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

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 10,000 metres walk event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Alberto Cruz  Mexico
Silver	Valentí Massana  Spain
Bronze	Mikhail Khmelnitsky  Soviet Union

Results

Final

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alberto Cruz	Mexico	41:16.11
	Valentí Massana	Spain	41:33.95
	Mikhail Khmelnitsky	Soviet Union	41:38.86
4	German Nieto	Spain	41:46.41
5	Andrey Sapnikas	Soviet Union	42:17.93
6	Valentin Kolev	Bulgaria	42:40.45
7	Nick A'Hern	Australia	42:51.19
8	Sérgio Galdino	Brazil	43:04.29
9	Arturo Di Mezza	Italy	43:31.59
10	Göran Lindé	Sweden	43:54.60
11	Ralf Weise	East Germany	44:07.26
12	Greg Robertson	Australia	44:34.26
13	João Maral	Portugal	45:03.70
14	Juan Rojas	Ecuador	45:44.35
15	Davide Arena	Italy	45:53.77
16	Karoly Kirszt	Hungary	46:24.72
17	Chris MacKay	Canada	47:23.75
18	John Marter	United States	47:39.39
19	Jules Riel	Canada	48:18.02
20	Rajan Khatri	Nepal	52:16.39
21	Aaron González	Mexico	DQ
22	Tsuyoshi Hamade	Japan	DQ
23	Jan Olsson	Sweden	DNF
24	Lennie Becker	United States	DNF
25	Leszek Pazio	Poland	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  East Germany (1)
•  Ecuador (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (1)
•  Mexico (2)
•    Nepal (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (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