1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Assefa Mezegebu Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | David Chelule Kenya |
| Bronze | Aaron Gabonewe South Africa |

## Results

### Final

25 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Assefa Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 13:35.30 |
| | David Chelule | Kenya | 13:36.27 |
| | Aaron Gabonewe | South Africa | 13:46.19 |
| 4 | Tetsuhiro Furuta | Japan | 13:46.59 |
| 5 | Marko Hhawu | Tanzania | 13:52.51 |
| 6 | Godfrey Nyombi | Uganda | 13:55.92 |
| 7 | Yuki Yamamoto | Japan | 14:06.59 |
| 8 | John Gilay | Tanzania | 14:07.93 |
| 9 | Adrian Maghiar | Romania | 14:08.35 |
| 10 | Janko Benša | FR Yugoslavia | 14:12.13 |
| 11 | Stephen Njenga | Kenya | 14:24.18 |
| 12 | Sebastian Hallmann | Germany | 14:50.14 |
| | Gojen Singh | India | DNS |
| | David Galindo | Mexico | DNS |
| | Sisay Bezabeh | Ethiopia | DNS |

### Heats

23 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Assefa Mezegebu | Ethiopia | 14:07.15 | Q |
| 2 | Aaron Gabonewe | South Africa | 14:07.22 | Q |
| 3 | Stephen Njenga | Kenya | 14:07.27 | Q |
| 4 | Marko Hhawu | Tanzania | 14:07.66 | Q |
| 5 | Yuki Yamamoto | Japan | 14:13.20 | Q |
| 6 | John Gilay | Tanzania | 14:13.45 | q |
| 7 | Gojen Singh | India | 14:14.48 | q |
| 8 | Mark Thompson | Australia | 14:21.97 | |
| 9 | Samuel Mangusho | Uganda | 14:22.37 | |
| 10 | Francisco Mondragón | Mexico | 14:25.34 | |
| 11 | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil | 14:30.99 | |
| 12 | Oscar Meza | Paraguay | 15:39.16 | |
| 13 | José Castillo Caceres | Honduras | 15:43.01 | |
| | Frank Hoffmeister | Germany | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sisay Bezabeh | Ethiopia | 14:05.00 | Q |
| 2 | David Chelule | Kenya | 14:05.80 | Q |
| 3 | Tetsuhiro Furuta | Japan | 14:06.16 | Q |
| 4 | David Galindo | Mexico | 14:06.57 | Q |
| 5 | Janko Benša | FR Yugoslavia | 14:08.34 | Q |
| 6 | Sebastian Hallmann | Germany | 14:09.52 | q |
| 7 | Adrian Maghiar | Romania | 14:09.65 | q |
| 8 | Godfrey Nyombi | Uganda | 14:09.77 | q |
| 9 | Ricardo Maestrelo | Brazil | 14:16.08 | |
| 10 | Brent Hauser | United States | 14:17.21 | |
| 11 | Fecri Idin | Turkey | 14:53.60 | |
| 12 | Sinlasone Sanith | Laos | 15:25.46 | |
| 13 | Mohamed Ould Abdellahy | Mauritania | 16:12.57 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Germany (2)
* Honduras (1)
* India (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Laos (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Paraguay (1)
* Romania (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Uganda (2)
* United States (1)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
