1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Benson Barus Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Salim Kipsang Kenya |
| Bronze | Alene Emere Ethiopia |

## Results

### Final

30 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Benson Barus | Kenya | 29:24.28 | |
| | Salim Kipsang | Kenya | 29:36.80 | |
| | Alene Emere | Ethiopia | 29:47.60 | |
| 4 | Dereje Tadesse | Ethiopia | 29:54.20 | |
| 5 | Ovidiu Tat | Romania | 29:59.24 | |
| 6 | Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga | Burundi | 29:59.78 | |
| 7 | Dmitriy Baranovskiy | Ukraine | 30:19.16 | |
| 8 | Jeffrey Gwebu | South Africa | 30:27.29 | |
| 9 | Jumanne Tuluway | Tanzania | 30:32.74 | |
| 10 | Tomoki Sugiyama | Japan | 30:40.60 | |
| 11 | Jean-Paul Niyonsaba | Burundi | 30:46.22 | |
| 12 | Radu Stroia | Romania | 31:00.44 | |
| 13 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina | 31:12.63 | |
| 14 | Takhir Mamashayev | Kazakhstan | 31:14.73 | |
| 15 | Bart Evens | Belgium | 31:28.75 | |
| 16 | Karin Marin | Chile | 31:30.23 | |
| 17 | Alexander Lubina | Germany | 31:41.31 | |
| 18 | Guillaume Philippon | France | 32:08.14 | |
| 19 | Cordero Roy Vargas | Costa Rica | 32:11.40 | |
| 20 | Musa Mukomazi | Zimbabwe | 32:17.34 | |
| 21 | Edouard Burrier | France | 32:58.49 | |
| 22 | Chad Durham | United States | 34:01.28 | |
| | Martin Toroitich | Uganda | DNF | |
| | Lars Haferkamp | Germany | DNF | |
| | Justin Young | United States | DNF | |
| | Jesús Balboa | Bolivia | DNF | |
| | Giovanni Gualdi | Italy | DNF | |
| | Saïd Bérioui | Morocco | DQ | IAAF rule 141 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

* Argentina (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Burundi (2)
* Chile (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Romania (2)
* South Africa (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)
* Zimbabwe (1)
