record   Josphat Kipkoech Bett (KEN) 27:30.85 Bydgoszcz, Poland 9 July 2008
World Junior Leading   Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (KEN) 27:08.44 Eugene, OR, United States 1 June 2012

Results edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
  Yigrem Demelash   Ethiopia 28:16.07 PB
  Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi   Kenya 28:23.98 PB
  Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui   Kenya 28:30.47
4 Kinde Atanaw   Ethiopia 28:53.02
5 Moses Martin Kurong   Uganda 29:06.87
6 Kenta Murayama   Japan 29:40.56
7 Ken Yokote   Japan 29:41.81 SB
8 Rahul Kumar Pal   India 29:42.15 PB
9 Zakaria Boudad   Morocco 30:21.07
10 Daniele D'Onofrio   Italy 31:07.70
11 Jacob Kildoo   United States 31:09.94
12 Matías Silva   Chile 31:10.40
13 Angel Ronco   Spain 31:18.35
14 Claudiu Costin Cimpoeru   Romania 31:20.74 PB
15 Ryan Pickering   United States 31:33.69
16 Edwin Haroldo Pirir   Guatemala 31:37.53
17 Samuel Barata   Portugal 31:42.17
18 Jonas Koller   Germany 31:42.81
19 Myeongjun Son   South Korea 31:45.17
20 Youcef Addouche   Algeria 31:45.29
21 Áron Tóth   Hungary 31:50.25
22 Yerson Orellana   Peru 31:51.98
23 Binlu Wang   China 31:53.86
24 Kevin Dooney   Ireland 31:56.41
25 Ibrahim Ahmed   Canada 32:06.73
26 Lucas Jaramillo   Chile 32:09.18
27 Oleksiy Obukhovskyy   Ukraine 32:27.04
28 Demeke Teshale   Israel 33:01.37
29 Alexandre Lavigne   Canada 33:07.04
30 Yuriy Datsko   Ukraine 33:14.32
31 Zendio Daza   Peru 33:21.21
32 Akoye Derseh   Israel 35:16.30
Mouloud Madoui   Algeria DNF
Artur Bossy   Spain DNF
Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam   Sudan DNS

Participation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links edit

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