2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 5000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Hillary Chenonge  Kenya
Silver	Markos Geneti Guteta  Ethiopia
Bronze	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hillary Chenonge	Kenya	13:28.30
	Markos Geneti Guteta	Ethiopia	13:28.83
	Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	13:29.13
4	Solomon Bushendich	Kenya	13:36.97
5	Pascal Ntahokaraja	Burundi	13:55.63
6	Dieudonné Gahungu	Burundi	13:56.84
7	Abdelhalim Zahraoui	Morocco	14:08.55
8	Ahmed Khamlaoui	Tunisia	14:14.83
9	Koichi Murakami	Japan	14:22.05
10	Sandile Lembetha	South Africa	14:23.88
11	Rod Koborsi	United States	14:24.91
12	Hamid Ezzine	Morocco	14:28.68
13	Noel Cutillas	Spain	14:37.83
14	Shawn Forrest	Australia	14:41.15
15	Javier Guerra	Spain	14:55.07
16	Ali Hassan Bahdon	Djibouti	16:18.48
17	Henry Foufaka	Solomon Islands	16:22.25

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.