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 Ethiopia
Silver	Bedilu Kibret Ethiopia
Bronze	James Songok Kenya

Results

Final

27 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	28:42.13
	Bedilu Kibret	Ethiopia	28:48.53
	James Songok	Kenya	28:50.42
4	Norbert Kilimiali	Tanzania	28:51.00
5	Zoltán Káldy	Hungary	29:08.36
6	Boay Akonay	Tanzania	29:28.46
7	Mohamed Choumassi	Morocco	29:32.50
8	Stephenson Nyamau	Kenya	29:46.81
9	James Loveless	United States	30:14.19
10	Michael Lavalle	United States	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	Spain	31:24.69
18	Francisco González	Mexico	31:34.27
19	Vitor Barbosa	Portugal	31:41.11
20	Jürg Albert	East Germany	31:55.50
21	Ross Wilson	New Zealand	32:56.44
	Baltazar Sousa	Portugal	DNF
	Ventislav Chavdarov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Vanderlei de Lima	Brazil	DNF
	Valdenor dos Santos	Brazil	DNF
	Alejandro Villanueva	Mexico	DNF

Participation

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

• Brazil (2)
• Bulgaria (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Ecuador (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Japan (2)
• Kenya (2)
• Mexico (2)
• Morocco (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Portugal (2)
• Somalia (1)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Spain (1)
• Tanzania (2)
• United States (2)
• West Germany (1)