1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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 javelin throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	David Parker   United Kingdom
Silver	Hardus Pienaar   South Africa
Bronze	Yukifumi Murakami   Japan

Results

Final

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	David Parker	United Kingdom	72.85	67.03	70.83	69.85	x	x	72.85
	Hardus Pienaar	South Africa	63.20	61.12	67.44	66.19	71.16	x	71.16
	Yukifumi Murakami	Japan	66.87	70.72	63.22	69.78	68.98	x	70.72
4	Bronisław Korda	Poland	68.14	67.52	x	66.77	68.70	69.95	69.95
5	Scott Russell	Canada	61.67	69.17	x	64.08	67.64	59.18	69.17
6	Wu Po-Hung	Chinese Taipei	66.30	64.73	59.82	63.47	61.67	62.98	66.30
7	Andrew Martin	Australia	66.12	x	61.48	63.62	65.99	x	66.12
8	Dan Carter	United Kingdom	66.10	x	x	61.62	63.37	64.45	66.10
9	Jan Navara	Czech Republic	65.61	x	64.11				65.61
10	Björn Lange	Germany	64.32	x	58.61				64.32
11	Petr Belunek	Czech Republic	62.88	x	63.72				63.72
12	Edwin Cuesta	Venezuela	x	62.53	60.74				62.53

Qualifications

31 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Bronisław Korda	Poland	67.63	72.73	-	72.73	Q
2	Scott Russell	Canada	69.65	68.35	68.20	69.65	q
3	Hardus Pienaar	South Africa	65.15	65.81	69.44	69.44	q
4	Edwin Cuesta	Venezuela	67.90	x	x	67.90	q
5	Dan Carter	United Kingdom	67.64	x	65.26	67.64	q
6	Wu Po-Hung	Chinese Taipei	66.06	66.50	66.01	66.50	q
7	Björn Lange	Germany	64.23	63.50	66.10	66.10	q
8	Petr Belunek	Czech Republic	62.85	65.60	63.45	65.60	q
9	Ron White	United States	64.17	64.29	65.29	65.29
10	Andis Anskins	Latvia	58.75	61.90	61.04	61.90
11	Bogdan Vrhovec	Slovenia	60.55	58.95	56.70	60.55
12	Ham Sung-Hoon	South Korea	58.54	x	x	58.54

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Yukifumi Murakami	Japan	72.06	-	-	72.06	Q
2	Jan Navara	Czech Republic	67.53	66.86	68.67	68.67	q
3	David Parker	United Kingdom	66.57	x	67.29	67.29	q
4	Andrew Martin	Australia	66.20	x	65.86	66.20	q
5	Pasi Mäkipelto	Finland	61.77	63.12	65.01	65.01
6	Stuart Farquhar	New Zealand	63.82	61.37	58.93	63.82
7	Mattias Eriksson	Sweden	62.02	62.46	63.49	63.49
8	Aleksey Danilyuk	Belarus	x	x	61.37	61.37
9	Tim Werner	Germany	x	60.34	59.43	60.34
10	Brian Kollar	United States	56.37	60.06	59.58	60.06
11	Michael Allen	Ireland	59.39	59.04	59.55	59.55
12	Pascal Joder	Switzerland	58.56	58.37	59.15	59.15
13	Theunis Barnard	South Africa	58.80	58.76	57.61	58.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Belarus (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
•   Czech Republic (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Venezuela (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 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015