1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ismael Kirui Kenya |
| Bronze | Hicham El-Guerrouj Morocco |

## Results

### Final

19 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 13:36.06 |
| | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 13:36.11 |
| | Hicham El-Guerrouj | Morocco | 13:46.79 |
| 4 | Kazuhiro Kawauchi | Japan | 13:48.51 |
| 5 | Francis Nade | Tanzania | 13:52.80 |
| 6 | Shadrack Hoff | South Africa | 13:56.15 |
| 7 | Meta Petro | Tanzania | 13:57.36 |
| 8 | Gerbaba Eticha | Ethiopia | 13:57.38 |
| 9 | Miroslav Vanko | Czechoslovakia | 14:00.24 |
| 10 | Simon Morolong | South Africa | 14:04.96 |
| 11 | Wener Kashayev | Commonwealth of Independent States | 14:05.95 |
| 12 | Emerson Bem | Brazil | 14:08.36 |
| 13 | Charles Tangus | Kenya | 14:08.85 |
| 14 | Davide Raineri | Italy | 14:08.97 |
| 15 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 14:26.23 |

### Heats

17 September

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 14:00.10 | Q |
| 2 | Charles Tangus | Kenya | 14:00.61 | Q |
| 3 | Kazuhiro Kawauchi | Japan | 14:01.65 | Q |
| 4 | Shadrack Hoff | South Africa | 14:02.97 | Q |
| 5 | Hicham El-Guerrouj | Morocco | 14:03.93 | Q |
| 6 | Francis Nade | Tanzania | 14:04.51 | q |
| 7 | Wener Kashayev | Commonwealth of Independent States | 14:05.21 | q |
| 8 | Karl Rasmussen | Norway | 14:15.91 | |
| 9 | Juan Luis Gómez | Spain | 14:17.02 | |
| 10 | António Rebelo | Portugal | 14:24.28 | |
| 11 | Tarek Zoghmar | Algeria | 14:28.87 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 13:52.19 | Q |
| 2 | Meta Petro | Tanzania | 13:54.02 | Q |
| 3 | Simon Morolong | South Africa | 13:59.30 | Q |
| 4 | Emerson Bem | Brazil | 13:59.78 | Q |
| 5 | Miroslav Vanko | Czechoslovakia | 14:00.56 | Q |
| 6 | Gerbaba Eticha | Ethiopia | 14:02.77 | q |
| 7 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 14:06.33 | q |
| 8 | Davide Raineri | Italy | 14:11.42 | q |
| 9 | Daisuke Isomatsu | Japan | 14:12.89 | |
| 10 | Arnaud Crepieux | France | 14:58.59 | |
| 11 | Raul Silva | Portugal | 15:15.97 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (2)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
