1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 September. ^{[1] [2]} Josephat Machuka finished second, but as he was being passed just before the finish, he deliberately punched at the eventual winner Haile Gebrselassie during the final sprint and was disqualified. ^{[3] [4]}

Medalists

Gold	Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia
Silver	Josephat Ndeti   Kenya
Bronze	Yasuyuki Watanabe  [ jp ]   Japan

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	28:03.99
	Josephat Ndeti	Kenya	28:46.25
	Yasuyuki Watanabe  [ jp ]	Japan	28:52.89
4	Tegenu Abebe	Ethiopia	29:29.97
5	Oscar Cortínez	Argentina	29:31.80
6	Nestor Cevasco	Argentina	29:32.84
7	Eliseo Martín	Spain	29:38.13
8	Elias Bastos	Brazil	29:39.99
9	Bruno Toledo	Spain	29:52.28
10	Antonio Andriani	Italy	29:59.18
11	Maurizio Leone	Italy	30:01.85
12	Kim Min-Woo	South Korea	30:02.55
13	José Alejandro Semprún	Venezuela	30:02.85
14	Juma Ninga	Tanzania	30:03.58
15	Jo Yeong-Do	South Korea	30:41.81
16	Marcos Villa	Mexico	30:43.34
17	Cláudio da Silva	Brazil	30:50.03
18	Jorge Chávez	Peru	31:20.73
19	Yahya Dogan	Turkey	31:38.13
20	Muzaffer Çintimar	Turkey	31:39.82
21	Stelios Marneros	Cyprus	32:11.55
	Josephat Machuka	Kenya	DQ
	Michael Lola	Tanzania	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•   Argentina (2)
•   Brazil (2)
•   Cyprus (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Italy (2)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Peru (1)
•   South Korea (2)
•   Spain (2)
•   Tanzania (2)
•   Turkey (2)
•   Venezuela (1)

References

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 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015
3. BBC Sports, May 28, 2004: Olympic countdown: 73 days
4. YouTube video: 1992 World Junior Championships 10000m final sprint Machuka hit Haile