The men's 5000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.
Medalists Gold Assefa Mezegebu Silver David Chelule Bronze Aaron Gabonewe
Results
Final 25 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Assefa Mezegebu 13:35.30 David Chelule 13:36.27 Aaron Gabonewe 13:46.19 4 Tetsuhiro Furuta 13:46.59 5 Marko Hhawu 13:52.51 6 Godfrey Nyombi 13:55.92 7 Yuki Yamamoto 14:06.59 8 John Gilay 14:07.93 9 Adrian Maghiar 14:08.35 10 Janko Benša 14:12.13 11 Stephen Njenga 14:24.18 12 Sebastian Hallmann 14:50.14 Gojen Singh DNS David Galindo DNS Sisay Bezabeh DNS
Heats 23 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Assefa Mezegebu 14:07.15 Q 2 Aaron Gabonewe 14:07.22 Q 3 Stephen Njenga 14:07.27 Q 4 Marko Hhawu 14:07.66 Q 5 Yuki Yamamoto 14:13.20 Q 6 John Gilay 14:13.45 q 7 Gojen Singh 14:14.48 q 8 Mark Thompson 14:21.97 9 Samuel Mangusho 14:22.37 10 Francisco Mondragón 14:25.34 11 Marilson dos Santos 14:30.99 12 Oscar Meza 15:39.16 13 José Castillo Cáceres 15:43.01 Frank Hoffmeister DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sisay Bezabeh 14:05.00 Q 2 David Chelule 14:05.80 Q 3 Tetsuhiro Furuta 14:06.16 Q 4 David Galindo 14:06.57 Q 5 Janko Benša 14:08.34 Q 6 Sebastian Hallmann 14:09.52 q 7 Adrian Maghiar 14:09.65 q 8 Godfrey Nyombi 14:09.77 q 9 Ricardo Maestrelo 14:16.08 10 Brent Hauser 14:17.21 11 Fecri Idin 14:53.60 12 Sinlasone Sanith 15:25.46 13 Mohamed Ould Abdellahy 16:12.57
Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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