The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 September. Josephat Machuka finished second, but as he was being passed just before the finish, he deliberately punched at the eventual winner Haile Gebrselassie during the final sprint and was disqualified.BBC Sports, May 28, 2004: Olympic countdown: 73 daysYouTube video: 1992 World Junior Championships 10000m final sprint Machuka hit Haile
Medalists Gold Haile Gebrselassie Silver Josephat Ndeti Bronze
Results Final 18 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Haile Gebrselassie 28:03.99 Josephat Ndeti 28:46.25 28:52.89 4 Tegenu Abebe 29:29.97 5 Oscar Cortínez 29:31.80 6 Nestor Cevasco 29:32.84 7 Eliseo Martín 29:38.13 8 Elias Bastos 29:39.99 9 Bruno Toledo 29:52.28 10 Antonio Andriani 29:59.18 11 Maurizio Leone 30:01.85 12 Kim Min-Woo 30:02.55 13 José Alejandro Semprún 30:02.85 14 Juma Ninga 30:03.58 15 Jo Yeong-Do 30:41.81 16 Marcos Villa 30:43.34 17 Cláudio da Silva 30:50.03 18 Jorge Chávez 31:20.73 19 Yahya Dogan 31:38.13 20 Muzaffer Çintimar 31:39.82 21 Stelios Marneros 32:11.55 Josephat Machuka DQ Michael Lola DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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