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1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host cityCanada Sudbury, Canada
Nations123
Athletes1024
Events41
Dates27–31 July
Main venueLaurentian University Stadium

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.[1]

Planning

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The city's bid to host the games was accepted in 1986, winning over Cali, Colombia.[1] In addition to the International Association of Athletics Federations's concerns about the political instability of Colombia at the time,[2] 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.[1]

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.[1] Over the next two years, Nebiolo lobbied several times to have the games pulled from the city,[1] in turn causing difficulties for the city in securing sufficient funding from corporate and government sponsors.[3] As late as ten days before the event was to begin, the event still faced a significant budget gap in its broadcasting contracts,[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

The city's Northern Lights Festival Boréal was held concurrently to serve as the championships' cultural festival. CBC Television and MCTV acted as the host broadcasters.[1]

Overall, the games contributed approximately $8 million to the city's local economy.[6]

Results

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Andre Cason
 United States
10.22 Sven Matthes
 East Germany
10.28 Aleksandr Shlychkov
 Soviet Union
10.37
200 metres
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Kevin Braunskill
 United States
20.87 Olapade Adeniken
 Nigeria
20.88 Dmitriy Bartenyev
 Soviet Union
20.92
400 metres
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Tomasz Jędrusik
 Poland
46.19 Steve Perry
 Australia
46.74 Anthony Eziuka
 Nigeria
46.81
800 metres
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Jonah Birir
 Kenya
1:50.03 Kevin McKay
 Great Britain
1:50.79 Melford Homela
 Zimbabwe
1:51.34
1500 metres
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Wilfred Kirochi
 Kenya
3:46.52 Noureddine Morceli
 Algeria
3:46.93 Fermín Cacho
 Spain
3:47.31
5000 metres
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Henry Kirui
 Kenya
13:54.29 Mohamed Choumassi
 Morocco
13:54.36 Addis Abebe
 Ethiopia
13:58.08
10,000 metres
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Addis Abebe
 Ethiopia
28:42.13 Bedilu Kibret
 Ethiopia
28:48.55 James Songok
 Kenya
28:50.42
20 kilometres road run
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Metaferia Zeleke
 Ethiopia
59:27 Thomas Osano
 Kenya
1:00:14 Abel Gisemba
 Kenya
1:00:36
110 metres hurdles
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Reinaldo Quintero
 Cuba
13.71 Steve Brown
 United States
13.73 Elbert Ellis
 United States
13.78
400 metres hurdles
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Kelly Carter
 United States
49.50 Mugur Mateescu
 Romania
50.70 Vadim Zadoinov
 Soviet Union
50.88
3000 metres steeplechase
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William Chemitei
 Kenya
8:41.61 Matthew Birir
 Kenya
8:44.54 Arto Kuusisto
 Finland
8:46.42
10,000 metres walk
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Alberto Cruz
 Mexico
41:16.11 Valentí Massana
 Spain
41:33.95 Mikhail Khmelnitskiy
 Soviet Union
41:38.86
4 × 100 metres relay
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 United States
Kevin Braunskill
Quincy Watts
Andre Cason
Terrence Warren
39.27  Nigeria
Abdullah Tetengi
Davidson Ezinwa
Victor Nwankwo
Olapade Adeniken
39.66  United Kingdom
Courtney Rumbolt
Lloyd Stapleton
Darren Braithwaite
Jamie Henderson
40.06
4 × 400 metres relay
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 United States
Jesse Carr
Chris Nelloms
Jesse Williams
Ralph Carrington
3:05.09  Australia
Anthony Ryan
Mark Garner
Dean Capobianco
Steve Perry
3:07.60  Jamaica
Michael Rose
Carey Johnson
Anthony Pryce
Daniel England
3:08.00
High jump
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Artur Partyka
 Poland
2.28 Lambros Papakostas
 Greece
2.25 Park Jae-Hong
 South Korea
Jaroslaw Kotewicz
 Poland
2.22
Pole vault
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István Bagyula
 Hungary
5.65 Maksim Tarasov
 Soviet Union
5.60 Andrey Grudinin
 Soviet Union
5.30
Long jump
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Luis Bueno
 Cuba
7.99 Saúl Isalgué
 Cuba
7.78 Nai Hui-Fang
 Chinese Taipei
7.77
Triple jump
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Vladimir Melikhov
 Soviet Union
16.69 Galin Georgiev
 Bulgaria
16.18 Eugene Greene
 Bahamas
16.16
Shot put
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Aleksandr Klimenko
 Soviet Union
18.92 Mike Stulce
 United States
18.47 Aleksandr Klimov
 Soviet Union
18.06
Discus throw
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Andreas Seelig
 East Germany
58.60 Kamy Keshmiri
 United States
54.68 Yuriy Nesteryets
 Soviet Union
53.70
Hammer throw
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Vadim Kolesnik
