1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's shot put event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.^[1][2] A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Aleksandr Klimenko  Soviet Union
Silver	Mike Stulce  United States
Bronze	Soviet Union

Results[]

Final[]

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Aleksandr Klimenko	Soviet Union	17.32	18.33	13.30	17.33	18.17	18.92	18.92
	Mike Stulce	United States	17.89	17.70	x	18.47	17.77	x	18.47
		Soviet Union	18.06	17.90	x	17.58	17.59	17.67	18.06
4		United States	17.10	16.93	16.72	17.50	x	16.92	17.50
5	Matthew Simson	United Kingdom	16.87	17.11	16.51	17.04	x	x	17.11
6	Dirk Urban	West Germany	x	15.65	16.84	16.36	16.91	16.76	16.91
7	Mika Halvari	Finland	16.17	16.78	16.77	x	x	x	16.78
8		Sweden	16.66	16.75	x	x	16.24	16.20	16.75
9		China	16.64	16.68	15.89				16.68
10	Victor Costello	Ireland	16.59	16.13	16.22				16.59
11		Poland	x	16.00	16.34				16.34
12		Austria	15.86	15.60	15.77				15.86

Qualifications[]

29 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Mike Stulce	United States	18.55	-	-	18.55	Q
2	Aleksandr Klimenko	Soviet Union	17.83	-	-	17.83	Q
3		Soviet Union	17.14	-	-	17.14	Q
4	Matthew Simson	United Kingdom	16.78	-	-	16.78	Q
5		China	16.74	-	-	16.74	Q
6	Mika Halvari	Finland	16.65	-	-	16.65	Q
7	Victor Costello	Ireland	16.40	-	-	16.40	Q
8		Sweden	16.39	-	-	16.39	Q
9		United States	16.24	-	-	16.24	Q
10		Poland	x	15.74	16.23	16.23	Q
11		Austria	15.56	x	16.16	16.16	Q
12	Dirk Urban	West Germany	16.13	-	-	16.13	Q
13	Carlos Fandiño	Cuba	15.83	15.93	x	15.93
14	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	15.55	15.78	15.57	15.78
15		Kuwait	14.76	14.69	14.98	14.98
16	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	Paraguay	14.73	x	14.36	14.73
17		Pakistan	14.25	14.49	14.57	14.57

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References[]