2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 20 July.

Medalists

Gold	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia
Silver	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia
Bronze	Solomon Bushendich Kenya

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	29:02.71
	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	29:03.74
	Solomon Bushendich	Kenya	29:05.96
4	Kei Ide	Japan	29:29.18
5	Dieudonné Gahungu	Burundi	29:30.09
6	Pascal Ntahokaraja	Burundi	29:31.60
7	Franck de Almeida	Brazil	29:49.95
8	Andrew Limo	Kenya	30:04.86
9	Jean Baptiste Simukeka	Rwanda	30:06.97
10	Samson Kiflemariam	Eritrea	30:16.79
11	Junichi Seino	Japan	30:22.40
12	François Bagambiki	Rwanda	30:31.67
13	Mohamed Bashir	Denmark	31:11.38
14	Mohamed Chekalil	Algeria	31:27.26
15	Charles Millioen	United States	32:03.71
16	Dan Glaz	United States	32:22.13
17	Moustapha Houssein Guelleh	Djibouti	32:36.79
	Aissam Gtaib	Morocco	DNF
	Edilberto Méndez	Mexico	DNF
	Selahattin Selçuk	Turkey	DNF

Participation

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

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