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

The men's javelin throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | David Parker United Kingdom |
| Silver | Hardus Pienaar South Africa |
| Bronze | Yukifumi Murakami Japan |

## Results
### Final

2 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | David Parker | United Kingdom | 72.85 | 67.03 | 70.83 | 69.85 | x | x | 72.85 | |
| | Hardus Pienaar | South Africa | 63.20 | 61.12 | 67.44 | 66.19 | 71.16 | x | 71.16 | |
| | Yukifumi Murakami | Japan | 66.87 | 70.72 | 63.22 | 69.78 | 68.98 | x | 70.72 | |
| 4 | Bronisław Korda | Poland | 68.14 | 67.52 | x | 66.77 | 68.70 | 69.95 | 69.95 | |
| 5 | Scott Russell | Canada | 61.67 | 69.17 | x | 64.08 | 67.64 | 59.18 | 69.17 | |
| 6 | Wu Po-Hung | Chinese Taipei | 66.30 | 64.73 | 59.82 | 63.47 | 61.67 | 62.98 | 66.30 | |
| 7 | Andrew Martin | Australia | 66.12 | x | 61.48 | 63.62 | 65.99 | x | 66.12 | |
| 8 | Dan Carter | United Kingdom | 66.10 | x | x | 61.62 | 63.37 | 64.45 | 66.10 | |
| 9 | Jan Navara | Czech Republic | 65.61 | x | 64.11 | | | | 65.61 | |
| 10 | Björn Lange | Germany | 64.32 | x | 58.61 | | | | 64.32 | |
| 11 | Petr Belunek | Czech Republic | 62.88 | x | 63.72 | | | | 63.72 | |
| 12 | Edwin Cuesta | Venezuela | x | 62.53 | 60.74 | | | | 62.53 | |

### Qualifications

31 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Bronisław Korda | Poland | 67.63 | 72.73 | - | 72.73 | Q |
| 2 | Scott Russell | Canada | 69.65 | 68.35 | 68.20 | 69.65 | q |
| 3 | Hardus Pienaar | South Africa | 65.15 | 65.81 | 69.44 | 69.44 | q |
| 4 | Edwin Cuesta | Venezuela | 67.90 | x | x | 67.90 | q |
| 5 | Dan Carter | United Kingdom | 67.64 | x | 65.26 | 67.64 | q |
| 6 | Wu Po-Hung | Chinese Taipei | 66.06 | 66.50 | 66.01 | 66.50 | q |
| 7 | Björn Lange | Germany | 64.23 | 63.50 | 66.10 | 66.10 | q |
| 8 | Petr Belunek | Czech Republic | 62.85 | 65.60 | 63.45 | 65.60 | q |
| 9 | Ron White | United States | 64.17 | 64.29 | 65.29 | 65.29 | |
| 10 | Andis Anskins | Latvia | 58.75 | 61.90 | 61.04 | 61.90 | |
| 11 | Bogdan Vrhovec | Slovenia | 60.55 | 58.95 | 56.70 | 60.55 | |
| 12 | Ham Sung-Hoon | South Korea | 58.54 | x | x | 58.54 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Yukifumi Murakami | Japan | 72.06 | - | - | 72.06 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Navara | Czech Republic | 67.53 | 66.86 | 68.67 | 68.67 | q |
| 3 | David Parker | United Kingdom | 66.57 | x | 67.29 | 67.29 | q |
| 4 | Andrew Martin | Australia | 66.20 | x | 65.86 | 66.20 | q |
| 5 | Pasi Mäkipelto | Finland | 61.77 | 63.12 | 65.01 | 65.01 | |
| 6 | Stuart Farquhar | New Zealand | 63.82 | 61.37 | 58.93 | 63.82 | |
| 7 | Mattias Eriksson | Sweden | 62.02 | 62.46 | 63.49 | 63.49 | |
| 8 | Aleksey Danilyuk | Belarus | x | x | 61.37 | 61.37 | |
| 9 | Tim Werner | Germany | x | 60.34 | 59.43 | 60.34 | |
| 10 | Brian Kollar | United States | 56.37 | 60.06 | 59.58 | 60.06 | |
| 11 | Michael Allen | Ireland | 59.39 | 59.04 | 59.55 | 59.55 | |
| 12 | Pascal Joder | Switzerland | 58.56 | 58.37 | 59.15 | 59.15 | |
| 13 | Theunis Barnard | South Africa | 58.80 | 58.76 | 57.61 | 58.80 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Finland (1)
* Germany (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Japan (1)
* Latvia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)