1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 July.

Medalists

Gold	Addis Abebe Äthiopien
Silver	Bedilu Kibret Äthiopien
Bronze	James Songok Kenia

Results

Final

27 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
	Addis Abebe	Äthiopien	28:42.13
	Bedilu Kibret	Äthiopien	28:48.53
	James Songok	Kenia	28:50.42
4	Norbert Kilimiali	Tansania	28:51.00
5	Zoltán Káldy	Ungarn	29:08.36
6	Boay Akonay	Tansania	29:28.46
7	Mohamed Choumassi	Marokko	29:32.50
8	Stephenson Nyamau	Kenia	29:46.81
9	James Loveless	Vereinigte Staaten	30:14.19
10	Michael Lavalle	Vereinigte Staaten	30:21.78
11	Viktor Karpenko	Soviet Union	30:21.96
12	Jun Hiratsuka	Japan	30:26.79
13	Carsten Arndt	West Germany	30:40.08
14	Franklin Tenorio	Ecuador	30:44.90
15	Masaki Yamamoto	Japan	30:57.53
16	Hussein Hassan Adani	Somalia	31:04.25
17	David Pujolar	Spanien	31:24.69
18	Francisco González	Mexiko	31:34.27
19	Vitor Barbosa	Portugal	31:41.11
20	Jürg Albert	East Germany	31:55.50
21	Ross Wilson	Neuseeland	32:56.44
	Baltazar Sousa	Portugal	DNF
	Ventislav Chavdarov	Bulgarien	DNF
	Vanderlei de Lima	Brasilien	DNF
	Valdenor dos Santos	Brasilien	DNF
	Alejandro Villanueva	Mexiko	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Brasilien (2)
• Bulgarien (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Ecuador (1)
• Äthiopien (2)
• Ungarn (1)
• Japan (2)
• Kenia (2)
• Mexiko (2)
• Marokko (1)
• Neuseeland (1)
• Portugal (2)
• Somalia (1)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Spanien (1)
• Tansania (2)
• Vereinigte Staaten (2)
• West Germany (1)