2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres explained

The men's 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 14 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Muktar Edris	Abrar Osman Adem	Wiliam Malel Sitonik

Records

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

World Junior Record		12:52.61	Oslo, Norway	27 June 2003
Championship Record		13:08.57	Bydgoszcz, Poland	13 July 2008
World Junior Leading		12:57.63	Eugene, United States	2 June 2012

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			13:38.95
			13:40.52
			13:40.52
			13:41.69	PB
			13:44.43	PB
			13:45.52	PB
			13:52.96
			13:56.60
			14:13.48	NJ
10			14:16.46
11			14:18.24
12			14:19.28
13			14:19.97
14			14:22.95
15			14:22.97	PB
16			14:29.32
17			14:35.70	PB
18			14:43.43	PB
19			14:48.17	PB
20			14:50.60	PB
21			15:03.10
22			19:03.89	PB
–			DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

External links

• WJC12 5000 metres schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727065132/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/timetable.html. 2012-07-27.