1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Sports event in Canada The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 31 July. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090758/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html 7 April 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold William Chemitei KENSilver Matthew Birir KENBronze Arto Kuusisto FIN Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes William Chemitei KEN 8:41.61 Matthew Birir KEN 8:44.54 Arto Kuusisto FIN 8:46.42 4 Wander Moura BRA 1968 8:48.16 5 Leonid Shvetsov URS 8:51.01 6 Savino Tondo ITA 8:56.66 7 Burgas Yordanov BUL 1971 9:00.65 8 Kim Bauermeister FRG 9:01.19 9 Sérgio Ribeiro BRA 1968 9:01.97 10 Rorri Currie CAN 9:04.71 11 Horst Vangermain GDR 9:04.96 12 Jason Martin USA 9:04.96 13 Simretu Alemayehu ETH 1987 9:05.56 14 Markku Kyyrönen FIN 9:06.57 15 Vittorio Formenti ITA 9:08.04 Heats 29 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vittorio Formenti ITA 9:03.05 Q 2 Simretu Alemayehu ETH 1987 9:03.97 Q 3 Arto Kuusisto FIN 9:07.23 Q 4 Leonid Shvetsov URS 9:12.01 Q 5 Spencer Duval UK 9:14.65 6 Romain Berthier FRA 9:26.20 7 Chad Findley USA 9:36.40 8 Geir Skari NOR 9:40.85 9 Hiroyuki Itabashi JPN 9:51.29 10 Mathevan Maran SIN 10:05.18 11 Oto Oreško TCH DNF Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Matthew Birir KEN 8:54.51 Q 2 Wander Moura BRA 1968 9:05.62 Q 3 Horst Vangermain GDR 9:07.73 Q 4 Sérgio Ribeiro BRA 1968 9:08.74 Q 5 Rorri Currie CAN 9:08.76 q 6 Bruno Saulnier FRA 9:14.44 7 Michael Buchleitner AUT 9:18.29 8 Greg Collier AUS 9:19.19 9 Lars Richter FRG 9:31.12 10 Michael Johnston NZL 9:39.46 11 Juan Carlos Salcedo ESP 9:56.71 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 William Chemitei KEN 8:53.89 Q 2 Savino Tondo ITA 9:04.59 Q 3 Burgas Yordanov BUL 1971 9:05.40 Q 4 Kim Bauermeister FRG 9:07.77 Q 5 Jason Martin USA 9:10.60 q 6 Markku Kyyrönen FIN 9:12.14 q 7 Carlos Pinto POR 9:22.51 8 Douglas Rountree NZL 9:24.65 9 Maciej Pawlowski POL 9:35.14 10 Alfredo Nuñez DOM 9:37.45 11 David Paul CAN 9:44.81 Participation According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (1) AUT (1) BRA 1968 (2) BUL 1971 (1) CAN (2) TCH (1) DOM (1) GDR (1) ETH 1987 (1) FIN (2) FRA (2) ITA (2) JPN (1) KEN (2) NZL (2) NOR (1) POL (1) POR (1) SIN (1) URS (1) ESP (1) UK (1) USA (2) FRG (2) References Category:Steeplechase at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics