2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 13 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Abreham Cherkos   Ethiopia
Silver	Mathew Kisorio   Kenya
Bronze	Degen Gebremskel   Ethiopia

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	13:08.57
	Mathew Kisorio	Kenya	13:11.57
	Degen Gebremskel	Ethiopia	13:11.97
4	Geoffrey Kusuro	Uganda	13:31.80
5	Tony Wamulwa	Zambia	13:33.09
6	Vincent Yator	Kenya	13:35.67
7	Abraham Kiplimo	Uganda	13:41.89
8	Pascal Sarwat	Tanzania	13:50.29
9	Adil Rached	Morocco	13:51.45
10	Hassan Chahdi	France	13:51.45
11	Matt Centrowitz	United States	13:58.31
12	Akinobu Murasawa	Japan	13:58.87
13	Ryan Gregson	Australia	14:01.66
14	Sondre Moen	Norway	14:02.95
15	Charles Koech	Qatar	14:13.53
16	Ryan Collins	United States	14:30.16

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   Uganda (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Zambia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, 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