1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 September. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia
Silver	Ismael Kirui   Kenya
Bronze	Hicham El-Guerrouj   Morocco

Results

Final

19 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	13:36.06
	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	13:36.11
	Hicham El-Guerrouj	Morocco	13:46.79
4	Kazuhiro Kawauchi	Japan	13:48.51
5	Francis Nade	Tanzania	13:52.80
6	Shadrack Hoff	South Africa	13:56.15
7	Meta Petro	Tanzania	13:57.36
8	Gerbaba Eticha	Ethiopia	13:57.38
9	Miroslav Vanko	Czechoslovakia	14:00.24
10	Simon Morolong	South Africa	14:04.96
11	Wener Kashayev	Commonwealth of Independent States	14:05.95
12	Emerson Bem	Brazil	14:08.36
13	Charles Tangus	Kenya	14:08.85
14	Davide Raineri	Italy	14:08.97
15	Spencer Barden	United Kingdom	14:26.23

Heats

17 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	14:00.10	Q
2	Charles Tangus	Kenya	14:00.61	Q
3	Kazuhiro Kawauchi	Japan	14:01.65	Q
4	Shadrack Hoff	South Africa	14:02.97	Q
5	Hicham El-Guerrouj	Morocco	14:03.93	Q
6	Francis Nade	Tanzania	14:04.51	q
7	Wener Kashayev	Commonwealth of Independent States	14:05.21	q
8	Karl Rasmussen	Norway	14:15.91
9	Juan Luis Gómez	Spain	14:17.02
10	António Rebelo	Portugal	14:24.28
11	Tarek Zoghmar	Algeria	14:28.87

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	13:52.19	Q
2	Meta Petro	Tanzania	13:54.02	Q
3	Simon Morolong	South Africa	13:59.30	Q
4	Emerson Bem	Brazil	13:59.78	Q
5	Miroslav Vanko	Czechoslovakia	14:00.56	Q
6	Gerbaba Eticha	Ethiopia	14:02.77	q
7	Spencer Barden	United Kingdom	14:06.33	q
8	Davide Raineri	Italy	14:11.42	q
9	Daisuke Isomatsu	Japan	14:12.89
10	Arnaud Crepieux	France	14:58.59
11	Raul Silva	Portugal	15:15.97

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Brazil (1)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Portugal (2)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Tanzania (2)
•   United Kingdom (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 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015