The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 August 1996. [1] [2] In the race, there was a mistake in the lap counting of the judges, that caused many athletes to run 24 laps (9600 m) only.
| Gold | Assefa Mezegebu |
| Silver | David Chelule |
| Bronze | Tetsuhiro Furuta |
21 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assefa Mezegebu | 28:27.78 | |||
| David Chelule | 28:29.14 | |||
| Tetsuhiro Furuta | 28:31.61 | |||
| 4 | David Galindo | 28:34.66 | ||
| 5 | Marko Hhawu | 28:35.02 | ||
| 6 | David Ngetich | 28:39.79 | ||
| 7 | Naoki Mishiro | 28:50.21 | ||
| 8 | Sisay Bezabeh | 28:55.97 | ||
| 9 | Francisco Mondragón | 28:57.61 | ||
| 10 | Samuel Mangusho | 29:21.25 | ||
| 11 | Godfrey Nyombi | 29:21.43 | ||
| 12 | John Gilay | 29:29.10 | ||
| 13 | Gojen Singh | 29:32.68 | ||
| 14 | Brad Hauser | 29:32.88 | ||
| 15 | David Posada | 29:35.31 | ||
| 16 | Mukat Derbe | 29:35.57 | ||
| 17 | Aleksandr Gelesh | 29:39.66 | ||
| 18 | Paulo Lunkes | 29:49.39 | ||
| 19 | Janko Benša | 29:53.41 | ||
| 20 | Kang Yanwei | 30:18.34 | ||
| 21 | Martin Beckmann | 30:23.10 | ||
| 22 | Joseph Nsengiyumya | 30:34.24 | ||
| 23 | Maximilian Bahn | 30:38.68 | ||
| 24 | Peter Gilmore | 31:09.64 | ||
| 25 | Sinlasone Sanith | 31:52.66 | ||
| 26 | Mohamed Ould Abdellahy | 33:21.72 | ||
| 27 | Win Zaw Oo | 34:25.75 | ||
| Ricardo Maestrelo | DNF | |||
| Dmitriy Maksimov | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.