1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Jane Ngotho   Kenya
Silver	Olga Nazarkina   Soviet Union
Bronze	Mónica Gama   Portugal

Results

Final

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	33:49.45
	Olga Nazarkina	Soviet Union	33:50.03
	Mónica Gama	Portugal	34:16.13
4	María del Carmen Díaz	Mexico	34:23.38
5	Sonia Barry	New Zealand	34:44.92
6	Birgit Jerschabek	East Germany	34:46.77
7	Nives Curti	Italy	35:10.75
8	Amy Wendy	United States	35:20.20
9	Carole Trepanier	Canada	35:38.09
10	Sandina Duales	Ecuador	35:44.30
11	Solange de Souza	Brazil	36:25.20
12	Cindy Davis	United States	36:27.97
13	Ikuko Takahashi	Japan	37:04.95
14	Suzana Ćirić	Yugoslavia	37:09.98
15	Lucia Marcon	Italy	37:25.71
16	Lisa Harvey	Canada	37:51.95
17	Annet Bezemer	Netherlands	38:11.36
18	Yolanda Budich	Australia	38:43.33
19	Kirsi Valasti	Finland	39:07.30
	Larisa Alekseyeva	Soviet Union	DNF
	Anke Schäning	East Germany	DNF
	Karin Broberg	New Zealand	DNF
	Valerie Chauvel	France	DNF
	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	DNF
	Aisling Ryan	Ireland	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Ecuador (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (2)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Portugal (2)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. 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
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015