# 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

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 |
| Silver | Abraham Assefa Ethiopia |
| Bronze | Francesco Bennici Italy |

## Results
### Final

11 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 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)