2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.

Records
, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event. • undefined (2)

• 🇨🇦 canada (2)

• undefined (2)

• 🇨🇳 china (1)

• 🇪🇹 ethiopia (2)

• 🇩🇪 germany (1)

• undefined (1)

• 🇭🇺 hungary (1)

• 🇮🇳 india (1)

• 🇮🇪 ireland (1)

• 🇮🇱 israel (2)

• 🇮🇹 italy (1)

• 🇯🇵 japan (2)

• 🇰🇪 kenya (2)

• 🇲🇦 morocco (1)

• 🇵🇪 peru (2)

• undefined (1)

• 🇷🇴 romania (1)

• 🇰🇷 south korea (1)

• 🇪🇸 spain (2)

• 🇺🇬 uganda (1)

• 🇺🇦 ukraine (2)

• 🇺🇸 united states (2)