1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Final

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	13:47.49
	Kipchumba Mitei	Kenya	13:49.60
	Reuben Kamzee	Kenya	13:51.22
4	Mark Thompson	Australia	14:06.24
5	Haylu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	14:06.30
6	Yuji Ibi	Japan	14:06.63
7	Driss Benismail	Morocco	14:06.83
8	Bonaventure Niyonizigiye	Burundi	14:07.65
9	Dmitriy Baranovskiy	Ukraine	14:07.77
10	Audace Niyongabo	Burundi	14:09.64
11	Vincent Kuotane	South Africa	14:15.90
12	Obed Mutanya	Zambia	14:19.50
13	Sam Haughian	United Kingdom	14:32.66
14	Takhir Mamashayev	Kazakhstan	14:34.32
	Ahmed Baday	Morocco	DQ	IAAF rule 141

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	14:07.50	Q
2	Reuben Kamzee	Kenya	14:07.61	Q
3	Bonaventure Niyonizigiye	Burundi	14:07.80	Q
4	Driss Benismail	Morocco	14:09.12	Q
5	Yuji Ibi	Japan	14:09.24	Q
6	Dmitriy Baranovskiy	Ukraine	14:09.57	q
7	Mark Thompson	Australia	14:22.47	q
8	Takhir Mamashayev	Kazakhstan	14:27.13	q
9	Vincent Kuotane	South Africa	14:27.95	q
10	Koen Raymaekers	Netherlands	14:28.94
11	Mikola Mestechkin	Ukraine	14:54.74
12	Rashid Taimu	Malawi	14:56.82
13	Michael May	Germany	15:08.92
14	Adrian Blincoe	New Zealand	15:30.97

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Haylu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	14:25.00	Q
2	Kipchumba Mitei	Kenya	14:25.14	Q
3	Obed Mutanya	Zambia	14:26.62	Q
4	Sam Haughian	United Kingdom	14:27.05	Q
5	Audace Niyongabo	Burundi	14:27.62	q
6	Ryan Andrus	United States	14:28.54
7	George Mofokeng	South Africa	14:56.98
8	Mattia Maccagnan	Italy	15:01.91
9	Siphesihle Mdluli	Swaziland	15:07.43
10	Shinichi Shibata	Japan	15:10.32
11	Kabirou Dan Mallam	Niger	15:15.29
12	Vishwananth Sukmongal	Guyana	15:44.96
	Ahmed Baday	Morocco	DQ	IAAF rule 141 Q

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.