1988 World Athletics Junior Championships

Host City Sudbury
Country CAN
Held 27 – 31 July 1988
Competitors 146
Countries 31

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
20 km Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 13 3
10 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 4 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 15 3
5,000 m Walk Women — Medal 3 2
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 11 5 5 21
2 Kenya KEN 6 2 2 10
3 United States USA 5 5 2 12
4 Soviet Union URS 4 6 12 22
5 Cuba CUB 3 3 2 8
6 Romania ROU 2 2 0 4
7 Ethiopia ETH 2 1 1 4
8 Poland POL 2 0 3 5
9 Great Britain GBR 1 2 2 5
10 Spain ESP 1 2 1 4
11 Bulgaria BUL 1 1 1 3
= Germany GER 1 1 1 3
13 Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
= Mexico MEX 1 0 0 1
15 Nigeria NGR 0 2 1 3
16 Australia AUS 0 2 0 2
17 Portugal POR 0 1 1 2
18 Algeria ALG 0 1 0 1
= Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
= Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
= Morocco MAR 0 1 0 1
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
24 Bahamas BAH 0 0 1 1
= Chinese Taipei TPE 0 0 1 1
= Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Jamaica JAM 0 0 1 1
= Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
= South Korea KOR 0 0 1 1
= Zimbabwe ZIM 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Andre Cason USA Sven Matthes GDR Aleksandr Shlychkov URS
200 m, Men Kevin Braunskill USA Olapade Adeniken NGR Dmitry Bartenev URS
400 m, Men Tomasz Jędrusik POL Steve Perry AUS Tony Eziuka NGR
800 m, Men Jonah Birir KEN Kevin McKay GBR Melford Homela ZIM
1,500 m, Men Wilfred Oanda Kirochi KEN Noureddine Morceli ALG Fermín Cacho ESP
5,000 m, Men Henry Kipyegon Kirui KEN Mohamed Choumassi MAR Addis Abebe ETH
10,000 m, Men Addis Abebe ETH Bidelu Kibret ETH James Songok KEN
20 km, Men Metaferia Zeleke ETH Thomas Osano KEN Abel Gisemba KEN
110 m Hurdles, Men Reinaldo Quintero CUB Steve Brown USA Elbert Ellis USA
400 m Hurdles, Men Kelly Carter USA Mugur Mateescu ROU Vadim Zadoinov URS
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men William Koskei KEN Matthew Birir KEN Arto Kuusisto FIN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Nigeria NGR Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Australia AUS Jamaica JAM
10 km Walk, Men Alberto Cruz MEX Valentí Massana ESP Mikhail Khmelnitsky URS
High Jump, Men Artur Partyka POL Lambros Papakostas GRE Jarosław Kotewicz
Park Jae-Hong 		POL
KOR
Pole Vault, Men István Bagyula HUN Maksim Tarasov URS Andrey Grudinin URS
Long Jump, Men Luis Bueno CUB Saúl Isalgué CUB Nai Hui-Fang TPE
Triple Jump, Men Vladimir Melikhov URS Galin Georgiev BUL Eugene Greene BAH
Shot Put, Men Oleksandr Klymenko URS Mike Stulce USA Aleksandr Klimov URS
Discus Throw, Men Andreas Seelig GDR Kamy Keshmiri USA Yury Nesteryets URS
Hammer Throw, Men Vadim Kolesnik URS Oleg Polyushik URS Thomas Hommel GDR
Javelin Throw, Men Vladimir Ovchinnikov URS Steve Backley GBR Jens Reimann GDR
Decathlon, Men Michael Kohnle GER Robert Změlík TCH Eduard Hämäläinen URS
100 m, Women Diana Dietz GDR Katrin Krabbe GDR Liliana Allen CUB
200 m, Women Katrin Krabbe GDR Diana Dietz GDR Liliana Allen CUB
400 m, Women Grit Breuer GDR Maicel Malone USA Olha Moroz URS
800 m, Women Birte Bruhns GDR Cătălina Gheorghiu ROU Dorota Buczkowska POL
1,500 m, Women Doina Homneac ROU Snežana Pajkić YUG Yvonne Van der Kolk NED
3,000 m, Women Mary Kuria KEN Fernanda Ribeiro POR Yvonne Lichtenfeld GDR
10,000 m, Women Jane Ngotho KEN Olga Nazarkina URS Mónica Gama POR
100 m Hurdles, Women Aliuska López CUB Birgit Wolf GER Zhanna Gurbanova URS
400 m Hurdles, Women Antje Axmann GDR Ann Maenhout BEL Silvia Rieger GER
4 x 100 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR Cuba CUB United States USA
4 x 400 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR United States USA Soviet Union URS
5,000 m Walk, Women Mari Cruz Díaz ESP Olga Sánchez ESP Maria Orsani ITA
High Jump, Women Galina Astafei ROU Yelena Yelesina URS Karen Scholz GDR
Long Jump, Women Fiona May GBR Anu Kaljurand URS Jo Wise GBR
Shot Put, Women Ines Wittich GDR Heike Rohrmann GDR Elvira Polyakova URS
Discus Throw, Women Ilke Wyludda GDR Astrid Kumbernuss GDR Proletka Voycheva BUL
Javelin Throw, Women Karen Forkel GDR Isel López CUB Małgorzata Kiełczewska POL
Heptathlon, Women Svetla Dimitrova BUL Yelena Petushkova URS Peggy Beer GDR