2006 World Junior Championships
Day 6 - 8/20 - SUNDAY
MEN'S 5000 METERS
FINALS

Sunday, August 20th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 6 - 8/20 - SUNDAY
MEN'S 5000 METERS
FINALS

Sunday August 20th, 2006
At Beijing, China

Race Summary: Tariku Bekele and Abreham Feleke of Ethiopia, Joseph Ebuya of Kenya, all with person best of under 13 minutes, were more than 20 seconds faster than anyone else in the field. With four laps remaining, passed in 9:28, Bekele and Feleke and Ebuya, were indeed, running as a group of three at the front. Then with two and one-half laps remaining, first the Ethiopians broke away for Ebuye and then Bekele pulled away for Feleke for the win, win, 13:31.34 to 13:35.95. Ebuya was third in 13:42.93 and teammate Mang’ata Ndiwa was fourth in 13:44.03.. The last 1,600 was run in 4:03 and the last two kilometers were covered in 5:04.02.

Official Results - 5000 Metres - Men - Final
Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 19:05

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 234 Bekele Tariku ETH 13:31.34
2 235 Feleke Abreham Cherkos ETH 13:35.95
3 454 Ebuya Joseph KEN 13:42.93
4 463 Ndiwa Mang'ata Kimai KEN 13:44.03
5 85 Khamis Aadam Ismaeel BRN 13:51.44
6 196 Habteselassie Kidane Tadasse ERI 13:51.60 (PB)
7 814 Wamulwa Tonny ZAM 14:00.95
8 278 Smail Nour-Eddine FRA 14:06.86 (PB)
9 740 Kusuro Geofrey UGA 14:12.69
10 589 Naser Naser Jamal QAT 14:15.10 (PB)
11 515 Borrego Diego Alberto MEX 14:15.54
12 200 Weldeslasie Teklemariam Medhin ERI 14:18.57
13 152 Zhao Bing CHN 14:19.33
14 501 Bouifalloussene Mohamed MAR 14:22.38 (PB)
15 84 Bakheet Saleh Marzooq BRN 14:23.50 (PB)
16 736 Ayeko Simon UGA 14:26.23
17 210 Elbendir Mohamed ESP 14:28.27
18 439 Mori Takahiro JPN 14:29.00
19 127 Huang Dali CHN 14:30.83
20 438 Matsumoto Kodai JPN 14:35.55
21 469 Jeon Eunhoi KOR 14:35.64
22 560 Abo Saman Yosef PLE 16:02.18
502 Cherkaoui Mouhssine MAR DQ
473 Al-Amri Ali Ahmed KSA DNS