1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
# 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 24 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Daniel Komen Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Habte Jifar Ethiopia |
| Bronze | Giuliano Battocletti Italy |

## Results

### Final

24 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 13:45.37 |
| | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 13:49.70 |
| | Giuliano Battocletti | Italy | 13:51.16 |
| 4 | Pablo Olmedo | Mexico | 13:55.19 |
| 5 | Kenji Takao | Japan | 14:02.55 |
| 6 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 14:03.75 |
| 7 | Benoît Zwierzchiewski | France | 14:04.34 |
| 8 | Valeriy Kuzman | Russia | 14:04.50 |
| 9 | Angelo Pacheco | Portugal | 14:06.17 |
| 10 | Tekalegne Shewaye | Ethiopia | 14:10.07 |
| 11 | Ko Jung-Won | South Korea | 14:15.33 |
| 12 | David Galindo | Mexico | 14:17.44 |
| 13 | Darrius Burrows | United Kingdom | 14:35.10 |
| 14 | Wataru Okutani | Japan | 14:45.74 |
| | Simone Zanon | Italy | DNS |

### Heats

22 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Habte Jifar | Ethiopia | 14:27.48 | Q |
| 2 | Kenji Takao | Japan | 14:27.92 | Q |
| 3 | Simone Zanon | Italy | 14:28.02 | Q |
| 4 | Angelo Pacheco | Portugal | 14:28.17 | Q |
| 5 | Benoît Zwierzchiewski | France | 14:28.44 | Q |
| 6 | Darrius Burrows | United Kingdom | 14:29.12 | q |
| 7 | Samir Moussaoui | Algeria | 14:34.88 | q |
| 8 | David Galindo | Mexico | 14:36.38 | q |
| 9 | David Chelule | Kenya | 15:23.38 | |
| 10 | Assounane Dan Kassoua | Niger | 15:45.77 | |
| 11 | Tsiliso Raletsatsi | Lesotho | 15:46.78 | |
| | Ahmed Safed | Palestine | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 13:52.42 | Q |
| 2 | Pablo Olmedo | Mexico | 14:04.73 | Q |
| 3 | Valeriy Kuzman | Russia | 14:04.78 | Q |
| 4 | Wataru Okutani | Japan | 14:05.90 | Q |
| 5 | Ko Jung-Won | South Korea | 14:06.89 | Q |
| 6 | Tekalegne Shewaye | Ethiopia | 14:09.72 | q |
| 7 | Giuliano Battocletti | Italy | 14:13.76 | q |
| 8 | Awad Saleh Nasser | Yemen | 14:40.19 | |
| 9 | Moussa Mahamoud | Djibouti | 15:09.67 | |
| 10 | Kyaw Aye Lwin | Myanmar | 15:23.35 | |
| | Manuel Magalhães | Portugal | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Djibouti (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Myanmar (1)
* Niger (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Russia (1)
* South Korea (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* Yemen (1)
