1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Million Wolde  Ethiopia
Silver	Kipchumba Mitei  Kenya
Bronze	Reuben Kamzee  Kenya

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

31 July

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

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.