2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18 and 21 October.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Gordon Mugi  Kenya
Silver	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia
Bronze	Cyrus Kataron  Kenya

Results

Final

21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gordon Mugi	Kenya	13:44.93
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	13:45.43
	Cyrus Kataron	Kenya	13:46.12
4	Obed Mutanya	Zambia	13:46.33
5	Beruk Debrework	Ethiopia	13:54.17
6	Khoudir Aggoune	Algeria	14:01.16
7	Cutbert Nyasango	Zimbabwe	14:02.02
8	Aïssa Dghoughi	Morocco	14:07.30
9	Onèsphore Nkunzimana	Burundi	14:07.67
10	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	14:12.21
11	Chris Thompson	United Kingdom	14:13.91
12	Said Al-Harasi	Qatar	14:14.45
13	Vasyl Matviychuk	Ukraine	14:31.27
14	Jeffrey Gwebu	South Africa	14:41.31
15	Gustav Svedbrant	Sweden	14:53.79

Heats

18 October

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gordon Mugi	Kenya	14:07.37	Q
2	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	14:15.35	Q
3	Cutbert Nyasango	Zimbabwe	14:15.88	Q
4	Aïssa Dghoughi	Morocco	14:20.81	Q
5	Chris Thompson	United Kingdom	14:25.46	Q
6	Vasyl Matviychuk	Ukraine	14:32.99	q
7	Takamasa Uchida	Japan	14:43.59
8	Nasser Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	14:45.09
9	Idris Yousef	Qatar	14:51.46

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cyrus Kataron	Kenya	14:10.38	Q
2	Onèsphore Nkunzimana	Burundi	14:10.60	Q
3	Obed Mutanya	Zambia	14:10.71	Q
4	Beruk Debrework	Ethiopia	14:11.19	Q
5	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	14:18.82	Q
6	Khoudir Aggoune	Algeria	14:19.68	q
7	Said Al-Harasi	Qatar	14:22.91	q
8	Jeffrey Gwebu	South Africa	14:31.10	q
9	Gustav Svedbrant	Sweden	14:32.72	q
10	Kazuhiro Maeda	Japan	14:36.76

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Burundi (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Qatar (2)
•  Saudi Arabia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  Zambia (1)
•  Zimbabwe (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2000 Santiago CHI Oct 17-22, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015