# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July, 1 and 2 August. 106.7 cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Staņislavs Olijars Latvia |
| Silver | Sharif Paxton United States |
| Bronze | Florian Seibold Germany |

## Results
### Final

2 August Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Staņislavs Olijars | Latvia | 13.51 |
| | Sharif Paxton | United States | 14.10 |
| | Florian Seibold | Germany | 14.21 |
| 4 | Ben Warmington | United Kingdom | 14.33 |
| 5 | Gergely Palágyi | Hungary | 14.39 |
| 6 | Todd Matthews | United States | 14.40 |
| 7 | Shinri Yamada | Japan | 14.47 |
| 8 | Dimítrios Piétris | Greece | 14.89 |

### Semifinals

1 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sharif Paxton | United States | 14.12 | Q |
| 2 | Dimítrios Piétris | Greece | 14.26 | Q |
| 3 | Gergely Palágyi | Hungary | 14.36 | Q |
| 4 | Ben Warmington | United Kingdom | 14.45 | Q |
| 5 | Robert Grams | Germany | 14.49 | |
| 6 | Giorgio Berdini | Italy | 14.52 | |
| 7 | Salih Keljalic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.81 | |
| 8 | Désiré Delric | France | 15.02 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Staņislavs Olijars | Latvia | 13.81 | Q |
| 2 | Shinri Yamada | Japan | 14.24 | Q |
| 3 | Todd Matthews | United States | 14.24 | Q |
| 4 | Florian Seibold | Germany | 14.40 | Q |
| 5 | Artur Budziłło | Poland | 14.49 | |
| 6 | György Kovács | Hungary | 14.55 | |
| 7 | Robert Newton | United Kingdom | 14.69 | |
| 8 | Marko Ritola | Finland | 14.77 | |

### Heats

31 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Désiré Delric | France | 14.30 | Q |
| 2 | Gergely Palágyi | Hungary | 14.48 | Q |
| 3 | Marko Ritola | Finland | 14.53 | Q |
| 4 | Yoshihiro Hisano | Japan | 14.62 | |
| 5 | Martinos Adamopoulos | Greece | 14.73 | |
| 6 | Felipe Vivancos | Spain | 14.74 | |
| 7 | Alessandro Battinelli | Italy | 14.77 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Staņislavs Olijars | Latvia | 13.65 | Q |
| 2 | Todd Matthews | United States | 14.13 | Q |
| 3 | Shinri Yamada | Japan | 14.15 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Newton | United Kingdom | 14.56 | q |
| 5 | Benoît Yameundjeu | France | 14.63 | |
| 6 | José Vidal | Spain | 14.64 | |
| 7 | William Wicks | Australia | 15.11 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | György Kovács | Hungary | 14.36 | Q |
| 2 | Dimítrios Piétris | Greece | 14.42 | Q |
| 3 | Salih Keljalic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.43 | Q |
| 4 | Florian Seibold | Germany | 14.44 | q |
| 5 | Vytautas Kancleris | Lithuania | 14.65 | |
| 6 | Robson dos Santos | Brazil | 14.65 | |
| 7 | Claude Godart | Luxembourg | 14.75 | |
| 8 | Shah Dilawar Hossain | Bangladesh | 15.31 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sharif Paxton | United States | 14.01 | Q |
| 2 | Artur Budziłło | Poland | 14.09 | Q |
| 3 | Ben Warmington | United Kingdom | 14.25 | Q |
| 4 | Giorgio Berdini | Italy | 14.45 | q |
| 5 | Robert Grams | Germany | 14.46 | q |
| 6 | Adam Dorey | Australia | 14.63 | |
| 7 | Ah Chong Sam Chong | Samoa | 15.78 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Poland (1)
* Samoa (1)
* Spain (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)