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[edit]
Gold | Haile Gebrselassie![]() |
Silver | Josephat Ndeti![]() |
Bronze | Yasuyuki Watanabe![]() |
Results[edit]
Final[edit]
18 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Haile Gebrselassie | ![]() |
28:03.99 | |
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Josephat Ndeti | ![]() |
28:46.25 | |
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Yasuyuki Watanabe | ![]() |
28:52.89 | |
4 | Tegenu Abebe | ![]() |
29:29.97 | |
5 | Oscar Cortínez | ![]() |
29:31.80 | |
6 | Nestor Cevasco | ![]() |
29:32.84 | |
7 | Eliseo Martín | ![]() |
29:38.13 | |
8 | Elias Bastos | ![]() |
29:39.99 | |
9 | Bruno Toledo | ![]() |
29:52.28 | |
10 | Antonio Andriani | ![]() |
29:59.18 | |
11 | Maurizio Leone | ![]() |
30:01.85 | |
12 | Kim Min-Woo | ![]() |
30:02.55 | |
13 | José Alejandro Semprún | ![]() |
30:02.85 | |
14 | Juma Ninga | ![]() |
30:03.58 | |
15 | Jo Yeong-Do | ![]() |
30:41.81 | |
16 | Marcos Villa | ![]() |
30:43.34 | |
17 | Cláudio da Silva | ![]() |
30:50.03 | |
18 | Jorge Chávez | ![]() |
31:20.73 | |
19 | Yahya Dogan | ![]() |
31:38.13 | |
20 | Muzaffer Çintimar | ![]() |
31:39.82 | |
21 | Stelios Marneros | ![]() |
32:11.55 | |
Josephat Machuka | ![]() |
DQ | ||
Michael Lola | ![]() |
DNF |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ BBC Sports, May 28, 2004: Olympic countdown: 73 days
- ^ YouTube video: 1992 World Junior Championships 10000m final sprint Machuka hit Haile