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.
Medalists
| Gold | Wilfred Kirochi Kenya
|
| Silver | Noureddine Morceli Algeria
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| Bronze | Fermín Cacho Spain
|
Results
Final
31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Wilfred Kirochi | Kenya |
3:46.52 | |
 |
Noureddine Morceli | Algeria |
3:46.93 | |
 |
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
30 July
Heat 1
| 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
| 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
| 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
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
- Algeria (1)
- American Samoa (1)
- Australia (1)
- Austria (1)
- Barbados (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Canada (2)
- East Germany (1)
- Ethiopia (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (2)
- Japan (2)
- Kenya (2)
- Liechtenstein (1)
- Mauritania (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Norway (2)
- Panama (1)
- Poland (1)
- Portugal (1)
- Qatar (2)
- Saint Lucia (1)
- Spain (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- United Kingdom (1)
- United States (2)
- West Germany (1)
- Zaire (1)
- Zimbabwe (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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