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 edit
| Gold | Wilfred Kirochi Kenya
|
| Silver | Noureddine Morceli Algeria
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| Bronze | Fermín Cacho Spain
|
Results edit
Final edit
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 edit
30 July
Heat 1 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
Algeria (1)
American Samoa (1)
Australia (1)
Austria (1)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (1)
Canada (2)
East Germany (1)
Ethiopia (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (2)
Japan (2)
Kenya (2)
Liechtenstein (1)
Mauritania (1)
Netherlands (1)
Norway (2)
Panama (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Qatar (2)
Saint Lucia (1)
Spain (1)
Switzerland (1)
United Kingdom (1)
United States (2)
West Germany (1)
Zaire (1)
Zimbabwe (1)
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015