1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 August 1996. In the race, there was a mistake in the lap counting of the judges, that caused many athletes to run 24 laps (9600 m) only.

## Medalists

| Gold | Assefa Mezegebu Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | David Chelule Kenya |
| Bronze | Tetsuhiro Furuta Japan |

## Results

### Final

21 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Assefa Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 28:27.78 |
| | David Chelule | Kenya | 28:29.14 |
| | Tetsuhiro Furuta | Japan | 28:31.61 |
| 4 | David Galindo | Mexico | 28:34.66 |
| 5 | Marko Hhawu | Tanzania | 28:35.02 |
| 6 | David Ngetich | Kenya | 28:39.79 |
| 7 | Naoki Mishiro | Japan | 28:50.21 |
| 8 | Sisay Bezabeh | Ethiopia | 28:55.97 |
| 9 | Francisco Mondragón | Mexico | 28:57.61 |
| 10 | Samuel Mangusho | Uganda | 29:21.25 |
| 11 | Godfrey Nyombi | Uganda | 29:21.43 |
| 12 | John Gilay | Tanzania | 29:29.10 |
| 13 | Gojen Singh | India | 29:32.68 |
| 14 | Brad Hauser | United States | 29:32.88 |
| 15 | David Posada | Spain | 29:35.31 |
| 16 | Mukat Derbe | Israel | 29:35.57 |
| 17 | Aleksandr Gelesh | Ukraine | 29:39.66 |
| 18 | Paulo Lunkes | Brazil | 29:49.39 |
| 19 | Janko Benša | FR Yugoslavia | 29:53.41 |
| 20 | Kang Yanwei | China | 30:18.34 |
| 21 | Martin Beckmann | Germany | 30:23.10 |
| 22 | Joseph Nsengiyumya | Rwanda | 30:34.24 |
| 23 | Maximilian Bahn | Germany | 30:38.68 |
| 24 | Peter Gilmore | United States | 31:09.64 |
| 25 | Sinlasone Sanith | Laos | 31:52.66 |
| 26 | Mohamed Ould Abdellahy | Mauritania | 33:21.72 |
| 27 | Win Zaw Oo | Myanmar | 34:25.75 |
| | Ricardo Maestrelo | Brazil | DNF |
| | Dmitriy Maksimov | Russia | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

* Brazil (2)
* China (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Germany (2)
* India (1)
* Israel (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Laos (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Myanmar (1)
* Russia (1)
* Rwanda (1)
* Spain (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* Uganda (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
