1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Planning

The city's bid to host the games was accepted in 1986, winning over Cali, Colombia. Sudbury had recently established a strong reputation in sporting circles due to its hosting of the 1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, as well as Alex Baumann's world record performance in swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Despite this, IAAF president Primo Nebiolo personally opposed the selection, arguing that the city was not large or world-famous enough to be an appropriate host city for the event. As late as ten days before the event was to begin, the event still faced a significant budget gap in its broadcasting contracts, with Nebiolo again threatening to pull the games from the city before a last-minute donation from the Canadian Track and Field Association covered the shortfall.

Once the games started, however, Nebiolo was more positive, stating that the games benefited from being held in a smaller centre that was able to provide an athlete-centred experience and had the community spirit to draw on a huge base of volunteers.

The city's Northern Lights Festival Boréal was held concurrently to serve as the championships' cultural festival. CBC Television and MCTV acted as the host broadcasters.

Overall, the games contributed approximately $8 million to the city's local economy.

Results

Men

Women

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1024 athletes from 123 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• ALG (2)
• ASA (1)
• AND (1)
• AIA (1)
• ATG (1)
• ARG (3)
• ARU (1)
• AUS (43)
• AUT (10)
• BAH (6)
• BHR (2)
• BAN (1)
• BAR (1)
• BEL (13)
• BER (1)
• BOL (1)
• BOT (2)
• BRA (21)
• IVB (1)
• BUL (22)
• BUR (2)
• CAN (48)
• CAY (1)
• CHI (2)
• CHN (20)
• TPE (12)
• COL (3)
• CGO (1)
• COK (1)
• CRC (2)
• Côte d'Ivoire (3)
• CUB (24)
• CYP (2)
• TCH (11)
• DEN (2)
• DJI (1)
• DOM (2)
• GDR (37)
• ECU (4)
• EGY (1)
• ESA (1)
• ETH (12)
• FIJ (1)
• FIN (22)
• FRA (39)
• GAM (1)
• GHA (4)
• GBR (40)
• GRE (8)
• GUA (2)
• GUI (2)
• GUY (2)
• HON (2)
• HKG (2)
• HUN (18)
• ISL (2)
• IRL (9)
• ISR (2)
• ITA (45)
• JAM (15)
• JPN (25)
• KEN (17)
• KUW (2)
• LIB (1)
• LIE (1)
• MAD (1)
• MAW (2)
• MDV (1)
• MLT (1)
• MTN (1)
• MRI (2)
• MEX (8)
• MON (1)
• MSR (1)
• MAR (4)
• NEP (2)
• NED (14)
• AHO (2)
• NZL (12)
• NGR (10)
• NOR (14)
• PAK (2)
• PAN (1)
• PAR (2)
• PER (1)
• PHI (1)
• POL (17)
• POR (16)
• PUR (2)
• QAT (2)
• ROU (16)
• SKN (1)
• LCA (2)
• VIN (2)
• SEN (3)
• SEY (2)
• SLE (2)
• SIN (1)
• SOM (3)
• KOR (3)
• URS (60)
• ESP (30)
• SRI (1)
• SUD (2)
• SUR (1)
• Swaziland (1)
• SWE (16)
• SUI (10)
• TAN (7)
• THA (1)
• TGA (1)
• TRI (2)
• TUR (2)
• UGA (2)
• USA (75)
• ISV (2)
• VAN (1)
• FRG (47)
• Western Samoa (1)
• YUG (10)
• ZAI (2)
• ZAM (3)
• ZIM (4)

References

References

1. "Junior host out to bury bad image". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 21, 1988.
2. In addition to the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]]'s concerns about the political instability of Colombia at the time,"Sudbury a surprise as world track meet site". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', November 19, 1987.
3. "Sudbury could lose world track meet". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 17, 1998.
4. "Cash rescues world juniors". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 19, 1988.
5. "Sudbury Invests Heavily in Image". ''[[Northern Ontario Business]]'', September 1988.
6. Paul Schratz, "Sudbury's offering fine entertainment to go along with great sports action". ''[[North Bay Nugget]]'', June 16, 1988.
7. Peters, Lionel. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH").
8. "IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES". [[IAAF]].