The men's 5000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 11 August.
Medalists Gold Fita Bayissa Silver Abraham Assefa Bronze Francesco Bennici
Results Final 11 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Fita Bayissa 13:42.59 Abraham Assefa 13:44.63 Francesco Bennici 13:47.10 4 Meta Petro 13:48.91 5 Paul Patrick 13:51.52 6 Stefano Baldini 13:54.38 7 Jan Pešava 13:55.02 8 Juma Ninga 13:55.52 9 Ryuji Takei 13:55.78 10 Muchapiwa Mazano 13:56.97 11 Ion Avramescu 13:59.34 12 Dmitriy Drozdov 14:01.60 13 Jon Brown 14:03.09 14 Richard Potts 14:15.80 15 Mohamed Riad 14:17.56
Heats 9 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Juma Ninga 14:06.60 Q 2 Abraham Assefa 14:08.54 Q 3 Stefano Baldini 14:11.09 Q 4 Ryuji Takei 14:11.22 Q 5 Ion Avramescu 14:11.52 Q 6 Jon Brown 14:11.61 q 7 Mohamed Riad 14:12.56 q 8 Dmitriy Drozdov 14:15.12 q 9 Jason Bunston 14:22.20 10 Claes Nyberg 14:26.11 11 Anthony Kiprono 14:28.26 12 Elias Couto 14:33.54 13 Abdel Krim Benzai 14:34.57 14 Piotr Gladki 14:37.48 15 Javier Cortés 14:40.19 16 Mugah Al-Maslemany 16:10.76
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fita Bayissa 13:53.80 Q 2 Meta Petro 14:02.08 Q 3 Francesco Bennici 14:02.49 Q 4 Jan Pešava 14:02.81 Q 5 Richard Potts 14:09.74 Q 6 Paul Patrick 14:16.42 q 7 Muchapiwa Mazano 14:17.52 q 8 William Kalya 14:17.77 9 Luis Suárez 14:36.33 10 Germano Neves 14:38.98 11 Stanislav Yordanov 14:42.00 12 Jarosław Cichocki 14:50.01 13 Abdullah Yousef Abdullah 15:00.11 14 Christophe Van Der Meersch 15:00.98 15 Bryan Conway 15:18.18 16 Khalid Al-Estashi 15:59.66 Salah Hissou DNF Yasuyuki Watanabe DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
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