1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 July.

Medalists

Gold	Peter Chumba Kenya
Silver	Juma Mnyampanda Tanzania
Bronze	Debebe Demisse Ethiopia

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Chumba	Kenya	28:44.00
	Juma Mnyampanda	Tanzania	28:45.14
	Debebe Demisse	Ethiopia	28:49.09
4	Stephan Freigang	East Germany	29:53.52
5	Ararse Fuffa	Ethiopia	29:54.91
6	Gino Van Geyte	Belgium	30:04.41
7	Thomas Paskus	United States	30:08.49
8	Akira Nakamura	Japan	30:10.61
9	Johnstone Kipkoech	Kenya	30:19.14
10	Stephen Spiers	Australia	30:19.16
11	Masaki Yamamoto	Japan	30:28.27
12	Zoltán Káldy	Hungary	30:34.59
13	Valery Chesak	Soviet Union	30:38.23
14	Oleg Bandura	Soviet Union	30:39.11
15	Neal Gassman	United States	30:46.96
16	João Lopes	Portugal	30:47.99
17	Sándor Barcza	Hungary	31:06.08
18	Alejandro Aros	Chile	31:12.04
19	Tommi Liljedahl	Finland	31:27.29
20	José Sobral	Portugal	31:50.56
21	Francisco Gómez	Mexico	32:04.37
22	Tom Bessai	Canada	32:24.75

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Canada (1)
• Chile (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Finland (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Japan (2)
• Kenya (2)
• Mexico (1)
• Portugal (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Tanzania (1)
• United States (2)