1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Henry Kirui Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Mohamed Choumassi Morocco |
| Bronze | Addis Abebe Ethiopia |

## Results

### Final

30 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Henry Kirui | Kenya | 13:54.29 |
| | Mohamed Choumassi | Morocco | 13:54.36 |
| | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 13:58.08 |
| 4 | Norbert Kilimiali | Tanzania | 13:59.35 |
| 5 | Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 14:15.70 |
| 6 | Morgan Tollofsén | Sweden | 14:18.95 |
| 7 | Mariano Campal | Spain | 14:19.75 |
| 8 | Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 14:20.12 |
| 9 | Paul Bitok | Kenya | 14:25.24 |
| 10 | Viktor Karpenko | Soviet Union | 14:25.78 |
| 11 | Juan Abad | Spain | 14:37.02 |
| 12 | Neil Panchen | United Kingdom | 14:39.77 |
| 13 | Cândido Maia | Portugal | 14:44.83 |
| 14 | Ryuji Takei | Japan | 14:53.59 |
| 15 | Jon Dennis | United Kingdom | 15:12.78 |

### Heats

28 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 14:00.54 | Q |
| 2 | Norbert Kilimiali | Tanzania | 14:00.87 | Q |
| 3 | Mariano Campal | Spain | 14:22.58 | Q |
| 4 | Viktor Karpenko | Soviet Union | 14:23.55 | Q |
| 5 | Jon Dennis | United Kingdom | 14:25.89 | Q |
| 6 | Paul Bitok | Kenya | 14:27.03 | q |
| 7 | Jun Hiratsuka | Japan | 14:28.53 | |
| 8 | Abderrahim Cherkaoui | Morocco | 14:32.00 | |
| 9 | Rui Vieira | Portugal | 14:42.49 | |
| 10 | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | 14:42.67 | |
| 11 | Reggie Williams | United States | 14:48.16 | |
| 12 | Julian Paynter | Australia | 15:01.34 | |
| 13 | Mohamed Ahmed Hussein | Somalia | 15:12.79 | |
| 14 | Robin Cianca | Panama | 15:32.29 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohamed Choumassi | Morocco | 14:05.17 | Q |
| 2 | Henry Kirui | Kenya | 14:08.45 | Q |
| 3 | Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 14:08.84 | Q |
| 4 | Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 14:13.85 | Q |
| 5 | Morgan Tollofsén | Sweden | 14:14.60 | Q |
| 6 | Ryuji Takei | Japan | 14:14.88 | q |
| 7 | Juan Abad | Spain | 14:25.73 | q |
| 8 | Neil Panchen | United Kingdom | 14:26.79 | q |
| 9 | Cândido Maia | Portugal | 14:27.79 | q |
| 10 | Mickael Dufermont | France | 14:39.12 | |
| 11 | Lloyd Letkeman | Canada | 14:54.33 | |
| 12 | Vladimir Yordanov | Bulgaria | 15:00.79 | |
| 13 | Daniel Middleman | United States | 15:05.56 | |
| 14 | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 15:10.01 | |
| 15 | Patrick Chikwatu | Malawi | 15:16.88 | |
| 16 | Dean Livingston | Australia | 16:11.24 | |
| | Martin Forde | Barbados | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Barbados (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Malawi (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Panama (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Somalia (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
