2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 20 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Tariku Bekele   Ethiopia
Silver	Abreham Cherkos   Ethiopia
Bronze	Joseph Ebuya   Kenya

Results

Final

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13:31.34
	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	13:35.95
	Joseph Ebuya	Kenya	13:42.93
4	Mang'ata Ndiwa	Kenya	13:44.03
5	Aadam Ismaeel Khamis	Bahrain	13:51.44
6	Kidane Tadese	Eritrea	13:51.60
7	Tony Wamulwa	Zambia	14:00.95
8	Noureddine Smaïl	France	14:06.86
9	Geoffrey Kusuro	Uganda	14:12.69
10	Naser Jamal Naser	Qatar	14:15.10
11	Diego Borrego	Mexico	14:15.54
12	Teklemariam Medhin	Eritrea	14:18.57
13	Zhao Bing	China	14:19.33
14	Mohamed Bouifalloussene	Morocco	14:22.38
15	Saleh Bakheet	Bahrain	14:23.50
16	Simon Ayeko	Uganda	14:26.23
17	Mohamed Elbendir	Spain	14:28.27
18	Takahiro Mori	Japan	14:29.00
19	Huang Dali	China	14:30.83
20	Kodai Matsumoto	Japan	14:35.55
21	Jeon Eunhoi	South Korea	14:35.64
22	Yosef Abo Saman	Palestine	16:02.18
	Mouhssine Cherkaoui	Morocco	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•   Bahrain (2)
•   China (2)
•   Eritrea (2)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Qatar (1)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Uganda (2)
•   Zambia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015