2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Josphat Bett Kipkoech  Kenya
Silver	Titus Mbishei  Kenya
Bronze	Ibrahim Jeylan  Ethiopia

Results

Final

9 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Josphat Bett Kipkoech	Kenya	27:30.85
	Titus Mbishei	Kenya	27:31.65
	Ibrahim Jeylan	Ethiopia	28:07.98
4	Humegaw Mesfin	Ethiopia	28:08.58
5	Stephen Kiprotich	Uganda	28:10.71
6	Yousef Nasir	Morocco	29:19.85
7	Ryuji Kashiwabara	Japan	29:31.52
8	Houssem Rouabhi	Algeria	29:58.19
9	Mohammad Ahmed	Canada	30:03.53
10	Vedat Günen	Turkey	30:03.87
11	Nyial Majock	Canada	30:13.42
12	Robert Krebs	Germany	30:19.66
13	Guillem Durán	Spain	30:23.79
14	Daniel Mateo	Spain	30:26.20
15	Mikael Ekvall	Sweden	30:30.69
16	Simon Laurent	France	30:43.60
17	Donald Cabral	United States	30:47.55
18	Damian Kabat	Poland	30:49.95
19	Daniel Dunbar	United States	30:51.67
20	Yusuke Mita	Japan	31:22.45
	Bentamra Boucherit	Algeria	DNF
	Víctor Aravena	Chile	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (2)
•  Canada (2)
•  Chile (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Uganda (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015