1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's long jump event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 29 and 30 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Petar Dachev   Bulgaria
Silver	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi   Qatar
Bronze	Luis Felipe Méliz   Cuba

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	8.11 (w: +0.9 m/s)	8.11 (w: +0.7 m/s)	x	7.69 (w: 0.0 m/s)	8.14 (w: +0.3 m/s)	x	8.14 (w: +0.3 m/s)
	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	Qatar	7.83 (w: -1.5 m/s)	8.11 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.90 (w: -1.0 m/s)	7.93 w (w: +2.1 m/s)	x	7.86 (w: +1.2 m/s)	8.11 (w: -0.1 m/s)
	Luis Felipe Méliz	Cuba	7.59 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.91 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	7.59 (w: +1.1 m/s)	7.62 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	7.91 (w: +0.6 m/s)
4	Krasimir Argirov	Bulgaria	7.79 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.87w (w: +2.7 m/s)	7.72 (w: +1.4 m/s)	6.62 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.60 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.39 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.87w (w: +2.7 m/s)
5	Danial Jahic	FR Yugoslavia	7.71 (w: +0.2 m/s)	x	x	7.83 (w: +0.1 m/s)	7.71 (w: +0.2 m/s)	x	7.83 (w: +0.1 m/s)
6	Wang Cheng	China	7.69 (w: -0.3 m/s)	7.75 (w: -3.0 m/s)	7.70 (w: +0.8 m/s)	x	x	x	7.75 (w: -3.0 m/s)
7	Schahriar Bigdeli	Germany	7.37 (w: -1.2 m/s)	7.65 (w: -0.2 m/s)	7.60 (w: -0.2 m/s)	7.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)	7.63 (w: -0.1 m/s)	x	7.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)
8	Vitaliy Shkurlatov	Russia	7.22 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.57 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	7.41 (w: -0.9 m/s)	7.61 (w: +0.8 m/s)	7.52 (w: -0.5 m/s)	7.61 (w: +0.8 m/s)
9	Chris Hercules	United States	7.48 (w: +1.8 m/s)	x	7.44 (w: -0.1 m/s)				7.48 (w: +1.8 m/s)
10	Tommi Evilä	Finland	x	7.39 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x				7.39 (w: +0.4 m/s)
11	Yann Doménech	France	x	7.11 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x				7.11 (w: +0.4 m/s)
	Chris Stafford	United States	x	x	x				NM

Qualifications

29 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	7.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)	-	-	7.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)	Q
2	Schahriar Bigdeli	Germany	7.88w (w: +2.5 m/s)	-	-	7.88w (w: +2.5 m/s)	Q
3	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	Qatar	7.86 (w: +1.0 m/s)	-	-	7.86 (w: +1.0 m/s)	Q
4	Wang Cheng	China	x	x	7.81 (w: +0.5 m/s)	7.81 (w: +0.5 m/s)	Q
5	Danial Jahic	FR Yugoslavia	7.35 (w: -1.5 m/s)	x	7.69 (w: +1.7 m/s)	7.69 (w: +1.7 m/s)	q
6	Vitaliy Shkurlatov	Russia	7.57 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.47 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.46 (w: -1.1 m/s)	7.57 (w: -0.1 m/s)	q
7	Chris Hercules	United States	7.29 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	7.56 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.56 (w: +0.4 m/s)	q
8	Janne Harju	Finland	7.46 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.30 (w: +1.0 m/s)	7.39 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.46 (w: +0.3 m/s)
9	Leslie Djhone	France	7.46 (w: -0.3 m/s)	x	x	7.46 (w: -0.3 m/s)
10	Masashi Watanabe	Japan	7.45 (w: +0.7 m/s)	x	7.38 (w: +0.2 m/s)	7.45 (w: +0.7 m/s)
11	Ferdinando Iucolane	Italy	7.35 (w: +1.1 m/s)	x	x	7.35 (w: +1.1 m/s)
12	DeWayne Barrett	Jamaica	x	x	7.26 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.26 (w: -0.1 m/s)
13	Santiago Sánchez	Spain	x	7.25 (w: +0.2 m/s)	7.08 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.25 (w: +0.2 m/s)
14	Tomasz Mateusiak	Poland	7.06 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.19 (w: +0.4 m/s)	6.92 (w: +0.9 m/s)	7.19 (w: +0.4 m/s)
15	Sanjay Kumar Rai	India	6.85 (w: -1.0 m/s)	6.98 (w: 0.0 m/s)	x	6.98 (w: 0.0 m/s)
16	Huang Chia-Yung	Chinese Taipei	6.82 (w: -1.2 m/s)	x	x	6.82 (w: -1.2 m/s)
17	Darren Thompson	United Kingdom	6.50 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	x	6.50 (w: +0.6 m/s)

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Luis Felipe Méliz	Cuba	7.49 (w: -0.3 m/s)	7.67 (w: +1.0 m/s)	7.59 w (w: +2.6 m/s)	7.67 (w: +1.0 m/s)	q
2	Yann Doménech	France	x	7.19 (w: +1.2 m/s)	7.59w (w: +2.2 m/s)	7.59w (w: +2.2 m/s)	q
3	Krasimir Argirov	Bulgaria	7.32 (w: +0.9 m/s)	7.04 (w: +1.5 m/s)	7.57 (w: +1.6 m/s)	7.57 (w: +1.6 m/s)	q
4	Tommi Evilä	Finland	x	7.04 (w: -2.0 m/s)	7.51w (w: +3.4 m/s)	7.51w (w: +3.4 m/s)	q
5	Chris Stafford	United States	7.49 (w: -0.1 m/s)	x	6.99 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.49 (w: -0.1 m/s)	q
6	Andrzej Masiak	Poland	x	7.48 (w: -1.0 m/s)	7.41 (w: +0.7 m/s)	7.48 (w: -1.0 m/s)
7	Esteban Copland	Venezuela	x	7.33 (w: +0.8 m/s)	7.41 (w: -1.0 m/s)	7.41 (w: -1.0 m/s)
8	Zhou Can	China	7.00 (w: -1.2 m/s)	7.39 (w: +1.9 m/s)	6.99 (w: +0.5 m/s)	7.39 (w: +1.9 m/s)
9	Idika Uduma	Nigeria	x	7.07 (w: -0.4 m/s)	7.36 (w: -0.7 m/s)	7.36 (w: -0.7 m/s)
10	Chiu Chin-Ching	Chinese Taipei	7.34 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x	6.26 (w: -0.2 m/s)	7.34 (w: +0.4 m/s)
11	Aundre Edwards	Jamaica	7.30 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.17 (w: +0.9 m/s)	7.13 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.30 (w: +0.6 m/s)
12	Shinichi Terano	Japan	x	x	7.25 (w: -0.8 m/s)	7.25 (w: -0.8 m/s)
13	Sergey Pavlov	Russia	7.13 (w: -1.1 m/s)	6.89 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	7.13 (w: -1.1 m/s)
14	Vahagn Javakhyan	Armenia	x	6.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x	6.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)
15	Jerome Abraham	Germany	x	x	6.95 (w: -0.4 m/s)	6.95 (w: -0.4 m/s)
	Alejandro Olivan	Spain	x	x	x	NM
	Boštjan Fridrih	Slovenia	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

•   Armenia (1)
•   Bulgaria (2)
•   China (2)
•   Chinese Taipei (2)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (2)
•   India (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Jamaica (2)
•   Japan (2)
•   Nigeria (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)
•   Venezuela (1)
•   FR Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. 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
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015