Host city | Annecy, France |
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Nations | 169 |
Athletes | 1156 |
Events | 43 |
Dates | 28 July – 2 August |
Main venue | Parc des Sports |
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.
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]
* Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | |
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 |
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]