The men's 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 14 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMuktar EdrisAbrar Osman AdemWiliam Malel Sitonik

Records , the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record12:52.61Oslo, Norway27 June 2003Championship Record13:08.57Bydgoszcz, Poland13 July 2008World Junior Leading12:57.63Eugene, United States2 June 2012

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Note Muktar Edris 13:38.95 Abrar Osman Adem 13:40.52 Wiliam Malel Sitonik 13:40.52 Younés Essalhi 13:41.69 PB Tsegaye Mekonnen 13:44.43 PB Phillip Kipyeko 13:45.52 PB Moses Martin Kurong 13:52.96 Moses Mukono Letoyie 13:56.60 Dino Bošnjak 14:13.48 NJ 10 François Barrer 14:16.46 11 Kota Murayama 14:18.24 12 Krubhli Shiferaw Erassa 14:19.28 13 Kyle King 14:19.97 14 Kazuma Taira 14:22.95 15 Lorenzo Dini 14:22.97 PB 16 Aaron Hendrikx 14:29.32 17 Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam 14:35.70 PB 18 Samuele Dini 14:43.43 PB 19 Souleiman Robleh 14:48.17 PB 20 Rethabile Molefi 14:50.60 PB 21 Myeongjun Son 15:03.10 22 Orye Lendoye 19:03.89 PB – Soufiyan Bouqantar DNF

Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

External links WJC12 5000 metres schedule