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2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 20 July.[1][2] A field of 20 athletes from 14 countries competed.[3]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Dennis Chepkongin Masai
 Kenya
Gebretsadik Abraha
 Ethiopia
Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata
 Kenya

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World junior record Samuel Wanjiru Kenya Kenya 26:41.75 Brussels August 26, 2005
Championship record Josphat Bett Kenya Kenya 27:30.85 Bydgoszcz July 9, 2008

No new records were established during the competition.

Results

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20 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dennis Chepkongin Masai  Kenya 27:53.88 WJL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gebretsadik Abraha  Ethiopia 28:03.45 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata  Kenya 28:14.55 PB
4 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada 29:11.75
5 Aaron Pulford  New Zealand 29:14.23 NJR
6 Parker Stinson  United States 29:32.23 PB
7 Suresh Kumar  India 29:40.07
8 Suguru Osako  Japan 29:40.14
9 Fuminori Shikata  Japan 29:47.87
10 Joseph Chebet  Uganda 29:56.53 SB
11 Gabriel Navarro  Spain 29:57.78 PB
12 Mohammed Merbouhi  Algeria 30:06.23 PB
13 Andrew Nixon  Canada 30:35.43
14 Nicolae Soare  Romania 30:37.23 PB
15 Mansour Haraoui  Algeria 30:54.84
16 Graham Bazell  United States 30:59.57
17 Indalow Takala  Israel 31:25.38
Edwin Chebii Kimurer  Bahrain DNF
Debebe Woldesenbet  Ethiopia DNF
José Costa  Portugal DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WJL = World junior leading

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2010 Moncton CAN Jul 19-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 9 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ Parker Morse (2010-07-20). "Men's 10,000m Final". IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
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