# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July. 106.7 cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Reynaldo Quintero Cuba |
| Silver | Steve Brown United States |
| Bronze | Elbert Ellis United States |

## Results
### Final

30 July Wind: +3.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Reynaldo Quintero | Cuba | 13.71 w |
| | Steve Brown | United States | 13.73 w |
| | Elbert Ellis | United States | 13.78 w |
| 4 | Vladimir Belokon | Soviet Union | 13.82 w |
| 5 | Paul Gray | United Kingdom | 14.02 w |
| 6 | Mircea Oaida | Romania | 14.03 w |
| 7 | Dan Philibert | France | 14.08 w |
| 8 | Diego Puppo | Italy | 14.19 w |

### Semifinals

30 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +2.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steve Brown | United States | 13.91 w | Q |
| 2 | Dan Philibert | France | 13.92 w | Q |
| 3 | Mircea Oaida | Romania | 13.97 w | Q |
| 4 | Diego Puppo | Italy | 14.03 w | q |
| 5 | Hans-Peter Lott | West Germany | 14.11 w | |
| 6 | Piotr Klewenhagen | Poland | 14.17 w | |
| 7 | Mikhail Edel | Soviet Union | 14.18 w | |
| 8 | Chen Chin-Hsiung | Chinese Taipei | 14.99 w | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Reynaldo Quintero | Cuba | 13.91 | Q |
| 2 | Elbert Ellis | United States | 13.95 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Gray | United Kingdom | 13.97 | Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Belokon | Soviet Union | 14.04 | q |
| 5 | Masamutsu Hiraishi | Japan | 14.40 | |
| 6 | Niklas Eriksson | Sweden | 14.53 | |
| 7 | Michael Schweisfurth | West Germany | 14.56 | |
| 8 | Gian Luca Cariccia | Italy | 14.66 | |

### Heats

29 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +4.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steve Brown | United States | 14.07 w | Q |
| 2 | Reynaldo Quintero | Cuba | 14.13 w | Q |
| 3 | Piotr Klewenhagen | Poland | 14.29 w | Q |
| 4 | Chen Chin-Hsiung | Chinese Taipei | 14.48 w | q |
| 5 | Michael Schweisfurth | West Germany | 14.49 w | q |
| 6 | Rhys Davies | United Kingdom | 14.61 w | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +2.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elbert Ellis | United States | 13.98 w | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Belokon | Soviet Union | 14.01 w | Q |
| 3 | Dan Philibert | France | 14.09 w | Q |
| 4 | Masamutsu Hiraishi | Japan | 14.44 w | q |
| 5 | Fouad Ghanem | Bahrain | 14.57 w | |
| 6 | Fabio Aleixo | Brazil | 15.06 w | |
| 7 | Ruhan Işım | Turkey | 15.09 w | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mircea Oaida | Romania | 14.02 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Gray | United Kingdom | 14.03 | Q |
| 3 | Mikhail Edel | Soviet Union | 14.31 | Q |
| 4 | Gian Luca Cariccia | Italy | 14.41 | q |
| 5 | Antti Haapakoski | Finland | 14.53 | |
| 6 | Ziad Al-Khader | Kuwait | 14.69 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +2.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hans-Peter Lott | West Germany | 14.12 w | Q |
| 2 | Diego Puppo | Italy | 14.20 w | Q |
| 3 | Niklas Eriksson | Sweden | 14.53 w | Q |
| 4 | Roberto Carmona | Mexico | 14.65 w | |
| 5 | Anders Hoven | Norway | 15.27 w | |
| 6 | Benjamin Grant | Sierra Leone | 15.79 w | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Bahrain (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)