# 1988 Asian Junior Athletics Championships

The 1988 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 8–11 September in Singapore. A total of 40 events were contested, 22 for male athletes and 18 for female athletes.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Tatsuo Sugimoto (JPN) | 10.53 | Takayuki Nakamichi (JPN) | 10.65 | Wu Jianhui (CHN) | 10.78 |
| 200 metres | Yoshiyuki Okuyama (JPN) | 21.03 CR | Chainarong Wangganont (THA) | 21.45 | Yoshihiro Kato (JPN) | 21.70 |
| 400 metres | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 46.59 CR | Muhammad Sadaqat (PAK) | 47.74 | Yang Chung-Fu (TPE) | 47.86 |
| 800 metres | Yoshikazu Tachi (JPN) | 1:48.43 CR | Lin Kuang-Liang (TPE) | 1:50.52 | Hamid Sajjadi (IRI) | 1:51.05 |
| 1500 metres | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:44.00 CR | Hiroshi Fukaya (JPN) | 3:46.23 | Hamid Sajjadi (IRI) | 3:46.77 |
| 5000 metres | Han Zongmin (CHN) | 14:31.99 | Li Gyong-Ho (PRK) | 14:41.69 | Kazuhito Kumagai (JPN) | 14:44.74 |
| 10,000 metres | Jun Hiratsuka (JPN) | 30:18.74 | Oh Jong-Ho (PRK) | 30:20.27 | Masaki Yamamoto (JPN) | 30:37.64 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Ziad Al-Khader (KUW) | 14.49 | Fouad Ghanem (BHR) | 14.50 | Masamutsu Hiraishi (JPN) | 14.68 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Atsushi Yamamoto (JPN) | 51.40 | Shigeru Yamaguchi (JPN) | 51.53 | Fouad Ghanem (BHR) | 51.59 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Hiroyuki Itabashi (JPN) | 5:44.15 CR | Hamid Sajjadi (IRI) | 5:44.52 | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 5:47.25 |
| 4×100 m relay | Japan (JPN) | 39.99 CR | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 40.49 | Thailand (THA) | 41.05 |
| 4×400 m relay | Japan (JPN) | 3:10.71 | Malaysia (MAS) | 3:12.45 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3:12.59 |
| 10,000 metres walk | Kong Tao (CHN) | 44:49.2 CR | Balay Thirukumaran (MAS) | 51:40.6 | Subramanian Thanigasalam (SIN) | 53:03.3 |
| High jump | Park Jae-Hong (KOR) | 2.16 m CR | Hiroyuki Sakaida (JPN) | 2.16 m | Saleh Zaid Al-Mass (BHR) | 2.09 m |
| Pole vault | Toshiaki Takahashi (JPN) | 5.00 m CR | Wu Chien-Kuo (TPE) | 4.40 m | Ahmed Hamdan (KUW) | 4.20 m |
| Long jump | Nai Hui-fang (TPE) | 7.84 m | Zhou Ming (CHN) | 7.68 m | Benny Fernando (SRI) | 7.33 m |
| Triple jump | Nai Hui-fang (TPE) | 16.48 m CR | Sun Xiao (CHN) | 15.77 m | Saleh Zaid Al-Mass (BHR) | 15.18 m |
| Shot put | Zhang Yan (CHN) | 16.12 m | Hussein Ali Al-Sayed (KUW) | 15.14 m | Chen Yi-Shu (TPE) | 14.67 m |
| Discus throw | Li Jing (CHN) | 50.12 m CR | Kim Yong-Nam (PRK) | 46.36 m | Upkar Singh (IND) | 45.74 m |
| Hammer throw | Satoshi Yamamoto (JPN) | 55.12 m | Sudhir Singh Kumar (IND) | 52.40 m | Adel Al-Qatami (QAT) | 51.14 m |
| Javelin throw | Kimio Morisawa (JPN) | 68.40 m | Park Yong-Young (KOR) | 65.60 m | Yang Hongtao (CHN) | 64.96 m |
| Decathlon | Takashi Kiyokawa (JPN) | 7009 pts CR | Wu Wen-Jih (TPE) | 6628 pts | Ju Jun-Shoei (TPE) | 6424 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Qi Hong (CHN) | 12.04 | Chen Ya-Li (TPE) | 12.14 | Toshie Kitada (JPN) | 12.29 |
| 200 metres | Chen Ya-Li (TPE) | 24.24 CR | Toshie Kitada (JPN) | 24.66 | Ooi Juat Khoon (MAS) | 24.73 |
| 400 metres | Zhao Min (CHN) | 54.51 CR | Kutty Saramma (IND) | 55.40 | Sriprai Chaikaew (THA) | 55.51 |
| 800 metres | Zhu Xiuying (CHN) | 2:10.06 | Jeon Yong-Im (KOR) | 2:10.17 | Huang Chuen-Li (TPE) | 2:10.77 |
| 1500 metres | Chong Yeong-Wi (KOR) | 4:25.09 CR | Choi Ok-Soon (PRK) | 4:26.38 | Tomoko Nagao (JPN) | 4:26.78 |
| 3000 metres | Kim Song-Hwa (PRK) | 9:46.16 CR | Tomoko Nagao (JPN) | 9:46.48 | Paek Do-Jong (PRK) | 9:47.39 |
| 5000 metres | Paek Do-Jong (PRK) | 17:05.79 | Betty Sarmiyati (INA) | 17:13.18 | Kim Gwang-Ok (PRK) | 17:31.28 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Zhang Aimei (CHN) | 14.05 | Wang Shu-Hua (TPE) | 14.10 | Chan Sau Ying (HKG) | 14.46 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Nozomi Higashida (JPN) | 60.40 | Su Huei-Chun (TPE) | 61.19 | Hsieh Shio-Yin (TPE) | 62.20 |
| 4×100 m relay | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 46.15 CR | Japan (JPN) | 47.17 | Malaysia (MAS) | 47.90 |
| 4×400 m relay | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3:44.04 CR | Japan (JPN) | 3:44.82 | Malaysia (MAS) | 3:55.65 |
| 5000 metres walk | Fan Xiaoling (CHN) | 24:48.4 CR | Chiyoko Terui (JPN) | 25:02.8 | Kavita Garari (IND) | 27:15.1 |
| High jump | Zhang Tong (CHN) | 1.82 m CR | Su Chun-Yueh (TPE) | 1.82 m | Baek Gyeong-Seok (KOR) | 1.69 m |
| Long jump | Wang Chunfang (CHN) | 6.34 m CR | Wang Shu-Hua (TPE) | 6.06 m (w) | Chu Je-Wen (TPE) | 5.92 m |
| Shot put | Wang Shujie (CHN) | 14.26 m | Huang Chia-Huei (TPE) | 12.93 m | Mun Hye-Ran (KOR) | 12.92 m |
| Discus throw | Tian Liping (CHN) | 50.98 m CR | Lee Hsieh-Hua (TPE) | 45.04 m | Kau Chuen-Mei (TPE) | 44.18 m |
| Javelin throw | Wang Lianyun (CHN) | 55.52 m | Shiny Verghese (IND) | 50.58 m | Akiko Adachi (JPN) | 46.50 m |
| Heptathlon | Hsu Huei-Ying (TPE) | 5364 pts | Ma Chun-Ping (TPE) | 5192 pts | Hong Xiao Jing (SIN) | 5132 pts |

## Medals

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 14 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 13 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 6 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | India (IND) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |