1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run

The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, on 20 July.

Medalists

Gold	Tadesse Gebre Ethiopia
Silver	Juma Mnyampanda Tanzania
Bronze	Negash Dube Ethiopia

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tadesse Gebre	Ethiopia	1:01:32
	Juma Mnyampanda	Tanzania	1:01:45
	Negash Dube	Ethiopia	1:04:23
4	Stephan Freigang	East Germany	1:04:52
5	Siarhei Sokov	Soviet Union	1:04:58
6	Stephen Spiers	Australia	1:05:01
7	Talal Omar Abdillahi	Djibouti	1:05:58
8	Hoche Yaya Aden	Djibouti	1:05:59
9	Alejandro Aros	Chile	1:06:13
10	József Kovács	Hungary	1:06:26
11	Orlando Santiago	Puerto Rico	1:07:02
12	Jacky Puech	France	1:07:25
13	Sándor Barcza	Hungary	1:07:42
14	Francisco García	Mexico	1:07:55
15	Thierry Vera	France	1:08:05
16	Brian Walter	United States	1:08:14
17	Grigorios Georgitsas	Greece	1:10:09
18	Konstadínos Kourdís	Greece	1:11:35
19	Philip Ellis	Canada	1:12:05
20	Benjamin Vilakati	Swaziland	1:12:08
21	Boukary Ouédraogo	Burkina Faso	1:14:28
22	Aleksandr Kostikov	Soviet Union	1:15:16
23	Thabiso Moqhali	Lesotho	1:20:57
24	Marc Davis	United States	1:29:13
	Gino Van Geyte	Belgium	DNF
	Anthony Ford	Australia	DNF
	Luigi Bentavegna	Italy	DNF
	Tom Bessai	Canada	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Belgium (1)
• Burkina Faso (1)
• Canada (2)
• Chile (1)
• Djibouti (2)
• East Germany (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• France (2)
• Greece (2)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (1)
• Lesotho (1)
• Mexico (1)
• Puerto Rico (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Swaziland (1)
• Tanzania (1)
• United States (2)