1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.^[1][2]

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

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

28 July

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

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

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