1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Christian Malcolm Great Britain	10.12 WJL	Amar Johnson United States	10.34 PB	Dwight Thomas Jamaica	10.40
200 m	Christian Malcolm Great Britain	20.44 WJL	Jairo Duzant Netherlands Antilles	20.92 NJR	Russell Frye United States	20.94
400 m	Nduka Awazie Nigeria	45.54 PB	Casey Vincent Australia	45.55 PB	Fawzi Al Shammari Kuwait	45.89 NJR
800 m	William Chirchir Kenya	1:47.23	Wilfred Bungei Kenya	1:47.53	Paskar Owor Uganda	1:48.20 PB
1500 m	Adil Kaouch Morocco	3:42.43	Benjamin Kipkurui Kenya	3:42.67	Robert Witt Poland	3:43.47
5000 m	Million Wolde Ethiopia	13:47.49	Kipchumba Mitei Kenya	13:49.60	Ahmed Baday Morocco	13:49.86
10 000 m	Benson Barus Kenya	29:24.28	Salim Kipsang Kenya	29:36.80	Alene Emere Ethiopia	29:47.60
110 m H	Staņislavs Olijars Latvia	13.51	Sharif Paxton United States	14.10	Florian Seibold Germany	14.21
400 m H	Periklis Iakovakis Greece	49.82 WJL	Osiris Martínez Cuba	50.17 PB	Peter Bate Australia	50.83
3000 m St.	Reuben Kosgei Kenya	8:23.76 WJL	Abraham Cherono Kenya	8:32.24	El Moustapha Mellour Morocco	8:34.91 PB
10000 m track walk	Roman Rasskazov Russia	41:55.95	Liu Yunfeng China	42:01.11	Mario Iván Flores Mexico	42:04.55
4 × 100 m	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 m	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	Alfredo Deza Peru	2.21	Yin Xueli China	2.21 PB	Aleksandr Veryutin Belarus	2.21 PB
Pole vault	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	Petar Dachev Bulgaria	8.14 NJR	Abdel Rahmane Al-Nubi Qatar	8.11 AJR	Felipe Melis Cuba	7.91
Triple jump	Ionut Punga Romania	16.94 WJL	Ivaylo Russinov Bulgaria	16.65 PB	Gregory Yeldell United States	16.44 PB
Shot put	Mikulas Konopka Slovakia	18.50	Janus Robberts South Africa	18.15	Carl Myerscough Great Britain	18.12
Discus	Zoltán Kővágó Hungary	59.36	Emeka Udechuku Great Britain	57.99	Gabor Mate Hungary	56.96
Javelin	David Parker Great Britain	72.85	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	71.16 PB	Yukifumi Murakami Japan	70.72
Hammer	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland	72.40 CR	Yuriy Voronkin Russia	69.66	Wojciech Kondratowicz Poland	68.93
Decathlon	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)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Shakedia Jones United States	11.19	Angela Williams United States	11.27	Joan Uduak Ekah Nigeria	11.50
200 m	Muriel Hurtis France	23.22	Shakedia Jones United States	23.39	Sarah Wilhelmy Great Britain	23.56
400 m	Natalya Nazarova Russia	52.02	Nakiya Johnson United States	52.09 PB	Yupalis Díaz Cuba	52.39 NJR
800 m	Olga Mikayeva Russia	2:05.34	Jebet Langat Kenya	2:05.43	Naomi Misoi Kenya	2:05.77
1500 m	Lan Lixin China	4:10.05	Yemenashu Taye Ethiopia	4:11.97 PB	Bouchra Benthami Morocco	4:12.76
3000 m	Yin Lili China	8:57.09 PB	Yemenashu Taye Ethiopia	9:01.70	Edna Kiplagat Kenya	9:05.46
5000 m	Yin Lili China	15:29.65 CR	Faith Jemutai Kenya	15:34.48 PB	Meryma Hashim Kenya	15:39.57 PB
100 m H	Julie Pratt Great Britain	13.75	Sun Hong Wei China	13.75	Susanna Kallur Sweden	13.77
400 m H	Li Yu Lian China	55.93	Allison Beckford Jamaica	57.19 NJR	Sun Hong Wei China	57.43
5000 m track walk	Sabine Zimmer Germany	21:14.39	Jolanta Dukure Latvia	21:17.89 NJR	Xue Ailing China	21:28.57 PB
4 × 100 m	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 Melanie Walker Lisa Sharpe	44.61
4 × 400 m	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	Marina Kuptsova Russia	1.88	Marie Norrman Sweden	1.88 PB	Tatyana Efimenko Kyrgyzstan Nevena Lendjel Croatia	1.84
Pole vault	Monika Gotz Germany	4.20	María Mar Sánchez Spain Monika Pyrek Poland	4.10 NJR 4.10 NJR
Long jump	Peng Fengmei China	6.59	Lu Xin China	6.57	Maria Chiara Baccini Italy	6.55 NJR
Triple jump	Baya Rahouli Algeria	14.04 AJR	Maria Solomon Russia	13.75 PB	Marija Martinovic Yugoslavia	13.47
Shot put	Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus	18.23 WJL	Du Xianhui China	17.69 PB	Nadine Banse Germany	16.94
Discus	Liu Fengying China	60.66	Milina Robert Michon France	55.01	Lacramioara Ionescu Romania	54.64
Javelin	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	68.17 WJL	Liang Lili China	61.72 PB	Wei Jianhua China	59.10
Hammer	Bianca Achilles Germany	62.22 CR	Sini Pöyry Finland	61.76 NJR	Maureen Griffin United States	60.14
Heptathlon	Shen Shengfei China	5815	Susanna Rajamaki Finland	5721	Viorica Tigau 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)

Medals table

Medal count
#	Country	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
	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
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1

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