1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 September.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Haile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia
Silver Ismael Kirui
 Kenya
Bronze Hicham El-Guerrouj
 Morocco

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

19 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 13:36.06
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ismael Kirui  Kenya 13:36.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hicham El-Guerrouj  Morocco 13:46.79
4 Kazuhiro Kawauchi  Japan 13:48.51
5 Francis Nade  Tanzania 13:52.80
6 Shadrack Hoff  South Africa 13:56.15
7 Meta Petro  Tanzania 13:57.36
8 Gerbaba Eticha  Ethiopia 13:57.38
9 Miroslav Vanko  Czechoslovakia 14:00.24
10 Simon Morolong  South Africa 14:04.96
11 Wener Kashayev  Commonwealth of Independent States 14:05.95
12 Emerson Bem  Brazil 14:08.36
13 Charles Tangus  Kenya 14:08.85
14 Davide Raineri  Italy 14:08.97
15 Spencer Barden  United Kingdom 14:26.23

Heats[edit]

17 September

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 14:00.10 Q
2 Charles Tangus  Kenya 14:00.61 Q
3 Kazuhiro Kawauchi  Japan 14:01.65 Q
4 Shadrack Hoff  South Africa 14:02.97 Q
5 Hicham El-Guerrouj  Morocco 14:03.93 Q
6 Francis Nade  Tanzania 14:04.51 q
7 Wener Kashayev  Commonwealth of Independent States 14:05.21 q
8 Karl Rasmussen  Norway 14:15.91
9 Juan Luis Gómez  Spain 14:17.02
10 António Rebelo  Portugal 14:24.28
11 Tarek Zoghmar  Algeria 14:28.87

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ismael Kirui  Kenya 13:52.19 Q
2 Meta Petro  Tanzania 13:54.02 Q
3 Simon Morolong  South Africa 13:59.30 Q
4 Emerson Bem  Brazil 13:59.78 Q
5 Miroslav Vanko  Czechoslovakia 14:00.56 Q
6 Gerbaba Eticha  Ethiopia 14:02.77 q
7 Spencer Barden  United Kingdom 14:06.33 q
8 Davide Raineri  Italy 14:11.42 q
9 Daisuke Isomatsu  Japan 14:12.89
10 Arnaud Crepieux  France 14:58.59
11 Raul Silva  Portugal 15:15.97

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015