1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 September. Josephat Machuka finished second, but as he was being passed just before the finish, he deliberately punched at the eventual winner Haile Gebrselassie during the final sprint and was disqualified.

## Medalists

| Gold | Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Josephat Ndeti Kenya |
| Bronze | Yasuyuki Watanabe [jp] Japan |

## Results

### Final

18 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 28:03.99 |
| | Josephat Ndeti | Kenya | 28:46.25 |
| | Yasuyuki Watanabe [jp] | Japan | 28:52.89 |
| 4 | Tegenu Abebe | Ethiopia | 29:29.97 |
| 5 | Oscar Cortínez | Argentina | 29:31.80 |
| 6 | Nestor Cevasco | Argentina | 29:32.84 |
| 7 | Eliseo Martín | Spain | 29:38.13 |
| 8 | Elias Bastos | Brazil | 29:39.99 |
| 9 | Bruno Toledo | Spain | 29:52.28 |
| 10 | Antonio Andriani | Italy | 29:59.18 |
| 11 | Maurizio Leone | Italy | 30:01.85 |
| 12 | Kim Min-Woo | South Korea | 30:02.55 |
| 13 | José Alejandro Semprún | Venezuela | 30:02.85 |
| 14 | Juma Ninga | Tanzania | 30:03.58 |
| 15 | Jo Yeong-Do | South Korea | 30:41.81 |
| 16 | Marcos Villa | Mexico | 30:43.34 |
| 17 | Cláudio da Silva | Brazil | 30:50.03 |
| 18 | Jorge Chávez | Peru | 31:20.73 |
| 19 | Yahya Dogan | Turkey | 31:38.13 |
| 20 | Muzaffer Çintimar | Turkey | 31:39.82 |
| 21 | Stelios Marneros | Cyprus | 32:11.55 |
| | Josephat Machuka | Kenya | DQ |
| | Michael Lola | Tanzania | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Argentina (2)
* Brazil (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Mexico (1)
* Peru (1)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (2)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkey (2)
* Venezuela (1)
