2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 20 July. [1] [2] A field of 20 athletes from 14 countries competed. [3]

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Dennis Chepkongin Masai
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Gebretsadik Abraha
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

NameNationalityTimeLocationDate
World junior record Samuel Wanjiru Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 26:41.75 Brussels August 26, 2005
Championship record Josphat Bett Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 27:30.85 Bydgoszcz July 9, 2008

No new records were established during the competition.

Results

20 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dennis Chepkongin Masai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 27:53.88WJL
Silver medal icon.svg Gebretsadik Abraha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 28:03.45PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 28:14.55PB
4 Mohammed Ahmed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 29:11.75
5 Aaron Pulford Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 29:14.23NJR
6 Parker Stinson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 29:32.23PB
7 Suresh Kumar Flag of India.svg  India 29:40.07
8 Suguru Osako Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 29:40.14
9 Fuminori Shikata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 29:47.87
10 Joseph Chebet Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 29:56.53SB
11 Gabriel Navarro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29:57.78PB
12 Mohammed Merbouhi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 30:06.23PB
13 Andrew Nixon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30:35.43
14 Nicolae Soare Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 30:37.23PB
15 Mansour Haraoui Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 30:54.84
16 Graham Bazell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 30:59.57
17 Indalow Takala Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 31:25.38
Edwin Chebii Kimurer Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain DNF
Debebe Woldesenbet Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF
José Costa Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WJL = World junior leading

Participation

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

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2010 Moncton CAN Jul 19-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 9 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. Parker Morse (2010-07-20). "Men's 10,000m Final". IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-21.