The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 July.
| Gold | Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi | |
| Silver | Aron Kifle | |
| Bronze | Jacob Kiplimo |
| Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Record | 26:41.75 | Paris, France | 26 August 2005 | ||
| Championship Record | 27:30.85 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9 July 2008 | ||
| World Junior Leading | 26:57.88 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 29 June 2016 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27:25.23 | CR | ||||
| 27:26.20 | NU20R | ||||
| 27:26.68 | PB | ||||
| 28:00.14 | PB | ||||
| 28:09.57 | PB | ||||
| 28:13.43 | PB | ||||
| 28:23.76 | |||||
| 28:34.33 | |||||
| 28:57.76 | |||||
| 10 | 29:25.09 | PB | |||
| 11 | 29:26.16 | NU20R | |||
| 12 | 29:36.29 | ||||
| 13 | 29:36.97 | ||||
| 14 | 29:51.66 | ||||
| 15 | 29:51.75 | PB | |||
| 16 | 29:53.84 | ||||
| 17 | Ehab El-Sandali | 30:15.74 | |||
| 18 | 30:18.16 | ||||
| 19 | 30:20.59 | PB | |||
| 20 | Colin Burke | 30:20.80 | PB | ||
| 21 | 30:22.17 | PB | |||
| 22 | 30:22.86 | PB | |||
| 23 | 30:36.00 | ||||
| 24 | 30:37.63 | PB | |||
| 25 | 30:39.27 | ||||
| 26 | 30:41.38 | PB | |||
| 27 | 30:43.01 | PB | |||
| 28 | 30:49.24 | PB | |||
| 29 | 30:53.96 | PB | |||
| 30 | 31:04.23 | ||||
| 31 | 31:18.40 | ||||
| 32 | 31:50.52 | ||||
| 33 | 32:29.22 | ||||