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

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. A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Medalists

Gold	Aleksandr Klimenko Soviet Union
Silver	Mike Stulce United States
Bronze	Aleksandr Klimov 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
	Aleksandr Klimov	Soviet Union	18.06	17.90	x	17.58	17.59	17.67	18.06
4	David Bultman	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	Johan Svensson	Sweden	16.66	16.75	x	x	16.24	16.20	16.75
9	Cui Guangyuan	China	16.64	16.68	15.89				16.68
10	Victor Costello	Ireland	16.59	16.13	16.22				16.59
11	Dariusz Kosinski	Poland	x	16.00	16.34				16.34
12	Andreas Vlasny	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	Aleksandr Klimov	Soviet Union	17.14	-	-	17.14	Q
4	Matthew Simson	United Kingdom	16.78	-	-	16.78	Q
5	Cui Guangyuan	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	Johan Svensson	Sweden	16.39	-	-	16.39	Q
9	David Bultman	United States	16.24	-	-	16.24	Q
10	Dariusz Kosinski	Poland	x	15.74	16.23	16.23	Q
11	Andreas Vlasny	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	Hussein Ali Al-Sayed	Kuwait	14.76	14.69	14.98	14.98
16	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	Paraguay	14.73	x	14.36	14.73
17	Ghufrain Hussein	Pakistan	14.25	14.49	14.57	14.57

Participation

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

• Austria (1)
• China (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Finland (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Kuwait (1)
• Pakistan (1)
• Paraguay (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)
• West Germany (1)