The 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the 1988 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics, held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada from July 27 to July 31, 1988."Junior host out to bury bad image". The Globe and Mail, July 21, 1988.

Planning The city's bid to host the games was accepted in 1986, winning over Cali, Colombia. In addition to the International Association of Athletics Federations's concerns about the political instability of Colombia at the time,"Sudbury a surprise as world track meet site". Ottawa Citizen, November 19, 1987. Sudbury had recently established a strong reputation in sporting circles due to its hosting of the 1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, as well as Alex Baumann's world record performance in swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Despite this, IAAF president Primo Nebiolo personally opposed the selection, arguing that the city was not large or world-famous enough to be an appropriate host city for the event. Over the next two years, Nebiolo lobbied several times to have the games pulled from the city, in turn causing difficulties for the city in securing sufficient funding from corporate and government sponsors."Junior meet gets cash to go ahead". Vancouver Sun, July 18, 1988. As late as ten days before the event was to begin, the event still faced a significant budget gap in its broadcasting contracts,"Sudbury could lose world track meet". Toronto Star, July 17, 1998. with Nebiolo again threatening to pull the games from the city before a last-minute donation from the Canadian Track and Field Association covered the shortfall."Cash rescues world juniors". The Globe and Mail, July 19, 1988.

Once the games started, however, Nebiolo was more positive, stating that the games benefited from being held in a smaller centre that was able to provide an athlete-centred experience and had the community spirit to draw on a huge base of volunteers."Sudbury Invests Heavily in Image". Northern Ontario Business, September 1988.

The city's Northern Lights Festival Boréal was held concurrently to serve as the championships' cultural festival.Paul Schratz, "Sudbury's offering fine entertainment to go along with great sports action". North Bay Nugget, June 16, 1988. CBC Television and MCTV acted as the host broadcasters.

Overall, the games contributed approximately $8 million to the city's local economy.

Results

Men

Andre Cason 10.22Sven Matthes 10.28Aleksandr Shlychkov 10.37Kevin Braunskill 20.87Olapade Adeniken 20.88Dmitriy Bartenyev 20.92Tomasz Jędrusik 46.19Steve Perry 46.74Anthony Eziuka 46.81Jonah Birir 1:50.03Kevin McKay 1:50.79Melford Homela 1:51.34Wilfred Kirochi 3:46.52Noureddine Morceli 3:46.93Fermín Cacho 3:47.31Henry Kirui 13:54.29Mohamed Choumassi 13:54.36Addis Abebe 13:58.08Addis Abebe 28:42.13 Bedilu Kibret 28:48.55 James Songok 28:50.42 Metaferia Zeleke 59:27 Thomas Osano 1:00:14 Abel Gisemba 1:00:36Reinaldo Quintero 13.71Steve Brown 13.73Elbert Ellis 13.78Kelly Carter 49.50Mugur Mateescu 50.70Vadim Zadoinov 50.88William Chemitei 8:41.61Matthew Birir 8:44.54Arto Kuusisto 8:46.42Alberto Cruz 41:16.11Valentí Massana 41:33.95Mikhail Khmelnitskiy 41:38.86Kevin BraunskillQuincy WattsAndre CasonTerrence Warren 39.27Abdullah TetengiDavidson EzinwaVictor NwankwoOlapade Adeniken 39.66Courtney RumboltLloyd StapletonDarren BraithwaiteJamie Henderson 40.06Jesse CarrChris NellomsJesse WilliamsRalph Carrington 3:05.09Anthony RyanMark GarnerDean CapobiancoSteve Perry 3:07.60Michael RoseCarey JohnsonAnthony PryceDaniel England 3:08.00Artur Partyka 2.28Lambros Papakostas 2.25Park Jae-HongJaroslaw Kotewicz 2.22István Bagyula 5.65Maksim Tarasov 5.60Andrey Grudinin 5.30Luis Bueno 7.99Saúl Isalgué 7.78Nai Hui-Fang 7.77Vladimir Melikhov 16.69Galin Georgiev 16.18Eugene Greene 16.16Aleksandr Klimenko 18.92Mike Stulce 18.47Aleksandr Klimov 18.06Andreas Seelig 58.60Kamy Keshmiri 54.68Yuriy Nesteryets 53.70Vadim Kolesnik 69.52Oleg Polyushik 69.00Thomas Hommel 66.06Vladimir Ovchinnikov 77.08Steve Backley 75.40 Jens Reimann 71.64 Michael Kohnle 7729Robert Změlík 7659Eduard Hämäläinen 7596

Women

Diana Dietz 11.18Katrin Krabbe 11.23Liliana Allen 11.36Katrin Krabbe 22.34Diana Dietz 22.88Liliana Allen 22.97Grit Breuer 51.24Maicel Malone 52.23Olga Moroz 53.20Birte Bruhns 2:00.67Catalina Gheorghiu 2:01.96Dorota Buczkowska 2:02.94Doina Homneac 4:12.94Snežana Pajkić 4:16.19Yvonne van der Kolk 4:16.35Ann Mwangi 9:13.99Fernanda Ribeiro 9:15.33Yvonne Lichtenfeld 9:16.02Jane Ngotho 33:49.45 Olga Nazarkina 33:50.03 Mónica Gama 34:16.13 Aliuska López 13.23Birgit Wolf 13.51Zhanna Gurbanova 13.64Antje Axmann 57.47Ann Maenhout 57.58Silvia Rieger 57.88Mari Cruz Díaz 21:51.31Olga Sánchez 21:58.17Maria Grazia Orsani 22:04.74Grit BreuerKatrin KrabbeDiana DietzKatrin Henke 43.48Eusebia RiquelmeLiliana AllenAliuska LópezAna Valdivia 44.04Angela BurnhamKendra MackeyFrenchie HolmesEsther Jones 44.27Manuela DerrStefanie FabertAnke WöhlkGrit Breuer 3:28.39Keisha DemasStephanie SaleemKendra MackeyTeri Smith 3:31.48Tatyana MovchanViktoria MiloserdovaOlga BurkanovaOlga Moroz 3:31.89Galina Astafei 2.00Yelena Yelesina 1.96Karen Scholz 1.92Fiona May 6.88Anu Kaljurand 6.78Jo Wise 6.69Ines Wittich 18.54Heike Rohrmann 17.84Elvira Polyakova 17.10Ilke Wyludda 68.24Astrid Kumbernuss 64.08Proletka Voycheva 58.94Karen Forkel 61.44Isel López 57.86 Malgorzata Kielczewska 57.04 Svetla Dimitrova 6289Yelena Petushkova 6102Peggy Beer 6067

Medal table

Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1024 athletes from 123 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

See also 1988 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links Official results Medalists at GBRathletics.com Results