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1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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The men's 1500 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Wilfred Kirochi
 Kenya
Silver Noureddine Morceli
 Algeria
Bronze Fermín Cacho
 Spain

Results

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Final

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31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya 3:46.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 3:46.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fermín Cacho  Spain 3:47.31
4 Fransua Woldemarian  Ethiopia 3:47.63
5 Jason Pyrah  United States 3:47.94
6 Atoi Boru  Kenya 3:47.97
7 Mohamed Suleiman  Qatar 3:48.27
8 Christophe Impens  Belgium 3:51.73
9 Andrea Cellai  Italy 3:52.00
10 Rens Eising  Netherlands 3:52.16
11 Andrea Erni   Switzerland 3:52.49
12 Hiroshi Fukaya  Japan 3:53.94
13 Hirokazu Tatsumi  Japan 3:55.61
14 Andreas Nellesen  West Germany 3:58.22
Paul Vandegrift  United States DNF

Heats

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30 July

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 3:46.79 Q
2 Fransua Woldemarian  Ethiopia 3:47.34 Q
3 Andrea Erni   Switzerland 3:48.65 Q
4 Rens Eising  Netherlands 3:48.83 Q
5 Philimon Hanneck  Zimbabwe 3:49.10
6 Spencer Punter  Canada 3:50.96
7 Tommy Gjølga  Norway 3:51.30
8 Siegfried Sacher  East Germany 3:51.93
9 Greg Collier  Australia 3:54.13
10 Alessandro Cellai  Italy 3:56.75
11 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah  Qatar 3:57.51
12 Lyle Tenfingers  American Samoa 4:44.58

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Atoi Boru  Kenya 3:47.17 Q
2 Paul Vandegrift  United States 3:47.63 Q
3 Andreas Nellesen  West Germany 3:47.81 Q
4 Andrea Cellai  Italy 3:47.82 Q
5 Hiroshi Fukaya  Japan 3:47.99 q
6 Simon Brown  United Kingdom 3:49.45
7 Billy Mullaney  Ireland 3:51.01
8 Tor-Øyvind Ødegaard  Norway 3:52.71
9 Artur Zalewski  Poland 3:55.16
10 Robin Cianca  Panama 4:09.01
11 Martin Forde  Barbados 4:15.09
12 Chérif Baba Aïdara  Mauritania 4:41.49

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Wilfred Kirochi  Kenya 3:43.51 Q
2 Mohamed Suleiman  Qatar 3:43.85 Q
3 Fermín Cacho  Spain 3:44.04 Q
4 Christophe Impens  Belgium 3:44.29 Q
5 Hirokazu Tatsumi  Japan 3:44.77 q
6 Jason Pyrah  United States 3:47.99 q
7 Bernhard Richter  Austria 3:49.75
8 Brendan Matthias  Canada 3:51.74
9 Paulo Estiveira  Portugal 3:59.30
10 Urs Kindle  Liechtenstein 4:09.24
11 Bernard Henry  Saint Lucia 4:12.87
12 Nioka Pululu  Zaire 4:13.00

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015