The men's 5000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 11 August.
Medalists
| Gold | Fita Bayissa Ethiopia
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| Silver | Abraham Assefa Ethiopia
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| Bronze | Francesco Bennici Italy
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Results
Final
11 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Fita Bayissa | Ethiopia |
13:42.59 | |
 |
Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia |
13:44.63 | |
 |
Francesco Bennici | Italy |
13:47.10 | |
| 4 | Meta Petro |  Tanzania |
13:48.91 | |
| 5 | Paul Patrick |  Australia |
13:51.52 | |
| 6 | Stefano Baldini | Italy |
13:54.38 | |
| 7 | Jan Pešava |  Czechoslovakia |
13:55.02 | |
| 8 | Juma Ninga | Tanzania |
13:55.52 | |
| 9 | Ryuji Takei |  Japan |
13:55.78 | |
| 10 | Muchapiwa Mazano |  Zimbabwe |
13:56.97 | |
| 11 | Ion Avramescu |  Romania |
13:59.34 | |
| 12 | Dmitriy Drozdov |  Soviet Union |
14:01.60 | |
| 13 | Jon Brown |  United Kingdom |
14:03.09 | |
| 14 | Richard Potts |  New Zealand |
14:15.80 | |
| 15 | Mohamed Riad |  Morocco |
14:17.56 |
Heats
9 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juma Ninga | Tanzania |
14:06.60 | Q |
| 2 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia |
14:08.54 | Q |
| 3 | Stefano Baldini | Italy |
14:11.09 | Q |
| 4 | Ryuji Takei | Japan |
14:11.22 | Q |
| 5 | Ion Avramescu | Romania |
14:11.52 | Q |
| 6 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom |
14:11.61 | q |
| 7 | Mohamed Riad | Morocco |
14:12.56 | q |
| 8 | Dmitriy Drozdov | Soviet Union |
14:15.12 | q |
| 9 | Jason Bunston |  Canada |
14:22.20 | |
| 10 | Claes Nyberg |  Sweden |
14:26.11 | |
| 11 | Anthony Kiprono |  Kenya |
14:28.26 | |
| 12 | Elias Couto |  Portugal |
14:33.54 | |
| 13 | Abdel Krim Benzai |  Algeria |
14:34.57 | |
| 14 | Piotr Gladki |  Poland |
14:37.48 | |
| 15 | Javier Cortés |  Spain |
14:40.19 | |
| 16 | Mugah Al-Maslemany |  North Yemen |
16:10.76 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fita Bayissa | Ethiopia |
13:53.80 | Q |
| 2 | Meta Petro | Tanzania |
14:02.08 | Q |
| 3 | Francesco Bennici | Italy |
14:02.49 | Q |
| 4 | Jan Pešava | Czechoslovakia |
14:02.81 | Q |
| 5 | Richard Potts | New Zealand |
14:09.74 | Q |
| 6 | Paul Patrick | Australia |
14:16.42 | q |
| 7 | Muchapiwa Mazano | Zimbabwe |
14:17.52 | q |
| 8 | William Kalya | Kenya |
14:17.77 | |
| 9 | Luis Suárez | Spain |
14:36.33 | |
| 10 | Germano Neves | Portugal |
14:38.98 | |
| 11 | Stanislav Yordanov | Soviet Union |
14:42.00 | |
| 12 | Jarosław Cichocki | Poland |
14:50.01 | |
| 13 | Abdullah Yousef Abdullah |  Qatar |
15:00.11 | |
| 14 | Christophe Van Der Meersch |  Belgium |
15:00.98 | |
| 15 | Bryan Conway |  Ireland |
15:18.18 | |
| 16 | Khalid Al-Estashi | North Yemen |
15:59.66 | |
| Salah Hissou | Morocco |
DNF | ||
| Yasuyuki Watanabe | Japan |
DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
- Algeria (1)
- Australia (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Canada (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Ethiopia (2)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (2)
- Japan (2)
- Kenya (2)
- Morocco (2)
- New Zealand (1)
- North Yemen (2)
- Poland (2)
- Portugal (2)
- Qatar (1)
- Romania (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Tanzania (2)
- United Kingdom (1)
- Zimbabwe (1)
References
- Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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