# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August. A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mikuláš Konopka Slovakia |
| Silver | Janus Robberts South Africa |
| Bronze | Carl Myerscough United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

1 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Mikuláš Konopka | Slovakia | 18.50 | 17.95 | 17.72 | 18.39 | x | x | 18.50 | |
| | Janus Robberts | South Africa | 16.83 | 16.50 | x | x | 18.12 | 18.15 | 18.15 | |
| | Carl Myerscough | United Kingdom | x | 16.24 | 17.42 | 18.12 | x | x | 18.12 | |
| 4 | Peter Sack | Germany | 16.07 | 17.98 | 17.72 | 18.09 | 17.78 | 17.34 | 18.09 | |
| 5 | Johannes van Wyk | South Africa | 17.20 | x | 17.06 | 17.35 | x | x | 17.35 | |
| 6 | Chris Sprague | United States | 16.44 | 16.68 | 17.14 | 16.56 | 16.65 | 16.50 | 17.14 | |
| 7 | Łukasz Wenta | Poland | 16.91 | 17.01 | 17.12 | 16.92 | 16.37 | 16.79 | 17.12 | |
| 8 | Jhonny Rodríguez | Colombia | 17.05 | 16.95 | x | 16.44 | 16.36 | 15.85 | 17.05 | |
| 9 | Ronny Jiménez | Venezuela | 16.54 | 16.49 | x | | | | 16.54 | |
| 10 | Leszek Śliwa | Poland | 16.46 | 16.49 | x | | | | 16.49 | |
| 11 | Jimmy Nordin | Sweden | 16.43 | x | x | | | | 16.43 | |
| 12 | Rhys Jones | Australia | x | 15.80 | 16.30 | | | | 16.30 | |

### Qualifications

31 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Janus Robberts | South Africa | x | 17.94 | - | 17.94 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Sack | Germany | 17.46 | - | - | 17.46 | Q |
| 3 | Łukasz Wenta | Poland | 14.82 | 17.04 | - | 17.04 | Q |
| 4 | Chris Sprague | United States | 16.31 | 16.32 | 16.95 | 16.95 | q |
| 5 | Ronny Jiménez | Venezuela | 16.37 | 16.88 | 16.21 | 16.88 | q |
| 6 | Jhonny Rodríguez | Colombia | 15.97 | 16.79 | 16.67 | 16.79 | q |
| 7 | Emeka Udechuku | United Kingdom | 15.67 | 16.42 | x | 16.42 | |
| 8 | Damjan Verbnjak | Slovenia | 15.13 | 15.54 | 16.01 | 16.01 | |
| 9 | Michal Oertelt | Czech Republic | 15.90 | x | x | 15.90 | |
| 10 | Ahmed Gholoum | Kuwait | 15.39 | 15.76 | 15.29 | 15.76 | |
| 11 | Anastasis Anastasiou | Cyprus | 15.64 | 15.48 | 15.70 | 15.70 | |
| 12 | Aaron Hartney | Australia | x | 15.16 | 15.65 | 15.65 | |
| 13 | Mohamed Abou El-Nasr | Egypt | x | 15.23 | 15.18 | 15.23 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Myerscough | United Kingdom | 18.05 | - | - | 18.05 | Q |
| 2 | Mikuláš Konopka | Slovakia | 16.91 | 17.82 | - | 17.82 | Q |
| 3 | Johannes van Wyk | South Africa | 16.39 | x | 17.28 | 17.28 | Q |
| 4 | Leszek Śliwa | Poland | 16.06 | 16.88 | 17.16 | 17.16 | Q |
| 5 | Jimmy Nordin | Sweden | 16.67 | x | x | 16.67 | q |
| 6 | Rhys Jones | Australia | 16.22 | x | 16.53 | 16.53 | q |
| 7 | Van Mounts | United States | 16.16 | 15.85 | x | 16.16 | |
| 8 | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.39 | 15.65 | 15.98 | 15.98 | |
| 9 | Sven-Eric Hahn | Germany | 15.79 | 15.37 | 15.90 | 15.90 | |
| 10 | Hicham Aït Aha | Morocco | 15.55 | 15.29 | x | 15.55 | |
| 11 | Navpreet Singh | India | 15.25 | 15.10 | 15.04 | 15.25 | |
| 12 | Ilya Kostin | Russia | x | 14.92 | x | 14.92 | |
| 13 | Dmitry Kruchenok | Belarus | 14.40 | x | x | 14.40 | |
| 14 | Pavlos Atmatsidis | Greece | 14.19 | x | x | 14.19 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* India (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)