The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 31 July.
Medalists Gold William Chemitei Silver Matthew Birir Bronze Arto Kuusisto
Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes William Chemitei 8:41.61 Matthew Birir 8:44.54 Arto Kuusisto 8:46.42 4 Wander Moura 8:48.16 5 Leonid Shvetsov 8:51.01 6 Savino Tondo 8:56.66 7 Burgas Yordanov 9:00.65 8 Kim Bauermeister 9:01.19 9 Sérgio Ribeiro 9:01.97 10 Rorri Currie 9:04.71 11 Horst Vangermain 9:04.96 12 Jason Martin 9:04.96 13 Simretu Alemayehu 9:05.56 14 Markku Kyyrönen 9:06.57 15 Vittorio Formenti 9:08.04
Heats 29 July
Heat 1
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vittorio Formenti 9:03.05 Q 2 Simretu Alemayehu 9:03.97 Q 3 Arto Kuusisto 9:07.23 Q 4 Leonid Shvetsov 9:12.01 Q 5 Spencer Duval 9:14.65 6 Romain Berthier 9:26.20 7 Chad Findley 9:36.40 8 Geir Skari 9:40.85 9 Hiroyuki Itabashi 9:51.29 10 Mathevan Maran 10:05.18 Oto Oreško DNF
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Matthew Birir 8:54.51 Q 2 Wander Moura 9:05.62 Q 3 Horst Vangermain 9:07.73 Q 4 Sérgio Ribeiro 9:08.74 Q 5 Rorri Currie 9:08.76 q 6 Bruno Saulnier 9:14.44 7 Michael Buchleitner 9:18.29 8 Greg Collier 9:19.19 9 Lars Richter 9:31.12 10 Michael Johnston 9:39.46 11 Juan Carlos Salcedo 9:56.71
Heat 3
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 William Chemitei 8:53.89 Q 2 Savino Tondo 9:04.59 Q 3 Burgas Yordanov 9:05.40 Q 4 Kim Bauermeister 9:07.77 Q 5 Jason Martin 9:10.60 q 6 Markku Kyyrönen 9:12.14 q 7 Carlos Pinto 9:22.51 8 Douglas Rountree 9:24.65 9 Maciej Pawlowski 9:35.14 10 Alfredo Nuñez 9:37.45 11 David Paul 9:44.81
Participation According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.
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