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

Events at the
1988 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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

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

Results

Final

31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) William Koskei  Kenya 8:41.61
2nd, silver medalist(s) Matthew Birir  Kenya 8:44.54
3rd, 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

29 July

Heat 1

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
11 Oto Oreško  Czechoslovakia DNF

Heat 2

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 William Koskei  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

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References

  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 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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