2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

2008 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	women
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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 13 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia
Silver	Mathew Kisorio  Kenya
Bronze	Degen Gebremskel  Ethiopia

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	13:08.57
	Mathew Kisorio	Kenya	13:11.57
	Degen Gebremskel	Ethiopia	13:11.97
4	Geoffrey Kusuro	Uganda	13:31.80
5	Tony Wamulwa	Zambia	13:33.09
6	Vincent Yator	Kenya	13:35.67
7	Abraham Kiplimo	Uganda	13:41.89
8	Pascal Sarwat	Tanzania	13:50.29
9	Adil Rached	Morocco	13:51.45
10	Hassan Chahdi	France	13:51.45
11	Matt Centrowitz	United States	13:58.31
12	Akinobu Murasawa	Japan	13:58.87
13	Ryan Gregson	Australia	14:01.66
14	Sondre Moen	Norway	14:02.95
15	Charles Koech	Qatar	14:13.53
16	Ryan Collins	United States	14:30.16

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.