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

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 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	Soviet Union
Bronze	Portugal

Results[]

Final[]

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	33:49.45
		Soviet Union	33:50.03
		Portugal	34:16.13
4	María del Carmen Díaz	Mexico	34:23.38
5		New Zealand	34:44.92
6	Birgit Jerschabek	East Germany	34:46.77
7	Nives Curti	Italy	35:10.75
8		United States	35:20.20
9		Canada	35:38.09
10		Ecuador	35:44.30
11	Solange de Souza	Brazil	36:25.20
12		United States	36:27.97
13		Japan	37:04.95
14	Suzana Ćirić	Yugoslavia	37:09.98
15		Italy	37:25.71
16	Lisa Harvey	Canada	37:51.95
17		Netherlands	38:11.36
18		Australia	38:43.33
19	Kirsi Valasti	Finland	39:07.30
		Soviet Union	DNF
		East Germany	DNF
	Karin Broberg	New Zealand	DNF
		France	DNF
		Portugal	DNF
		Ireland	DNF

Participation[]

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

References[]