1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 August 1996.[1][2] In the race, there was a mistake in the lap counting of the judges, that caused many athletes to run 24 laps (9600 m) only.

Medalists

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Gold Assefa Mezegebu
  Ethiopia
Silver David Chelule
  Kenya
Bronze Tetsuhiro Furuta
  Japan

Results

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Final

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21 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Assefa Mezegebu   Ethiopia 28:27.78
  David Chelule   Kenya 28:29.14
  Tetsuhiro Furuta   Japan 28:31.61
4 David Galindo   Mexico 28:34.66
5 Marko Hhawu   Tanzania 28:35.02
6 David Ngetich   Kenya 28:39.79
7 Naoki Mishiro   Japan 28:50.21
8 Sisay Bezabeh   Ethiopia 28:55.97
9 Francisco Mondragón   Mexico 28:57.61
10 Samuel Mangusho   Uganda 29:21.25
11 Godfrey Nyombi   Uganda 29:21.43
12 John Gilay   Tanzania 29:29.10
13 Gojen Singh   India 29:32.68
14 Brad Hauser   United States 29:32.88
15 David Posada   Spain 29:35.31
16 Mukat Derbe   Israel 29:35.57
17 Aleksandr Gelesh   Ukraine 29:39.66
18 Paulo Lunkes   Brazil 29:49.39
19 Janko Benša   Yugoslavia 29:53.41
20 Kang Yanwei   China 30:18.34
21 Martin Beckmann   Germany 30:23.10
22 Joseph Nsengiyumya   Rwanda 30:34.24
23 Maximilian Bahn   Germany 30:38.68
24 Peter Gilmore   United States 31:09.64
25 Sinlasone Sanith   Laos 31:52.66
26 Mohamed Ould Abdellahy   Mauritania 33:21.72
27 Win Zaw Oo   Myanmar 34:25.75
Ricardo Maestrelo   Brazil DNF
Dmitriy Maksimov   Russia DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015