The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 July.

Medalists Gold Addis Abebe Silver Bedilu Kibret Bronze James Songok

Results Final 27 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Addis Abebe 28:42.13 Bedilu Kibret 28:48.53 James Songok 28:50.42 4 Norbert Kilimiali 28:51.00 5 Zoltán Káldy 29:08.36 6 Boay Akonay 29:28.46 7 Mohamed Choumassi 29:32.50 8 Stephenson Nyamau 29:46.81 9 James Loveless 30:14.19 10 Michael Lavalle 30:21.78 11 Viktor Karpenko 30:21.96 12 Jun Hiratsuka 30:26.79 13 Carsten Arndt 30:40.08 14 Franklin Tenorio 30:44.90 15 Masaki Yamamoto 30:57.53 16 Hussein Hassan Adani 31:04.25 17 David Pujolar 31:24.69 18 Francisco González 31:34.27 19 Vitor Barbosa 31:41.11 20 Jürg Albert 31:55.50 21 Ross Wilson 32:56.44 Baltazar Sousa DNF Ventislav Chavdarov DNF Vanderlei de Lima DNF Valdenor dos Santos DNF Alejandro Villanueva DNF

Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

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