title: 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
text: # 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
  
  The men's 5000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 September.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ismael Kirui Kenya |
  | Bronze | Hicham El-Guerrouj Morocco |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  19 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 13:36.06 |
  | | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 13:36.11 |
  | | Hicham El-Guerrouj | Morocco | 13:46.79 |
  | 4 | Kazuhiro Kawauchi | Japan | 13:48.51 |
  | 5 | Francis Nade | Tanzania | 13:52.80 |
  | 6 | Shadrack Hoff | South Africa | 13:56.15 |
  | 7 | Meta Petro | Tanzania | 13:57.36 |
  | 8 | Gerbaba Eticha | Ethiopia | 13:57.38 |
  | 9 | Miroslav Vanko | Czechoslovakia | 14:00.24 |
  | 10 | Simon Morolong | South Africa | 14:04.96 |
  | 11 | Wener Kashayev | Commonwealth of Independent States | 14:05.95 |
  | 12 | Emerson Bem | Brazil | 14:08.36 |
  | 13 | Charles Tangus | Kenya | 14:08.85 |
  | 14 | Davide Raineri | Italy | 14:08.97 |
  | 15 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 14:26.23 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  17 September
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 14:00.10 | Q |
  | 2 | Charles Tangus | Kenya | 14:00.61 | Q |
  | 3 | Kazuhiro Kawauchi | Japan | 14:01.65 | Q |
  | 4 | Shadrack Hoff | South Africa | 14:02.97 | Q |
  | 5 | Hicham El-Guerrouj | Morocco | 14:03.93 | Q |
  | 6 | Francis Nade | Tanzania | 14:04.51 | q |
  | 7 | Wener Kashayev | Commonwealth of Independent States | 14:05.21 | q |
  | 8 | Karl Rasmussen | Norway | 14:15.91 | |
  | 9 | Juan Luis Gómez | Spain | 14:17.02 | |
  | 10 | António Rebelo | Portugal | 14:24.28 | |
  | 11 | Tarek Zoghmar | Algeria | 14:28.87 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ismael Kirui | Kenya | 13:52.19 | Q |
  | 2 | Meta Petro | Tanzania | 13:54.02 | Q |
  | 3 | Simon Morolong | South Africa | 13:59.30 | Q |
  | 4 | Emerson Bem | Brazil | 13:59.78 | Q |
  | 5 | Miroslav Vanko | Czechoslovakia | 14:00.56 | Q |
  | 6 | Gerbaba Eticha | Ethiopia | 14:02.77 | q |
  | 7 | Spencer Barden | United Kingdom | 14:06.33 | q |
  | 8 | Davide Raineri | Italy | 14:11.42 | q |
  | 9 | Daisuke Isomatsu | Japan | 14:12.89 | |
  | 10 | Arnaud Crepieux | France | 14:58.59 | |
  | 11 | Raul Silva | Portugal | 15:15.97 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Algeria (1)
  * Brazil (1)
  * Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (1)
  * Ethiopia (2)
  * France (1)
  * Italy (1)
  * Japan (2)
  * Kenya (2)
  * Morocco (1)
  * Norway (1)
  * Portugal (2)
  * South Africa (2)
  * Spain (1)
  * Tanzania (2)
  * United Kingdom (1)
  