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

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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

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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* 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

## Participation

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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]

* Albania (1)
* Algeria (12)
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (6)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (51)
* Austria (7)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahamas (5)
* Bahrain (1)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Barbados (2)
* Belarus (16)
* Belgium (8)
* Benin (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bhutan (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (12)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Burundi (6)
* Cambodia (1)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (11)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chile (2)
* China (31)
* Chinese Taipei (10)
* Colombia (4)
* Congo (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Croatia (13)
* Cuba (11)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (17)
* Dominica (1)
* Ecuador (4)
* Egypt (2)
* El Salvador (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Ethiopia (13)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (27)
* France (63)
* Gabon (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (69)
* Ghana (1)
* Great Britain (48)
* Greece (23)
* Grenada (2)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (17)
* Iceland (2)
* India (4)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (31)
* Jamaica (30)
* Japan (32)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Kenya (18)
* Kuwait (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (6)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lesotho (2)
* Liberia (1)
* Lithuania (6)
* Luxembourg (2)
* North Macedonia (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Mali (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Mauritius (2)
* Mexico (6)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (16)
* Myanmar (1)
* Namibia (2)
* Netherlands (7)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (15)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Niger (1)
* Nigeria (4)
* Norfolk Island (1)
* Norway (7)
* Palestine (1)
* Panama (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (31)
* Portugal (13)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (9)
* Romania (19)
* Russia (39)
* Rwanda (2)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Samoa (1)
* San Marino (1)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (7)
* Slovenia (15)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (37)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (30)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Eswatini (1)
* Sweden (19)
* Switzerland (3)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* Togo (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (3)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (5)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Uganda (4)
* Ukraine (8)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (62)
* Uruguay (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Venezuela (8)
* Vietnam (1)
* Yemen (1)
* Yugoslavia (5)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (2)

## References

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1. ^ 14th IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona 2012 Facts & Figures Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, page 15
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
3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

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