# 1998 World Judo Juniors Championships

The 1998 World Judo Juniors Championships was an edition of the World Judo Juniors Championships, organised by the International Judo Federation. It was held in Cali, Colombia from 8 to 11 October 1998.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) | Evgeny Stanev (RUS) | Choi Min-ho (KOR) |
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) | Evgeny Stanev (RUS) | Ehud Vaks (ISR) |
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) | Tiago Camilo (BRA) | Nicolae Ivan (ROU) | Javier Delgado (ESP) |
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) | Tiago Camilo (BRA) | Nicolae Ivan (ROU) | Vladislav Garanin (RUS) |
| Lightweight (−73 kg) | Denis Ogienko (RUS) | Germán Velasco (PER) | Claudiu Baștea (ROU) |
| Lightweight (−73 kg) | Denis Ogienko (RUS) | Germán Velasco (PER) | Klemen Ferjan (SLO) |
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) | Alexei Cherchnev (RUS) | Thomas Cousins (GBR) | Takashi Ono (JPN) |
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) | Alexei Cherchnev (RUS) | Thomas Cousins (GBR) | Tim Lamsfuß (GER) |
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Yuta Yazaki (JPN) | Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) | Elco van der Geest (NED) |
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Yuta Yazaki (JPN) | Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) | Rupert Riess (AUT) |
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) | Keiji Suzuki (JPN) | Rafael Rocha (BRA) | Michael Jurack (GER) |
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) | Keiji Suzuki (JPN) | Rafael Rocha (BRA) | Martin Padar (EST) |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS) | Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN) | Grzegorz Eitel (POL) |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS) | Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN) | Daniel Hernandes (BRA) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Danieska Carrión (CUB) | Asami Kuramochi (JPN) | Anna Żemła-Krajewska (POL) |
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Danieska Carrión (CUB) | Asami Kuramochi (JPN) | Ann Simons (BEL) |
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Zaimaris Calderon (CUB) | Fabiane Hukuda (BRA) | Viktória Nagy (HUN) |
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Zaimaris Calderon (CUB) | Fabiane Hukuda (BRA) | Ana Carrascosa (ESP) |
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Yuko Nesaki (JPN) | Danielle Zangrando (BRA) | Lena Göldi (SUI) |
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Yuko Nesaki (JPN) | Danielle Zangrando (BRA) | Yurisleidy Lupetey (CUB) |
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) | Keiko Maeda (JPN) | Claudia Heill (AUT) | Raša Sraka (SLO) |
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) | Keiko Maeda (JPN) | Claudia Heill (AUT) | Betty Aguila (CUB) |
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Yukie Koga (JPN) | Catherine Jacques (BEL) | Edith Bosch (NED) |
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Yukie Koga (JPN) | Catherine Jacques (BEL) | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Leyén Zulueta (CUB) | Mizuho Matzuzaki (JPN) | Henar Parra (ESP) |
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Leyén Zulueta (CUB) | Mizuho Matzuzaki (JPN) | Jana Grenzdorfer (GER) |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | Choi Sook-ie (KOR) | Sanae Yokomizo (JPN) |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | Choi Sook-ie (KOR) | Lee Hsiao-hung (TPE) |
Source Results

### Medal table

* Host nation (Colombia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |