2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at the National Stadium in Independence Park, on 20 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam   Ethiopia
Silver	Sileshi Sihine   Ethiopia
Bronze	Solomon Bushendich   Kenya

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	29:02.71
	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	29:03.74
	Solomon Bushendich	Kenya	29:05.96
4	Kei Ide	Japan	29:29.18
5	Dieudonné Gahungu	Burundi	29:30.09
6	Pascal Ntahokaraja	Burundi	29:31.60
7	Franck de Almeida	Brazil	29:49.95
8	Andrew Limo	Kenya	30:04.86
9	Jean Baptiste Simukeka	Rwanda	30:06.97
10	Samson Kiflemariam	Eritrea	30:16.79
11	Junichi Seino	Japan	30:22.40
12	François Bagambiki	Rwanda	30:31.67
13	Mohamed Bashir	Denmark	31:11.38
14	Mohamed Chekalil	Algeria	31:27.26
15	Charles Millioen	United States	32:03.71
16	Dan Glaz	United States	32:22.13
17	Moustapha Houssein Guelleh	Djibouti	32:36.79
	Aissam Gtaib	Morocco	DNF
	Edilberto Méndez	Mexico	DNF
	Selahattin Selçuk	Turkey	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Burundi (2)
•   Denmark (1)
•   Djibouti (1)
•   Eritrea (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Rwanda (2)
•   Turkey (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015