1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Benson Barus	Kenya	29:24.28
	Salim Kipsang	Kenya	29:36.80
	Alene Emere	Ethiopia	29:47.60
4	Dereje Tadesse	Ethiopia	29:54.20
5	Ovidiu Tat	Romania	29:59.24
6	Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga	Burundi	29:59.78
7	Dmitriy Baranovskiy	Ukraine	30:19.16
8	Jeffrey Gwebu	South Africa	30:27.29
9	Jumanne Tuluway	Tanzania	30:32.74
10	Tomoki Sugiyama	Japan	30:40.60
11	Jean-Paul Niyonsaba	Burundi	30:46.22
12	Radu Stroia	Romania	31:00.44
13	Javier Carriqueo	Argentina	31:12.63
14	Takhir Mamashayev	Kazakhstan	31:14.73
15	Bart Evens	Belgium	31:28.75
16	Karin Marin	Chile	31:30.23
17	Alexander Lubina	Germany	31:41.31
18	Guillaume Philippon	France	32:08.14
19	Cordero Roy Vargas	Costa Rica	32:11.40
20	Musa Mukomazi	Zimbabwe	32:17.34
21	Edouard Burrier	France	32:58.49
22	Chad Durham	United States	34:01.28
	Martin Toroitich	Uganda	DNF
	Lars Haferkamp	Germany	DNF
	Justin Young	United States	DNF
	Jesús Balboa	Bolivia	DNF
	Giovanni Gualdi	Italy	DNF
	Saïd Bérioui	Morocco	DQ	IAAF rule 141

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.