1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 September.[1][2] Josephat Machuka finished second, but as he was being passed just before the finish, he deliberately punched at the eventual winner Haile Gebrselassie during the final sprint and was disqualified.[3][4]

Medalists

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Gold Haile Gebrselassie
  Ethiopia
Silver Josephat Ndeti
  Kenya
Bronze Yasuyuki Watanabe [jp]
  Japan

Results

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Final

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18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 28:03.99
  Josephat Ndeti   Kenya 28:46.25
  Yasuyuki Watanabe [jp]   Japan 28:52.89
4 Tegenu Abebe   Ethiopia 29:29.97
5 Oscar Cortínez   Argentina 29:31.80
6 Nestor Cevasco   Argentina 29:32.84
7 Eliseo Martín   Spain 29:38.13
8 Elias Bastos   Brazil 29:39.99
9 Bruno Toledo   Spain 29:52.28
10 Antonio Andriani   Italy 29:59.18
11 Maurizio Leone   Italy 30:01.85
12 Kim Min-Woo   South Korea 30:02.55
13 José Alejandro Semprún   Venezuela 30:02.85
14 Juma Ninga   Tanzania 30:03.58
15 Jo Yeong-Do   South Korea 30:41.81
16 Marcos Villa   Mexico 30:43.34
17 Cláudio da Silva   Brazil 30:50.03
18 Jorge Chávez   Peru 31:20.73
19 Yahya Dogan   Turkey 31:38.13
20 Muzaffer Çintimar   Turkey 31:39.82
21 Stelios Marneros   Cyprus 32:11.55
Josephat Machuka   Kenya DQ
Michael Lola   Tanzania DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ BBC Sports, May 28, 2004: Olympic countdown: 73 days
  4. ^ YouTube video: 1992 World Junior Championships 10000m final sprint Machuka hit Haile