1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run
# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run

The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Metaferia Zeleke Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Thomas Osano Kenya |
| Bronze | Abel Gisemba Kenya |

## Results

### Final

31 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Metaferia Zeleke | Ethiopia | 59:27 |
| | Thomas Osano | Kenya | 1:00:14 |
| | Abel Gisemba | Kenya | 1:00:36 |
| 4 | Zoltán Káldy | Hungary | 1:00:54 |
| 5 | Tesfayi Dadi | Ethiopia | 1:00:54 |
| 6 | Valery Chesak | Soviet Union | 1:02:03 |
| 7 | Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 1:02:33 |
| 8 | Vanderlei de Lima | Brazil | 1:02:55 |
| 9 | Ferenc Sági | Hungary | 1:03:06 |
| 10 | Milan Pešava | Czechoslovakia | 1:03:42 |
| 11 | Nick Tsioros | Canada | 1:03:45 |
| 12 | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 1:03:57 |
| 13 | David De Luchi | Italy | 1:04:00 |
| 14 | Patrick Chikwatu | Malawi | 1:04:26 |
| 15 | Norbert Kilimiali | Tanzania | 1:04:32 |
| 16 | Masaki Yamamoto | Japan | 1:04:54 |
| 17 | David Angell | United States | 1:05:03 |
| 18 | Carsten Arndt | West Germany | 1:05:34 |
| 19 | Rocco Cantatore | Italy | 1:05:52 |
| 20 | Ricardo Castaño | Spain | 1:06:06 |
| 21 | Ventislav Chavdarov | Bulgaria | 1:06:28 |
| 22 | Robert Lopatka | Poland | 1:06:41 |
| 23 | Jonah Sixpence | Zimbabwe | 1:07:03 |
| 24 | Jim Kaiser | United States | 1:07:04 |
| 25 | Ross Wilson | New Zealand | 1:07:27 |
| 26 | Julian Pérez | Cuba | 1:07:49 |
| 27 | Paddy McCluskey | Canada | 1:08:08 |
| 28 | Douglas Rountree | New Zealand | 1:09:38 |
| 29 | Hussein Haleem | Maldives | 1:11:34 |
| 30 | Rajan Khatri | Nepal | 1:11:35 |
| 31 | Richard Rodriguez | Aruba | 1:12:02 |
| 32 | Byron Salome | Netherlands Antilles | 1:17:05 |
| | Said Lai | Djibouti | DNF |
| | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

* Aruba (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Djibouti (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Malawi (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Spain (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)
