1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
	The host stadium in Annecy (shown during a football match).
Host city	Annecy, France
Nations	169
Athletes	1156
Events	43
Dates	28 July – 2 August
Main venue	Parc des Sports
	← 1996 Sydney 2000 Santiago →

Last updated February 21, 2024

The 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1998 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Annecy, France from July 28 to August 2.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Christian Malcolm Great Britain	10.12 WJL	Amar Johnson United States	10.34 PB	Dwight Thomas Jamaica	10.40
200 metres details	Christian Malcolm Great Britain	20.44 WJL	Jairo Duzant Netherlands Antilles	20.92 NJR	Russell Frye United States	20.94
400 metres details	Nduka Awazie Nigeria	45.54 PB	Casey Vincent Australia	45.55 PB	Fawzi Al Shammari Kuwait	45.89 NJR
800 metres details	William Chirchir Kenya	1:47.23	Wilfred Bungei Kenya	1:47.53	Paskar Owor Uganda	1:48.20 PB
1500 metres details	Adil Kaouch Morocco	3:42.43	Benjamin Kipkurui Kenya	3:42.67	Robert Witt Poland	3:43.47
5000 metres details	Million Wolde Ethiopia	13:47.49	Kipchumba Mitei Kenya	13:49.60	Reuben Kiyara Kamzee Kenya	13:51.22 ¹
10,000 metres details	Benson Barus Kenya	29:24.28	Salim Kipsang Kenya	29:36.80	Alene Emere Ethiopia	29:47.60
110 metres hurdles details	Staņislavs Olijars Latvia	13.51	Sharif Paxton United States	14.10	Florian Seibold Germany	14.21
400 metres hurdles details	Periklis Iakovakis Greece	49.82 WJL	Osiris Martínez Cuba	50.17 PB	Peter Bate Australia	50.83
3000 metres steeplechase details	Reuben Kosgei Kenya	8:23.76 WJL	Abraham Cherono Kenya	8:32.24	El Moustapha Mellour Morocco	8:34.91 PB
10,000 metres walk details	Roman Rasskazov Russia	41:55.95	Liu Yunfeng China	42:01.11	Mario Iván Flores Mexico	42:04.55
4 × 100 metres relay details	Jamaica Steve Slowly Thomas Collin Paul Thompson Roy Bailey	39.70 WJL	United States Casey Combest Dashaun McCullough Amar Johnson Russell Frye	39.71	Germany Tobias Unger Stefan Holz Zapletal Jirka Kevin Kuske	39.99
4 × 400 metres relay details	Australia Daniel McFarlane Daniel Batman Aaron Russell Casey Vincent	3:04.74 WJL	United States Tony Berrian Kevin Baker Brian Swarn Andrew Pierce	3:05.06	Jamaica Sanjay Ayre Leroy Colquhoun Omar Henry Dwayne Miller	3:05.31
High jump details	Alfredo Deza Peru	2.21	Yin Xueli China	2.21 PB	Aleksandr Veryutin Belarus	2.21 PB
Pole vault details	Pavel Gerasimov Russia	5.55 PB	Lars Börgeling Germany	5.50	Paul Burgess Australia Adam Ptacek Czech Republic Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy	5.20
Long jump details	Petar Dachev Bulgaria	8.14 NJR	Abdel Rahmane Al-Nubi Qatar	8.11 AJR	Luis Felipe Méliz Cuba	7.91
Triple jump details	Ionut Punga Romania	16.94 WJL	Ivaylo Russinov Bulgaria	16.65 PB	Gregory Yeldell United States	16.44 PB
Shot put details	Mikulas Konopka Slovakia	18.50	Janus Robberts South Africa	18.15	Carl Myerscough Great Britain	18.12
Discus throw details	Zoltán Kővágó Hungary	59.36	Emeka Udechuku Great Britain	57.99	Gabor Mate Hungary	56.96
Hammer throw details	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland	72.40 CR	Yuriy Voronkin Russia	69.66	Wojciech Kondratowicz Poland	68.93
Javelin throw details	David Parker Great Britain	72.85	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	71.16 PB	Yukifumi Murakami Japan	70.72
Decathlon details	Aki Heikkinen Finland	7476	Thomas Poge Germany	7332 PB	Jaakko Ojaniemi Finland	7246 PB
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

