1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run

The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on 31 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Metaferia Zeleke
  Ethiopia
Silver Thomas Osano
  Kenya
Bronze Abel Gisemba
  Kenya

Results edit

Final edit

31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Metaferia Zeleke   Ethiopia 59:27
  Thomas Osano   Kenya 1:00:14
  Abel Gisemba   Kenya 1:00:36
4 Zoltán Káldy   Hungary 1:00:54
5 Tesfayi Dadi   Ethiopia 1:00:54
6 Valery Chesak   Soviet Union 1:02:03
7 Boay Akonay   Tanzania 1:02:33
8 Vanderlei de Lima   Brazil 1:02:55
9 Ferenc Sági   Hungary 1:03:06
10 Milan Pešava   Czechoslovakia 1:03:42
11 Nick Tsioros   Canada 1:03:45
12 Valdenor dos Santos   Brazil 1:03:57
13 David De Luchi   Italy 1:04:00
14 Patrick Chikwatu   Malawi 1:04:26
15 Norbert Kilimiali   Tanzania 1:04:32
16 Masaki Yamamoto   Japan 1:04:54
17 David Angell   United States 1:05:03
18 Carsten Arndt   West Germany 1:05:34
19 Rocco Cantatore   Italy 1:05:52
20 Ricardo Castaño   Spain 1:06:06
21 Ventislav Chavdarov   Bulgaria 1:06:28
22 Robert Lopatka   Poland 1:06:41
23 Jonah Sixpence   Zimbabwe 1:07:03
24 Jim Kaiser   United States 1:07:04
25 Ross Wilson   New Zealand 1:07:27
26 Julian Pérez   Cuba 1:07:49
27 Paddy McCluskey   Canada 1:08:08
28 Douglas Rountree   New Zealand 1:09:38
29 Hussein Haleem   Maldives 1:11:34
30 Rajan Khatri     Nepal 1:11:35
31 Richard Rodriguez   Aruba 1:12:02
32 Byron Salome   Netherlands Antilles 1:17:05
Said Lai   Djibouti DNF
Franklin Tenorio   Ecuador DNF

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  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