2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Yigrem Demelash Ethiopia | Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi Kenya | Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui Kenya |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

| World Junior Record | Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) | 26:41.75 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Josphat Kipkoech Bett (KEN) | 27:30.85 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9 July 2008 |
| World Junior Leading | Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (KEN) | 27:08.44 | Eugene, OR, United States | 1 June 2012 |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yigrem Demelash | Ethiopia | 28:16.07 | PB |
| | Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi | Kenya | 28:23.98 | PB |
| | Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui | Kenya | 28:30.47 | |
| 4 | Kinde Atanaw | Ethiopia | 28:53.02 | |
| 5 | Moses Martin Kurong | Uganda | 29:06.87 | |
| 6 | Kenta Murayama | Japan | 29:40.56 | |
| 7 | Ken Yokote | Japan | 29:41.81 | SB |
| 8 | Rahul Kumar Pal | India | 29:42.15 | PB |
| 9 | Zakaria Boudad | Morocco | 30:21.07 | |
| 10 | Daniele D'Onofrio | Italy | 31:07.70 | |
| 11 | Jacob Kildoo | United States | 31:09.94 | |
| 12 | Matías Silva | Chile | 31:10.40 | |
| 13 | Angel Ronco | Spain | 31:18.35 | |
| 14 | Claudiu Costin Cimpoeru | Romania | 31:20.74 | PB |
| 15 | Ryan Pickering | United States | 31:33.69 | |
| 16 | Edwin Haroldo Pirir | Guatemala | 31:37.53 | |
| 17 | Samuel Barata | Portugal | 31:42.17 | |
| 18 | Jonas Koller | Germany | 31:42.81 | |
| 19 | Myeongjun Son | South Korea | 31:45.17 | |
| 20 | Youcef Addouche | Algeria | 31:45.29 | |
| 21 | Áron Tóth | Hungary | 31:50.25 | |
| 22 | Yerson Orellana | Peru | 31:51.98 | |
| 23 | Binlu Wang | China | 31:53.86 | |
| 24 | Kevin Dooney | Ireland | 31:56.41 | |
| 25 | Ibrahim Ahmed | Canada | 32:06.73 | |
| 26 | Lucas Jaramillo | Chile | 32:09.18 | |
| 27 | Oleksiy Obukhovskyy | Ukraine | 32:27.04 | |
| 28 | Demeke Teshale | Israel | 33:01.37 | |
| 29 | Alexandre Lavigne | Canada | 33:07.04 | |
| 30 | Yuriy Datsko | Ukraine | 33:14.32 | |
| 31 | Zendio Daza | Peru | 33:21.21 | |
| 32 | Akoye Derseh | Israel | 35:16.30 | |
| | Mouloud Madoui | Algeria | DNF | |
| | Artur Bossy | Spain | DNF | |
| | Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam | Sudan | DNS | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (2)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (2)
* China (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Germany (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Peru (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (2)
