The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 August 1996. In the race, there was a mistake in the lap counting of the judges, that caused many athletes to run 24 laps (9600 m) only.
Medalists Gold Assefa Mezegebu Silver David Chelule Bronze Tetsuhiro Furuta
Results Final 21 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Assefa Mezegebu 28:27.78 David Chelule 28:29.14 Tetsuhiro Furuta 28:31.61 4 David Galindo 28:34.66 5 Marko Hhawu 28:35.02 6 David Ngetich 28:39.79 7 Naoki Mishiro 28:50.21 8 Sisay Bezabeh 28:55.97 9 Francisco Mondragón 28:57.61 10 Samuel Mangusho 29:21.25 11 Godfrey Nyombi 29:21.43 12 John Gilay 29:29.10 13 Gojen Singh 29:32.68 14 Brad Hauser 29:32.88 15 David Posada 29:35.31 16 Mukat Derbe 29:35.57 17 Aleksandr Gelesh 29:39.66 18 Paulo Lunkes 29:49.39 19 Janko Benša 29:53.41 20 Kang Yanwei 30:18.34 21 Martin Beckmann 30:23.10 22 Joseph Nsengiyumya 30:34.24 23 Maximilian Bahn 30:38.68 24 Peter Gilmore 31:09.64 25 Sinlasone Sanith 31:52.66 26 Mohamed Ould Abdellahy 33:21.72 27 Win Zaw Oo 34:25.75 Ricardo Maestrelo DNF Dmitriy Maksimov DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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