1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Peter Chumba   Kenya
Silver	Juma Mnyampanda   Tanzania
Bronze	Debebe Demisse   Ethiopia

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Chumba	Kenya	28:44.00
	Juma Mnyampanda	Tanzania	28:45.14
	Debebe Demisse	Ethiopia	28:49.09
4	Stephan Freigang	East Germany	29:53.52
5	Ararse Fuffa	Ethiopia	29:54.91
6	Gino Van Geyte	Belgium	30:04.41
7	Thomas Paskus	United States	30:08.49
8	Akira Nakamura	Japan	30:10.61
9	Johnstone Kipkoech	Kenya	30:19.14
10	Stephen Spiers	Australia	30:19.16
11	Masaki Yamamoto	Japan	30:28.27
12	Zoltán Káldy	Hungary	30:34.59
13	Valery Chesak	Soviet Union	30:38.23
14	Oleg Bandura	Soviet Union	30:39.11
15	Neal Gassman	United States	30:46.96
16	João Lopes	Portugal	30:47.99
17	Sándor Barcza	Hungary	31:06.08
18	Alejandro Aros	Chile	31:12.04
19	Tommi Liljedahl	Finland	31:27.29
20	José Sobral	Portugal	31:50.56
21	Francisco Gómez	Mexico	32:04.37
22	Tom Bessai	Canada	32:24.75

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Chile (1)
•   East Germany (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   Hungary (2)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Portugal (2)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015