2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
# 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hillary Chenonge Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Markos Geneti Guteta Ethiopia |
| Bronze | Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia |

## Results

### Final

16 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Hillary Chenonge | Kenya | 13:28.30 |
| | Markos Geneti Guteta | Ethiopia | 13:28.83 |
| | Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 13:29.13 |
| 4 | Solomon Bushendich | Kenya | 13:36.97 |
| 5 | Pascal Ntahokaraja | Burundi | 13:55.63 |
| 6 | Dieudonné Gahungu | Burundi | 13:56.84 |
| 7 | Abdelhalim Zahraoui | Morocco | 14:08.55 |
| 8 | Ahmed Khamlaoui | Tunisia | 14:14.83 |
| 9 | Koichi Murakami | Japan | 14:22.05 |
| 10 | Sandile Lembetha | South Africa | 14:23.88 |
| 11 | Rod Koborsi | United States | 14:24.91 |
| 12 | Hamid Ezzine | Morocco | 14:28.68 |
| 13 | Noel Cutillas | Spain | 14:37.83 |
| 14 | Shawn Forrest | Australia | 14:41.15 |
| 15 | Javier Guerra | Spain | 14:55.07 |
| 16 | Ali Hassan Bahdon | Djibouti | 16:18.48 |
| 17 | Henry Foufaka | Solomon Islands | 16:22.25 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (1)
* Burundi (2)
* Djibouti (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (2)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* United States (1)
