2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Josphat Bett Kipkoech
  Kenya
Silver Titus Mbishei
  Kenya
Bronze Ibrahim Jeylan
  Ethiopia

Results edit

Final edit

9 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Josphat Bett Kipkoech   Kenya 27:30.85
  Titus Mbishei   Kenya 27:31.65
  Ibrahim Jeylan   Ethiopia 28:07.98
4 Humegaw Mesfin   Ethiopia 28:08.58
5 Stephen Kiprotich   Uganda 28:10.71
6 Yousef Nasir   Morocco 29:19.85
7 Ryuji Kashiwabara   Japan 29:31.52
8 Houssem Rouabhi   Algeria 29:58.19
9 Mohammad Ahmed   Canada 30:03.53
10 Vedat Günen   Turkey 30:03.87
11 Nyial Majock   Canada 30:13.42
12 Robert Krebs   Germany 30:19.66
13 Guillem Durán   Spain 30:23.79
14 Daniel Mateo   Spain 30:26.20
15 Mikael Ekvall   Sweden 30:30.69
16 Simon Laurent   France 30:43.60
17 Donald Cabral   United States 30:47.55
18 Damian Kabat   Poland 30:49.95
19 Daniel Dunbar   United States 30:51.67
20 Yusuke Mita   Japan 31:22.45
Bentamra Boucherit   Algeria DNF
Víctor Aravena   Chile DNF

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  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