1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 August.

Medalists

Gold	Richard Chelimo Kenya
Silver	Ismael Kirui Kenya
Bronze	Juma Ninga Tanzania

Results

Final

8 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	28:18.57
	Ismael Kirui	Kenya	28:40.77
	Juma Ninga	Tanzania	28:41.90
4	Abraham Assefa	Ethiopia	28:43.22
5	Christian Leuprecht	Italy	28:51.80
6	Tesgie Legesse	Ethiopia	29:01.61
7	Vincenzo Modica	Italy	29:09.06
8	Mike Mykytok	United States	29:29.45
9	Domingos Lopes	Portugal	29:31.05
10	Muchapiwa Mazano	Zimbabwe	29:32.19
11	Mohamed Riad	Morocco	29:36.19
12	Meta Petro	Tanzania	29:37.82
13	Robinson Semolini	Brazil	30:00.01
14	Hernán Orcellet	Argentina	30:19.59
15	José Luis Francisco	Spain	30:24.48
16	Tom Van Hooste	Belgium	30:33.60
17	Javier Caballero	Spain	30:35.27
18	Stanislav Yordanov	Soviet Union	30:55.13
19	Hicham Louahbi	Morocco	30:58.05
20	Delfim Conceição	Portugal	31:03.69
21	Jeff Schiebler	Canada	31:13.63
22	Seiji Kushibe	Japan	31:43.75
23	Conor Holt	Ireland	31:45.24
24	Elisaldo León	Cuba	32:23.96
25	Shigeki Iketani	Japan	32:34.11
	Yahia Azaidj	Algeria	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (1)
• Argentina (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Brazil (1)
• Canada (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Japan (2)
• Kenya (2)
• Morocco (2)
• Portugal (2)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Spain (2)
• Tanzania (2)
• United States (1)
• Zimbabwe (1)