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

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1988 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
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800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
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5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
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3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
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5000 m walkwomen
10,000 m walkmen
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Combined events
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Decathlonmen

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) William Chemitei  Kenya 8:41.61
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matthew Birir  Kenya 8:44.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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