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
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| Silver | Bedilu Kibret Ethiopia
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| Bronze | James Songok Kenya
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Results
Final
27 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Addis Abebe | Ethiopia |
28:42.13 | |
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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)
References
- 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 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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