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

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.

## Medalists

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

## Results
### Final

30 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | 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) | 7.87 w (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) | 7.87 w (w: +2.7 m/s) | |
| 5 | Danial Jahic | 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Petar Dachev | Bulgaria | 7.98 (w: +0.4 m/s) | - | - | 7.98 (w: +0.4 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Schahriar Bigdeli | Germany | 7.88 w (w: +2.5 m/s) | - | - | 7.88 w (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 | 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 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) | 7.59 w (w: +2.2 m/s) | 7.59 w (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) | 7.51 w (w: +3.4 m/s) | 7.51 w (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)
* Yugoslavia (1)