# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Peter Chumba Kenya |
| Silver | Alejandro Gómez Spain |
| Bronze | Melese Feissa Ethiopia |

## Results
### Final

19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Peter Chumba | Kenya | 13:55.25 |
| | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 13:55.94 |
| | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 13:56.45 |
| 4 | Brahim Boutayeb | Morocco | 13:57.48 |
| 5 | Juma Mnyampanda | Tanzania | 13:57.49 |
| 6 | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 13:59.51 |
| 7 | Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 14:00.36 |
| 8 | Aboukar Adani | Somalia | 14:00.46 |
| 9 | Eric Mastalir | United States | 14:01.40 |
| 10 | John Nuttall | United Kingdom | 14:08.68 |
| 11 | Greg Andersen | Canada | 14:09.51 |
| 12 | Darren Mead | United Kingdom | 14:12.35 |
| 13 | Giuliano Baccani | Italy | 14:15.84 |
| 14 | Peter Rono | Kenya | 14:20.03 |
| 15 | Harry Green | United States | 14:28.08 |
| 16 | Anthony Ford | Australia | 14:34.09 |
| 17 | Kazumi Ikeda | Japan | 14:34.28 |
| 18 | Christoph Blum | West Germany | 14:34.50 |

### Heats

17 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 13:59.52 | Q |
| 2 | Brahim Boutayeb | Morocco | 14:01.44 | Q |
| 3 | Eric Mastalir | United States | 14:02.05 | Q |
| 4 | Peter Rono | Kenya | 14:06.42 | Q |
| 5 | Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 14:06.58 | Q |
| 6 | John Nuttall | United Kingdom | 14:09.79 | Q |
| 7 | Greg Andersen | Canada | 14:15.38 | q |
| 8 | Christoph Blum | West Germany | 14:20.12 | q |
| 9 | Keita Fujino | Japan | 14:22.31 | |
| 10 | Athanásios Zalavras | Greece | 14:35.27 | |
| 11 | Edward Nabunone | Indonesia | 14:41.84 | |
| 12 | Ignacio Fragoso | Mexico | 14:53.01 | |
| 13 | Ibrahim Kabir | Nigeria | 14:58.14 | |
| 14 | Jan Jonsson | Sweden | 15:06.14 | |
| 15 | Isaac Simelane | Swaziland | 15:16.39 | |
| 16 | Gofetamang Rabasoto | Botswana | 15:49.00 | |
| 17 | Jamal Ali Al-Hakim | North Yemen | 15:54.89 | |
| 18 | Ndaona Musuma | Malawi | 16:04.79 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Chumba | Kenya | 14:11.30 | Q |
| 2 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 14:11.83 | Q |
| 3 | Juma Mnyampanda | Tanzania | 14:12.42 | Q |
| 4 | Aboukar Adani | Somalia | 14:13.18 | Q |
| 5 | Giuliano Baccani | Italy | 14:15.43 | Q |
| 6 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 14:15.99 | Q |
| 7 | Kazumi Ikeda | Japan | 14:17.34 | q |
| 8 | Harry Green | United States | 14:17.88 | q |
| 9 | Darren Mead | United Kingdom | 14:18.62 | q |
| 10 | Anthony Ford | Australia | 14:19.25 | q |
| 11 | Nourredine Kamoun | Tunisia | 14:24.49 | |
| 12 | Kamal Bouhaloufa | France | 14:27.61 | |
| 13 | Thabiso Moqhali | Lesotho | 14:27.62 | |
| 14 | Herder Vázquez | Colombia | 15:00.35 | |
| 15 | Guy Schultz | Canada | 15:12.99 | |
| 16 | Joaquim Figueirêdo | Portugal | 15:17.85 | |
| 17 | Houssein Djama | Djibouti | 15:20.31 | |
| 18 | Fady Khoury | Lebanon | 16:14.17 | |
| 19 | Neville Walcott | Guyana | 16:40.60 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Canada (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Djibouti (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* North Yemen (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Somalia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (1)