# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28 and 29 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Shakedia Jones United States |
| Silver | Angela Williams United States |
| Bronze | Joan Ekah Nigeria |

## Results
### Final

29 July Wind: +1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Shakedia Jones | United States | 11.19 |
| | Angela Williams | United States | 11.27 |
| | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 11.50 |
| 4 | Céline Thélamon | France | 11.58 |
| 5 | Tulia Robinson | Jamaica | 11.63 |
| 6 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.65 |
| 7 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 11.68 |
| 8 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 11.88 |

### Semifinals

29 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shakedia Jones | United States | 11.40 | Q |
| 2 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 11.59 | Q |
| 3 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.63 | Q |
| 4 | Céline Thélamon | France | 11.65 | Q |
| 5 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.70 | |
| 6 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.75 | |
| 7 | Petronella Árva | Hungary | 11.79 | |
| 8 | Sina Schielke | Germany | 11.82 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Angela Williams | United States | 11.40 | Q |
| 2 | Tulia Robinson | Jamaica | 11.60 | Q |
| 3 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 11.75 | Q |
| 4 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 11.88 | Q |
| 5 | Zeng Xiujun | China | 11.88 | |
| 6 | Enikő Szabó | Hungary | 11.88 | |
| 7 | Anne Carole Rapp | France | 11.93 | |
| 8 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 12.15 | |

### Quarterfinals

28 July

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Angela Williams | United States | 11.69 | Q |
| 2 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.70 | Q |
| 3 | Tulia Robinson | Jamaica | 11.84 | Q |
| 4 | Enikő Szabó | Hungary | 11.89 | Q |
| 5 | Sina Schielke | Germany | 11.93 | q |
| 6 | Nathalie Beaubrun | Canada | 12.06 | |
| 7 | Erica Marchetti | Italy | 12.11 | |
| 8 | Heidi Hannula | Finland | 12.19 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 11.64 | Q |
| 2 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.68 | Q |
| 3 | Shakedia Jones | United States | 11.70 | Q |
| 4 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 11.84 | Q |
| 5 | Anne Carole Rapp | France | 11.99 | q |
| 6 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 12.00 | q |
| 7 | Tamicka Clarke | Bahamas | 12.14 | |
| 8 | Olga Nikitenko | Kazakhstan | 12.17 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zeng Xiujun | China | 11.74 | Q |
| 2 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 11.84 | Q |
| 3 | Céline Thélamon | France | 11.88 | Q |
| 4 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.92 | Q |
| 5 | Petronella Árva | Hungary | 11.99 | q |
| 6 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 12.04 | |
| 7 | Annegret Dietrich | Germany | 12.15 | |
| 8 | Edyta Rela | Poland | 42.31 | |

### Heats

28 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zeng Xiujun | China | 11.97 | Q |
| 2 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 12.05 | Q |
| 3 | Anne Carole Rapp | France | 12.19 | Q |
| 4 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 12.25 | Q |
| 5 | Anais Oyembo | Gabon | 12.84 | |
| 6 | Cristina Marani | San Marino | 13.44 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Angela Williams | United States | 11.66 | Q |
| 2 | Sina Schielke | Germany | 11.74 | Q |
| 3 | Petronella Árva | Hungary | 11.80 | Q |
| 4 | Olga Nikitenko | Kazakhstan | 12.06 | Q |
| 5 | Tamicka Clarke | Bahamas | 12.19 | q |
| 6 | Desiree Cooks | Anguilla | 12.67 | |
| 7 | Aminata Bangura | Sierra Leone | 13.11 | |
| 8 | Phetsamone Paseuthxay | Laos | 13.62 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shakedia Jones | United States | 11.86 | Q |
| 2 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.88 | Q |
| 3 | Tulia Robinson | Jamaica | 11.95 | Q |
| 4 | Enikő Szabó | Hungary | 12.08 | Q |
| 5 | Erica Marchetti | Italy | 12.30 | q |
| 6 | Jineill O'Neil | Saint Lucia | 12.80 | |
| 7 | Shamha Ahmed | Maldives | 13.58 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edyta Rela | Poland | 11.79 | Q |
| 2 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 11.93 | Q |
| 3 | Annegret Dietrich | Germany | 11.94 | Q |
| 4 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 11.98 | Q |
| 5 | Céline Thélamon | France | 12.00 | q |
| 6 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 12.03 | q |
| 7 | Hiranisha Rasimuddin | Singapore | 12.69 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.80 | Q |
| 2 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.83 | Q |
| 3 | Heidi Hannula | Finland | 12.06 | Q |
| 4 | Nathalie Beaubrun | Canada | 12.12 | Q |
| 5 | Juanita Ferguson | Bahamas | 12.33 | |
| 6 | Nino Bagashvili | Georgia | 12.35 | |
| 7 | Karen Richards | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.93 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Bahamas (2)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Gabon (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Laos (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* San Marino (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)