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1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 31 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold William Chemitei
  Kenya
Silver Matthew Birir
  Kenya
Bronze Arto Kuusisto
  Finland

Results edit

Final edit

31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  William Chemitei   Kenya 8:41.61
  Matthew Birir   Kenya 8:44.54
  Arto Kuusisto   Finland 8:46.42
4 Wander Moura   Brazil 8:48.16
5 Leonid Shvetsov   Soviet Union 8:51.01
6 Savino Tondo   Italy 8:56.66
7 Burgas Yordanov   Bulgaria 9:00.65
8 Kim Bauermeister   West Germany 9:01.19
9 Sérgio Ribeiro   Brazil 9:01.97
10 Rorri Currie   Canada 9:04.71
11 Horst Vangermain   East Germany 9:04.96
12 Jason Martin   United States 9:04.96
13 Simretu Alemayehu   Ethiopia 9:05.56
14 Markku Kyyrönen   Finland 9:06.57
15 Vittorio Formenti   Italy 9:08.04

Heats edit

29 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vittorio Formenti   Italy 9:03.05 Q
2 Simretu Alemayehu   Ethiopia 9:03.97 Q
3 Arto Kuusisto   Finland 9:07.23 Q
4 Leonid Shvetsov   Soviet Union 9:12.01 Q
5 Spencer Duval   United Kingdom 9:14.65
6 Romain Berthier   France 9:26.20
7 Chad Findley   United States 9:36.40
8 Geir Skari   Norway 9:40.85
9 Hiroyuki Itabashi   Japan 9:51.29
10 Mathevan Maran   Singapore 10:05.18
Oto Oreško   Czechoslovakia DNF

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Matthew Birir   Kenya 8:54.51 Q
2 Wander Moura   Brazil 9:05.62 Q
3 Horst Vangermain   East Germany 9:07.73 Q
4 Sérgio Ribeiro   Brazil 9:08.74 Q
5 Rorri Currie   Canada 9:08.76 q
6 Bruno Saulnier   France 9:14.44
7 Michael Buchleitner   Austria 9:18.29
8 Greg Collier   Australia 9:19.19
9 Lars Richter   West Germany 9:31.12
10 Michael Johnston   New Zealand 9:39.46
11 Juan Carlos Salcedo   Spain 9:56.71

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 William Chemitei   Kenya 8:53.89 Q
2 Savino Tondo   Italy 9:04.59 Q
3 Burgas Yordanov   Bulgaria 9:05.40 Q
4 Kim Bauermeister   West Germany 9:07.77 Q
5 Jason Martin   United States 9:10.60 q
6 Markku Kyyrönen   Finland 9:12.14 q
7 Carlos Pinto   Portugal 9:22.51
8 Douglas Rountree   New Zealand 9:24.65
9 Maciej Pawlowski   Poland 9:35.14
10 Alfredo Nuñez   Dominican Republic 9:37.45
11 David Paul   Canada 9:44.81

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 24 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
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