¹ Ahmed Baday of Morocco originally won the bronze medal in 13:49.86, but he was disqualified after it was discovered he was 24 years old at the time of the Championships.^[1]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Shakedia Jones United States	11.19	Angela Williams United States	11.27	Joan Uduak Ekah Nigeria	11.50
200 metres details	Muriel Hurtis France	23.22	Shakedia Jones United States	23.39	Sarah Wilhelmy Great Britain	23.56
400 metres details	Natalya Nazarova Russia	52.02	Nakiya Johnson United States	52.09 PB	Yupalis Díaz Cuba	52.39 NJR
800 metres details	Olga Mikayeva Russia	2:05.34	Jebet Langat Kenya	2:05.43	Naomi Misoi Kenya	2:05.77
1500 metres details	Lan Lixin China	4:10.05	Yemenashu Taye Ethiopia	4:11.97 PB	Bouchra Benthami Morocco	4:12.76
3000 metres details	Yin Lili China	8:57.09 PB	Yemenashu Taye Ethiopia	9:01.70	Edna Kiplagat Kenya	9:05.46
5000 metres details	Yin Lili China	15:29.65 CR	Faith Jemutai Kenya	15:34.48 PB	Meryma Hashim Kenya	15:39.57 PB
100 metres hurdles details	Julie Pratt Great Britain	13.75	Sun Hong Wei China	13.75	Susanna Kallur Sweden	13.77
400 metres hurdles details	Li Yu Lian China	55.93	Allison Beckford Jamaica	57.19 NJR	Sun Hong Wei China	57.43
5000 metres walk details	Sabine Zimmer Germany	21:14.39	Jolanta Dukure Latvia	21:17.89 NJR	Xue Ailing China	21:28.57 PB
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Angela Williams Keyon Soley Myra Combs Shakedia Jones	43.52 WJL	France Celine Thelamon Muriel Hurtis Nadia Imalouan Anne Carole Rapp	44.07 NJR	Jamaica Tulia Robinson Aleen Bailey Melaine Walker Lisa Sharpe	44.61
4 × 400 metres relay details	Jamaica Patricia Hall Peta-Gaye Gayle Keasha Downer Allison Beckford	3:32.29 WJL	Russia Svetlana Pospelova Olga Mikayeva Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova	3:32.35	United States Mikele Barber Myra Combs Demetria Washington Nakiya Johnson	3:32.85
High jump details	Marina Kuptsova Russia	1.88	Marie Norrman Sweden	1.88 PB	Tatyana Efimenko Kyrgyzstan Nevena Lendjel Croatia	1.84
Pole vault details	Monika Gotz Germany	4.20	María Mar Sánchez Spain Monika Pyrek Poland	4.10 NJR 4.10 NJR	None awarded	None awarded
Long jump details	Peng Fengmei China	6.59	Lu Xin China	6.57	Maria Chiara Baccini Italy	6.55 NJR
Triple jump details	Baya Rahouli Algeria	14.04 AJR	Maria Solomon Russia	13.75 PB	Marija Martinovic Yugoslavia	13.47
Shot put details	Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus	18.23 WJL	Du Xianhui China	17.69 PB	Nadine Banse Germany	16.94
Discus throw details	Liu Fengying China	60.66	Mélina Robert-Michon France	55.01	Lacramioara Ionescu Romania	54.64
Hammer throw details	Bianca Achilles Germany	61.79	Sini Pöyry Finland	61.76 NJR	Maureen Griffin United States	60.14
Javelin throw details	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	68.17 WJL	Liang Lili China	61.72 PB	Wei Jianhua China	59.10
Heptathlon details	Shen Shengfei China	5815	Susanna Rajamäki Finland	5721	Viorica Țigău Romania	5720 PB
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

* Host nation (France)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	7	6	3	16
2	Russia	5	2	0	7
3	Great Britain	4	1	2	7
4	Kenya	3	7	2	12
5	Germany	3	2	3	8
6	United States	2	7	4	13
7	Finland	2	2	1	5
8	Jamaica	2	1	3	6
9	Ethiopia	1	2	2	5
10	France *	1	2	0	3
11	Australia	1	1	2	4
	Cuba	1	1	2	4
	Romania	1	1	2	4
14	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
14	Latvia	1	1	0	2
16	Morocco	1	0	3	4
17	Belarus	1	0	1	2
	Hungary	1	0	1	2
	Nigeria	1	0	1	2
20	Algeria	1	0	0	1
	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Peru	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
24	South Africa	0	2	0	2
25	Poland	0	1	2	3
26	Sweden	0	1	1	2
27	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1
	Qatar	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
30	Italy	0	0	2	2
31	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (38 entries)		43	44	45	132

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[2] 1156 athletes from 169 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[3]

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References

↑ 14th IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona 2012 Facts & Figures Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine , page 15
↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links

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Official results

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[1] 14th IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona 2012 Facts & Figures Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine , page 15

[wjah-2] Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015

[iaaf_00-3] IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

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