2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
Appearance
The men's 10000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Yigrem Demelash Ethiopia |
Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi Kenya |
Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui Kenya |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record | Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) | 26:41.75 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
Championship Record | Josphat Kipkoech Bett (KEN) | 27:30.85 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9 July 2008 |
World Junior Leading | Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (KEN) | 27:08.44 | Eugene, OR, United States | 1 June 2012 |
Results
[edit]Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
References
[edit]- ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015