2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Hillary Chenonge   Kenya
Silver	Markos Geneti Guteta   Ethiopia
Bronze	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam   Ethiopia

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hillary Chenonge	Kenya	13:28.30
	Markos Geneti Guteta	Ethiopia	13:28.83
	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	13:29.13
4	Solomon Bushendich	Kenya	13:36.97
5	Pascal Ntahokaraja	Burundi	13:55.63
6	Dieudonné Gahungu	Burundi	13:56.84
7	Abdelhalim Zahraoui	Morocco	14:08.55
8	Ahmed Khamlaoui	Tunisia	14:14.83
9	Koichi Murakami	Japan	14:22.05
10	Sandile Lembetha	South Africa	14:23.88
11	Rod Koborsi	United States	14:24.91
12	Hamid Ezzine	Morocco	14:28.68
13	Noel Cutillas	Spain	14:37.83
14	Shawn Forrest	Australia	14:41.15
15	Javier Guerra	Spain	14:55.07
16	Ali Hassan Bahdon	Djibouti	16:18.48
17	Henry Foufaka	Solomon Islands	16:22.25

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Burundi (2)
•   Djibouti (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Morocco (2)
•   Solomon Islands (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   Tunisia (1)
•   United States (1)

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