1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Addis Abebe Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Bedilu Kibret Ethiopia |
| Bronze | James Songok Kenya |

## Results

### Final

27 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 28:42.13 |
| | Bedilu Kibret | Ethiopia | 28:48.53 |
| | James Songok | Kenya | 28:50.42 |
| 4 | Norbert Kilimiali | Tanzania | 28:51.00 |
| 5 | Zoltán Káldy | Hungary | 29:08.36 |
| 6 | Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 29:28.46 |
| 7 | Mohamed Choumassi | Morocco | 29:32.50 |
| 8 | Stephenson Nyamau | Kenya | 29:46.81 |
| 9 | James Loveless | United States | 30:14.19 |
| 10 | Michael Lavalle | United States | 30:21.78 |
| 11 | Viktor Karpenko | Soviet Union | 30:21.96 |
| 12 | Jun Hiratsuka | Japan | 30:26.79 |
| 13 | Carsten Arndt | West Germany | 30:40.08 |
| 14 | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | 30:44.90 |
| 15 | Masaki Yamamoto | Japan | 30:57.53 |
| 16 | Hussein Hassan Adani | Somalia | 31:04.25 |
| 17 | David Pujolar | Spain | 31:24.69 |
| 18 | Francisco González | Mexico | 31:34.27 |
| 19 | Vitor Barbosa | Portugal | 31:41.11 |
| 20 | Jürg Albert | East Germany | 31:55.50 |
| 21 | Ross Wilson | New Zealand | 32:56.44 |
| | Baltazar Sousa | Portugal | DNF |
| | Ventislav Chavdarov | Bulgaria | DNF |
| | Vanderlei de Lima | Brazil | DNF |
| | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | DNF |
| | Alejandro Villanueva | Mexico | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Somalia (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Spain (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (1)
