title: 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run
text: # 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run
  
  The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on 31 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Metaferia Zeleke Ethiopia |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Thomas Osano Kenya |
  | Bronze | Abel Gisemba Kenya |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  31 July
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Metaferia Zeleke | Ethiopia | 59:27 |
  | | Thomas Osano | Kenya | 1:00:14 |
  | | Abel Gisemba | Kenya | 1:00:36 |
  | 4 | Zoltán Káldy | Hungary | 1:00:54 |
  | 5 | Tesfayi Dadi | Ethiopia | 1:00:54 |
  | 6 | Valery Chesak | Soviet Union | 1:02:03 |
  | 7 | Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 1:02:33 |
  | 8 | Vanderlei de Lima | Brazil | 1:02:55 |
  | 9 | Ferenc Sági | Hungary | 1:03:06 |
  | 10 | Milan Pešava | Czechoslovakia | 1:03:42 |
  | 11 | Nick Tsioros | Canada | 1:03:45 |
  | 12 | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 1:03:57 |
  | 13 | David De Luchi | Italy | 1:04:00 |
  | 14 | Patrick Chikwatu | Malawi | 1:04:26 |
  | 15 | Norbert Kilimiali | Tanzania | 1:04:32 |
  | 16 | Masaki Yamamoto | Japan | 1:04:54 |
  | 17 | David Angell | United States | 1:05:03 |
  | 18 | Carsten Arndt | West Germany | 1:05:34 |
  | 19 | Rocco Cantatore | Italy | 1:05:52 |
  | 20 | Ricardo Castaño | Spain | 1:06:06 |
  | 21 | Ventislav Chavdarov | Bulgaria | 1:06:28 |
  | 22 | Robert Lopatka | Poland | 1:06:41 |
  | 23 | Jonah Sixpence | Zimbabwe | 1:07:03 |
  | 24 | Jim Kaiser | United States | 1:07:04 |
  | 25 | Ross Wilson | New Zealand | 1:07:27 |
  | 26 | Julian Pérez | Cuba | 1:07:49 |
  | 27 | Paddy McCluskey | Canada | 1:08:08 |
  | 28 | Douglas Rountree | New Zealand | 1:09:38 |
  | 29 | Hussein Haleem | Maldives | 1:11:34 |
  | 30 | Rajan Khatri | Nepal | 1:11:35 |
  | 31 | Richard Rodriguez | Aruba | 1:12:02 |
  | 32 | Byron Salome | Netherlands Antilles | 1:17:05 |
  | | Said Lai | Djibouti | DNF |
  | | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | DNF |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Aruba (1)
  * Brazil (2)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Canada (2)
  * Cuba (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (1)
  * Djibouti (1)
  * Ecuador (1)
  * Ethiopia (2)
  * Hungary (2)
  * Italy (2)
  * Japan (1)
  * Kenya (2)
  * Malawi (1)
  * Maldives (1)
  * Nepal (1)
  * Netherlands Antilles (1)
  * New Zealand (2)
  * Poland (1)
  * Soviet Union (1)
  * Spain (1)
  * Tanzania (2)
  * United States (2)
  * West Germany (1)
  * Zimbabwe (1)
  