1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 1988 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
10,000 m		men		women
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
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 30 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Henry Kirui  Kenya
Silver	Mohamed Choumassi  Morocco
Bronze	Addis Abebe  Ethiopia

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Henry Kirui	Kenya	13:54.29
	Mohamed Choumassi	Morocco	13:54.36
	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	13:58.08
4	Norbert Kilimiali	Tanzania	13:59.35
5	Boay Akonay	Tanzania	14:15.70
6	Morgan Tollofsén	Sweden	14:18.95
7	Mariano Campal	Spain	14:19.75
8	Demeke Bekele	Ethiopia	14:20.12
9	Paul Bitok	Kenya	14:25.24
10	Viktor Karpenko	Soviet Union	14:25.78
11	Juan Abad	Spain	14:37.02
12	Neil Panchen	United Kingdom	14:39.77
13	Cândido Maia	Portugal	14:44.83
14	Ryuji Takei	Japan	14:53.59
15	Jon Dennis	United Kingdom	15:12.78

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	14:00.54	Q
2	Norbert Kilimiali	Tanzania	14:00.87	Q
3	Mariano Campal	Spain	14:22.58	Q
4	Viktor Karpenko	Soviet Union	14:23.55	Q
5	Jon Dennis	United Kingdom	14:25.89	Q
6	Paul Bitok	Kenya	14:27.03	q
7	Jun Hiratsuka	Japan	14:28.53
8	Abderrahim Cherkaoui	Morocco	14:32.00
9	Rui Vieira	Portugal	14:42.49
10	Franklin Tenorio	Ecuador	14:42.67
11	Reggie Williams	United States	14:48.16
12	Julian Paynter	Australia	15:01.34
13	Mohamed Ahmed Hussein	Somalia	15:12.79
14	Robin Cianca	Panama	15:32.29

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mohamed Choumassi	Morocco	14:05.17	Q
2	Henry Kirui	Kenya	14:08.45	Q
3	Demeke Bekele	Ethiopia	14:08.84	Q
4	Boay Akonay	Tanzania	14:13.85	Q
5	Morgan Tollofsén	Sweden	14:14.60	Q
6	Ryuji Takei	Japan	14:14.88	q
7	Juan Abad	Spain	14:25.73	q
8	Neil Panchen	United Kingdom	14:26.79	q
9	Cândido Maia	Portugal	14:27.79	q
10	Mickael Dufermont	France	14:39.12
11	Lloyd Letkeman	Canada	14:54.33
12	Vladimir Yordanov	Bulgaria	15:00.79
13	Daniel Middleman	United States	15:05.56
14	Valdenor dos Santos	Brazil	15:10.01
15	Patrick Chikwatu	Malawi	15:16.88
16	Dean Livingston	Australia	16:11.24
17	Martin Forde	Barbados	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Barbados (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Ecuador (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Malawi (1)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Panama (1)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Somalia (1)
•  Soviet Union (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Tanzania (2)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015