# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw 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) hammer was used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland |
| Silver | Yury Voronkin Russia |
| Bronze | Wojciech Kondratowicz Poland |

## 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 |
| | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland | x | 72.40 | 72.31 | x | x | 71.85 | 72.40 | |
| | Yury Voronkin | Russia | 66.97 | 67.98 | 67.51 | x | 69.66 | x | 69.66 | |
| | Wojciech Kondratowicz | Poland | 68.93 | 67.90 | 66.75 | x | x | x | 68.93 | |
| 4 | Ioánnis Barlís | Greece | 66.31 | x | x | 67.59 | 68.36 | 67.81 | 68.36 | |
| 5 | Miloslav Konopka | Slovakia | 64.69 | x | 66.36 | 66.58 | 67.09 | x | 67.09 | |
| 6 | Nicolas Figère | France | x | 63.50 | 65.98 | 62.15 | x | 65.21 | 65.98 | |
| 7 | Péter Botfa | Hungary | 64.15 | 64.26 | 65.08 | 62.84 | x | 63.36 | 65.08 | |
| 8 | Marcin Szeszula | Poland | 64.42 | 63.83 | 64.75 | 62.51 | 63.43 | 63.05 | 64.75 | |
| 9 | Aleksey Mukhortov | Russia | 61.59 | 63.07 | 63.39 | | | | 63.39 | |
| 10 | Lukáš Melich | Czech Republic | 57.81 | 61.51 | 60.44 | | | | 61.51 | |
| 11 | Éric Albert | France | x | 60.20 | x | | | | 60.20 | |
| 12 | Markus Esser | Germany | x | 54.09 | 59.58 | | | | 59.58 | |

### Qualifications

31 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland | 69.39 | - | - | 69.39 | Q |
| 2 | Miloslav Konopka | Slovakia | 65.93 | - | - | 65.93 | Q |
| 3 | Nicolas Figère | France | 63.76 | 65.13 | - | 65.13 | Q |
| 4 | Yury Voronkin | Russia | 58.77 | x | 64.36 | 64.36 | q |
| 5 | Lukáš Melich | Czech Republic | 62.26 | 62.78 | 61.00 | 62.78 | q |
| 6 | Marcin Szeszula | Poland | 59.29 | 60.50 | 62.52 | 62.52 | q |
| 7 | Dmitriy Shako | Belarus | 62.08 | 61.25 | 61.14 | 62.08 | |
| 8 | Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan | x | 58.98 | 60.02 | 60.02 | |
| 9 | Ross Corner | Australia | 58.46 | x | 56.53 | 58.46 | |
| 10 | Christian Fernández | Argentina | x | 55.58 | 54.58 | 55.58 | |
| 11 | Hrístos Tsintsos | Greece | 54.50 | 53.16 | 51.77 | 54.50 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Ioánnis Barlís | Greece | 66.15 | - | - | 66.15 | Q |
| 2 | Markus Esser | Germany | x | 65.87 | - | 65.87 | Q |
| 3 | Wojciech Kondratowicz | Poland | 65.86 | - | - | 65.86 | Q |
| 4 | Péter Botfa | Hungary | 64.36 | x | 65.34 | 65.34 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksey Mukhortov | Russia | 63.87 | 62.53 | 64.07 | 64.07 | q |
| 6 | Éric Albert | France | 60.82 | 61.66 | 62.33 | 62.33 | q |
| 7 | Fatih Eryildirim | Turkey | 59.91 | 60.99 | x | 60.99 | |
| 8 | John Badovinac | United States | 58.27 | 57.27 | x | 58.27 | |
| 9 | Hamad Saleh Al-Mahdi | Qatar | 55.57 | 55.25 | 57.52 | 57.52 | |
| 10 | Marco Felice | Italy | x | 55.95 | 55.37 | 55.95 | |
| 11 | Nabil Amroune | Algeria | 54.49 | x | x | 54.49 | |
| 12 | Dovletgeldy Mamedov | Turkmenistan | 38.80 | x | 43.73 | 43.73 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (2)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* United States (1)