title: 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
text: # 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
  
  The men's 10000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Yigrem Demelash Ethiopia | Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi Kenya | Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui Kenya |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
  
  | World Junior Record | Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) | 26:41.75 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Josphat Kipkoech Bett (KEN) | 27:30.85 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9 July 2008 |
  | World Junior Leading | Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (KEN) | 27:08.44 | Eugene, OR, United States | 1 June 2012 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Yigrem Demelash | Ethiopia | 28:16.07 | PB |
  | | Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi | Kenya | 28:23.98 | PB |
  | | Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui | Kenya | 28:30.47 | |
  | 4 | Kinde Atanaw | Ethiopia | 28:53.02 | |
  | 5 | Moses Martin Kurong | Uganda | 29:06.87 | |
  | 6 | Kenta Murayama | Japan | 29:40.56 | |
  | 7 | Ken Yokote | Japan | 29:41.81 | SB |
  | 8 | Rahul Kumar Pal | India | 29:42.15 | PB |
  | 9 | Zakaria Boudad | Morocco | 30:21.07 | |
  | 10 | Daniele D'Onofrio | Italy | 31:07.70 | |
  | 11 | Jacob Kildoo | United States | 31:09.94 | |
  | 12 | Matías Silva | Chile | 31:10.40 | |
  | 13 | Angel Ronco | Spain | 31:18.35 | |
  | 14 | Claudiu Costin Cimpoeru | Romania | 31:20.74 | PB |
  | 15 | Ryan Pickering | United States | 31:33.69 | |
  | 16 | Edwin Haroldo Pirir | Guatemala | 31:37.53 | |
  | 17 | Samuel Barata | Portugal | 31:42.17 | |
  | 18 | Jonas Koller | Germany | 31:42.81 | |
  | 19 | Myeongjun Son | South Korea | 31:45.17 | |
  | 20 | Youcef Addouche | Algeria | 31:45.29 | |
  | 21 | Áron Tóth | Hungary | 31:50.25 | |
  | 22 | Yerson Orellana | Peru | 31:51.98 | |
  | 23 | Binlu Wang | China | 31:53.86 | |
  | 24 | Kevin Dooney | Ireland | 31:56.41 | |
  | 25 | Ibrahim Ahmed | Canada | 32:06.73 | |
  | 26 | Lucas Jaramillo | Chile | 32:09.18 | |
  | 27 | Oleksiy Obukhovskyy | Ukraine | 32:27.04 | |
  | 28 | Demeke Teshale | Israel | 33:01.37 | |
  | 29 | Alexandre Lavigne | Canada | 33:07.04 | |
  | 30 | Yuriy Datsko | Ukraine | 33:14.32 | |
  | 31 | Zendio Daza | Peru | 33:21.21 | |
  | 32 | Akoye Derseh | Israel | 35:16.30 | |
  | | Mouloud Madoui | Algeria | DNF | |
  | | Artur Bossy | Spain | DNF | |
  | | Abdelmunaim Yahya Adam | Sudan | DNS | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Algeria (2)
  * Canada (2)
  * Chile (2)
  * China (1)
  * Ethiopia (2)
  * Germany (1)
  * Guatemala (1)
  * Hungary (1)
  * India (1)
  * Ireland (1)
  * Israel (2)
  * Italy (1)
  * Japan (2)
  * Kenya (2)
  * Morocco (1)
  * Peru (2)
  * Portugal (1)
  * Romania (1)
  * South Korea (1)
  * Spain (2)
  * Uganda (1)
  * Ukraine (2)
  * United States (2)
  