2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 July.

Medalists

Gold	Selemon Barega Ethiopia
Silver	Jamal Abdi Dirieh Djibouti
Bronze	Wesley Ladema Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)	12:47.53	Paris, France	6 July 2012
Championship Record	Abreham Cherkos (ETH)	13:08.57	Bydgoszcz, Poland	13 July 2008
World Junior Leading	Abadi Hadis (ETH)	13:02.49	Shanghai, China	14 May 2016

Results

The race underway

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	13:21.21	PB
	Jamal Abdi Dirieh	Djibouti	13:21.50	NU20R
	Wesley Ladema	Kenya	13:23.34	PB
4	Yeneblo Biyazen	Ethiopia	13:28.41	PB
5	Aron Kifle	Eritrea	13:31.09
6	Moses Koech	Kenya	13:35.10	SB
7	Awit Habte	Eritrea	13:50.60
8	Elzan Bibić	Serbia	13:51.40	NU20R
9	Alexander Yee	Great Britain	13:52.01	PB
10	Jimmy Gressier	France	13:55.07	PB
11	Mario Pacay	Guatemala	13:55.90	NU20R
12	Martin Musau	Uganda	13:58.30	PB
13	Hyuga Endo	Japan	14:08.38
14	Suldan Hassan	Sweden	14:15.22
15	Matthew Ramsden	Australia	14:15.35
16	Zachary Snider	United States	14:15.89
17	Sergiy Polikarpenko	Italy	14:20.39	PB
18	Victor Kiplangat	Uganda	14:21.22
19	Olin Hacker	United States	14:23.33	PB
20	Hiroki Abe	Japan	14:27.70
21	Fabien Palcau	France	14:36.83
22	Pierre Murchan	Ireland	14:38.67
23	Robin Ryynänen	Finland	14:46.28	PB
24	Dario De Caro	Italy	14:48.82
25	Jack O'Leary	Ireland	14:50.67	PB
	Thiery Ndikumwenayo	Burundi	DNS