2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
2008 World Junior
Championships in Athletics

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
10,000 m walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 13 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Abreham Cherkos
 Ethiopia
Silver Mathew Kisorio
 Kenya
Bronze Degen Gebremskel
 Ethiopia

Results

Final

13 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia 13:08.57
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mathew Kisorio  Kenya 13:11.57
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Degen Gebremskel  Ethiopia 13:11.97
4 Geoffrey Kusuro  Uganda 13:31.80
5 Tony Wamulwa  Zambia 13:33.09
6 Vincent Yator  Kenya 13:35.67
7 Abraham Kiplimo  Uganda 13:41.89
8 Pascal Sarwat  Tanzania 13:50.29
9 Adil Rached  Morocco 13:51.45
10 Hassan Chahdi  France 13:51.45
11 Matt Centrowitz  United States 13:58.31
12 Akinobu Murasawa  Japan 13:58.87
13 Ryan Gregson  Australia 14:01.66
14 Sondre Moen  Norway 14:02.95
15 Charles Koech  Qatar 14:13.53
16 Ryan Collins  United States 14:30.16

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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