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.
Medalists Gold Henry Kirui Silver Mohamed Choumassi Bronze Addis Abebe
Results Final 30 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Henry Kirui 13:54.29 Mohamed Choumassi 13:54.36 Addis Abebe 13:58.08 4 Norbert Kilimiali 13:59.35 5 Boay Akonay 14:15.70 6 Morgan Tollofsén 14:18.95 7 Mariano Campal 14:19.75 8 Demeke Bekele 14:20.12 9 Paul Bitok 14:25.24 10 Viktor Karpenko 14:25.78 11 Juan Abad 14:37.02 12 Neil Panchen 14:39.77 13 Cândido Maia 14:44.83 14 Ryuji Takei 14:53.59 15 Jon Dennis 15:12.78
Heats 28 July
Heat 1
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Addis Abebe 14:00.54 Q 2 Norbert Kilimiali 14:00.87 Q 3 Mariano Campal 14:22.58 Q 4 Viktor Karpenko 14:23.55 Q 5 Jon Dennis 14:25.89 Q 6 Paul Bitok 14:27.03 q 7 Jun Hiratsuka 14:28.53 8 Abderrahim Cherkaoui 14:32.00 9 Rui Vieira 14:42.49 10 Franklin Tenorio 14:42.67 11 Reggie Williams 14:48.16 12 Julian Paynter 15:01.34 13 Mohamed Ahmed Hussein 15:12.79 14 Robin Cianca 15:32.29
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mohamed Choumassi 14:05.17 Q 2 Henry Kirui 14:08.45 Q 3 Demeke Bekele 14:08.84 Q 4 Boay Akonay 14:13.85 Q 5 Morgan Tollofsén 14:14.60 Q 6 Ryuji Takei 14:14.88 q 7 Juan Abad 14:25.73 q 8 Neil Panchen 14:26.79 q 9 Cândido Maia 14:27.79 q 10 Mickael Dufermont 14:39.12 11 Lloyd Letkeman 14:54.33 12 Vladimir Yordanov 15:00.79 13 Daniel Middleman 15:05.56 14 Valdenor dos Santos 15:10.01 15 Patrick Chikwatu 15:16.88 16 Dean Livingston 16:11.24 Martin Forde DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.
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