1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Wilfred Kirochi
  Kenya
Silver Noureddine Morceli
  Algeria
Bronze Fermín Cacho
  Spain

Results

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Final

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31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Wilfred Kirochi   Kenya 3:46.52
  Noureddine Morceli   Algeria 3:46.93
  Fermín Cacho   Spain 3:47.31
4 Fransua Woldemarian   Ethiopia 3:47.63
5 Jason Pyrah   United States 3:47.94
6 Atoi Boru   Kenya 3:47.97
7 Mohamed Suleiman   Qatar 3:48.27
8 Christophe Impens   Belgium 3:51.73
9 Andrea Cellai   Italy 3:52.00
10 Rens Eising   Netherlands 3:52.16
11 Andrea Erni    Switzerland 3:52.49
12 Hiroshi Fukaya   Japan 3:53.94
13 Hirokazu Tatsumi   Japan 3:55.61
14 Andreas Nellesen   West Germany 3:58.22
Paul Vandegrift   United States DNF

Heats

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30 July

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Noureddine Morceli   Algeria 3:46.79 Q
2 Fransua Woldemarian   Ethiopia 3:47.34 Q
3 Andrea Erni    Switzerland 3:48.65 Q
4 Rens Eising   Netherlands 3:48.83 Q
5 Philimon Hanneck   Zimbabwe 3:49.10
6 Spencer Punter   Canada 3:50.96
7 Tommy Gjølga   Norway 3:51.30
8 Siegfried Sacher   East Germany 3:51.93
9 Greg Collier   Australia 3:54.13
10 Alessandro Cellai   Italy 3:56.75
11 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah   Qatar 3:57.51
12 Lyle Tenfingers   American Samoa 4:44.58

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Atoi Boru   Kenya 3:47.17 Q
2 Paul Vandegrift   United States 3:47.63 Q
3 Andreas Nellesen   West Germany 3:47.81 Q
4 Andrea Cellai   Italy 3:47.82 Q
5 Hiroshi Fukaya   Japan 3:47.99 q
6 Simon Brown   United Kingdom 3:49.45
7 Billy Mullaney   Ireland 3:51.01
8 Tor-Øyvind Ødegaard   Norway 3:52.71
9 Artur Zalewski   Poland 3:55.16
10 Robin Cianca   Panama 4:09.01
11 Martin Forde   Barbados 4:15.09
12 Chérif Baba Aïdara   Mauritania 4:41.49

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Wilfred Kirochi   Kenya 3:43.51 Q
2 Mohamed Suleiman   Qatar 3:43.85 Q
3 Fermín Cacho   Spain 3:44.04 Q
4 Christophe Impens   Belgium 3:44.29 Q
5 Hirokazu Tatsumi   Japan 3:44.77 q
6 Jason Pyrah   United States 3:47.99 q
7 Bernhard Richter   Austria 3:49.75
8 Brendan Matthias   Canada 3:51.74
9 Paulo Estiveira   Portugal 3:59.30
10 Urs Kindle   Liechtenstein 4:09.24
11 Bernard Henry   Saint Lucia 4:12.87
12 Nioka Pululu   Zaire 4:13.00

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

References

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  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 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015