 Soviet Union
69.52 Oleg Polyushik
 Soviet Union
69.00 Thomas Hommel
 East Germany
66.06
Javelin throw
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Vladimir Ovchinnikov
 Soviet Union
77.08 Steve Backley
 Great Britain
75.40 Jens Reimann
 East Germany
71.64
Decathlon
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Michael Kohnle
 West Germany
7729 Robert Změlík
 Czechoslovakia
7659 Eduard Hämäläinen
 Soviet Union
7596
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Diana Dietz
 East Germany
11.18 Katrin Krabbe
 East Germany
11.23 Liliana Allen
 Cuba
11.36
200 metres
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Katrin Krabbe
 East Germany
22.34 Diana Dietz
 East Germany
22.88 Liliana Allen
 Cuba
22.97
400 metres
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Grit Breuer
 East Germany
51.24 Maicel Malone
 United States
52.23 Olga Moroz
 Soviet Union
53.20
800 metres
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Birte Bruhns
 East Germany
2:00.67 Catalina Gheorghiu
 Romania
2:01.96 Dorota Buczkowska
 Poland
2:02.94
1500 metres
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Doina Homneac
 Romania
4:12.94 Snežana Pajkić
 Yugoslavia
4:16.19 Yvonne van der Kolk
 Netherlands
4:16.35
3000 metres
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Ann Mwangi
 Kenya
9:13.99 Fernanda Ribeiro
 Portugal
9:15.33 Yvonne Lichtenfeld
 East Germany
9:16.02
10,000 metres
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Jane Ngotho
 Kenya
33:49.45 Olga Nazarkina
 Soviet Union
33:50.03 Mónica Gama
 Portugal
34:16.13
100 metres hurdles
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Aliuska López
 Cuba
13.23 Birgit Wolf
 West Germany
13.51 Zhanna Gurbanova
 Soviet Union
13.64
400 metres hurdles
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Antje Axmann
 East Germany
57.47 Ann Maenhout
 Belgium
57.58 Silvia Rieger
 West Germany
57.88
5000 metres walk
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Mari Cruz Díaz
 Spain
21:51.31 Olga Sánchez
 Spain
21:58.17 Maria Grazia Orsani
 Italy
22:04.74
4 × 100 metres relay
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 East Germany
Grit Breuer
Katrin Krabbe
Diana Dietz
Katrin Henke
43.48  Cuba
Eusebia Riquelme
Liliana Allen
Aliuska López
Ana Valdivia
44.04  United States
Angela Burnham
Kendra Mackey
Frenchie Holmes
Esther Jones
44.27
4 × 400 metres relay
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 East Germany
Manuela Derr
Stefanie Fabert
Anke Wöhlk
Grit Breuer
3:28.39  United States
Keisha Demas
Stephanie Saleem
Kendra Mackey
Teri Smith
3:31.48  Soviet Union
Tatyana Movchan
Viktoria Miloserdova
Olga Burkanova
Olga Moroz
3:31.89
High jump
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Galina Astafei
 Romania
2.00 Yelena Yelesina
 Soviet Union
1.96 Karen Scholz
 East Germany
1.92
Long jump
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Fiona May
 Great Britain
6.88 Anu Kaljurand
 Soviet Union
6.78 Jo Wise
 Great Britain
6.69
Shot put
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Ines Wittich
 East Germany
18.54 Heike Rohrmann
 East Germany
17.84 Elvira Polyakova
 Soviet Union
17.10
Discus throw
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Ilke Wyludda
 East Germany
68.24 Astrid Kumbernuss
 East Germany
64.08 Proletka Voycheva
 Bulgaria
58.94
Javelin throw
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Karen Forkel
 East Germany
61.44 Isel López
 Cuba
57.86 Malgorzata Kielczewska
 Poland
57.04
Heptathlon
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Svetla Dimitrova
 Bulgaria
6289 Yelena Petushkova
 Soviet Union
6102 Peggy Beer
 East Germany
6067
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany115521
2 Kenya62210
3 United States55212
4 Soviet Union461222
5 Cuba3328
6 Romania2204
7 Ethiopia (ETH)2114
8 Poland2035
9 Great Britain1225
10 Spain1214
11 Bulgaria1113
 West Germany1113
13 Hungary1001
 Mexico1001
15 Nigeria0213
16 Australia0202
17 Portugal0112
18 Algeria0101
 Belgium0101
 Czechoslovakia0101
 Greece0101
 Morocco0101
 Yugoslavia0101
24 Bahamas0011
 Chinese Taipei0011
 Finland0011
 Italy0011
 Jamaica0011
 Netherlands0011
 South Korea0011
 Zimbabwe0011
Totals (31 entries)414142124

Participation

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According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,[7] 1024 athletes from 123 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Junior host out to bury bad image". The Globe and Mail, July 21, 1988.
  2. ^ "Sudbury a surprise as world track meet site". Ottawa Citizen, November 19, 1987.
  3. ^ "Junior meet gets cash to go ahead". Vancouver Sun, July 18, 1988.
  4. ^ "Sudbury could lose world track meet". Toronto Star, July 17, 1998.
  5. ^ "Cash rescues world juniors". The Globe and Mail, July 19, 1988.
  6. ^ a b "Sudbury Invests Heavily in Image". Northern Ontario Business, September 1988.
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015
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