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

The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Alberto Cruz Mexico |
| - | - |
| Silver | Valentí Massana Spain |
| Bronze | Mikhail Khmelnitsky Soviet Union |

## Results

### Final

29 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Alberto Cruz | Mexico | 41:16.11 |
| | Valentí Massana | Spain | 41:33.95 |
| | Mikhail Khmelnitsky | Soviet Union | 41:38.86 |
| 4 | German Nieto | Spain | 41:46.41 |
| 5 | Andrey Sapnikas | Soviet Union | 42:17.93 |
| 6 | Valentin Kolev | Bulgaria | 42:40.45 |
| 7 | Nick A'Hern | Australia | 42:51.19 |
| 8 | Sérgio Galdino | Brazil | 43:04.29 |
| 9 | Arturo Di Mezza | Italy | 43:31.59 |
| 10 | Göran Lindé | Sweden | 43:54.60 |
| 11 | Ralf Weise | East Germany | 44:07.26 |
| 12 | Greg Robertson | Australia | 44:34.26 |
| 13 | João Maral | Portugal | 45:03.70 |
| 14 | Juan Rojas | Ecuador | 45:44.35 |
| 15 | Davide Arena | Italy | 45:53.77 |
| 16 | Karoly Kirszt | Hungary | 46:24.72 |
| 17 | Chris MacKay | Canada | 47:23.75 |
| 18 | John Marter | United States | 47:39.39 |
| 19 | Jules Riel | Canada | 48:18.02 |
| 20 | Rajan Khatri | Nepal | 52:16.39 |
| | Aaron González | Mexico | DQ |
| | Tsuyoshi Hamade | Japan | DQ |
| | Jan Olsson | Sweden | DNF |
| | Lennie Becker | United States | DNF |
| | Leszek Pazio | Poland | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* East Germany (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Nepal (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* United States (2)
