1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk

The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 31 July.

Medalists

Gold	Mari Cruz Díaz Spain
Silver	Olga Sánchez Spain
Bronze	Maria Grazia Orsani Italy

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mari Cruz Díaz	Spain	21:51.31
	Olga Sánchez	Spain	21:58.17
	Maria Grazia Orsani	Italy	22:04.74
4	Annarita Sidoti	Italy	22:36.47
5	Wang Yili	China	22:38.33
6	Nathalie Marchand	France	22:39.25
7	Gabrielle Blythe	Australia	22:44.82
8	Tatyana Titova	Soviet Union	23:00.82
9	Mioara Papuc	Romania	23:39.85
10	Corinne Whissel	Canada	24:32.25
11	Julie Drake	United Kingdom	24:37.42
12	Deirdre Collier	United States	24:40.14
13	Agnetha Chelimo	Kenya	24:45.91
14	Magdalena Pettersson	Sweden	24:51.54
15	Aleyna Narbey	Australia	25:07.65
16	Tina Poitras	Canada	25:09.73
17	Liliana Bermeo	Colombia	25:11.55
18	Marie Walsh	Ireland	26:11.14
19	Josephine Quinlan	Ireland	26:29.59
20	Sybil Perez	United States	26:34.44
21	Ivana Henn	Brazil	26:49.30
22	Teresa San Juan	Mexico	28:01.52
23	Indra Mala	Nepal	29:25.04
	Alina Ivanova	Soviet Union	DQ
	Anita Blomberg	Norway	DNF
	Karla Ramona Castro	Mexico	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Brazil (1)
• Canada (2)
• China (1)
• Colombia (1)
• France (1)
• Ireland (2)
• Italy (2)
• Kenya (1)
• Mexico (2)
• Nepal (1)
• Norway (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)