# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28 and 29 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christian Malcolm United Kingdom |
| Silver | Amar Johnson United States |
| Bronze | Dwight Thomas Jamaica |

## Results
### Final

29 July Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Christian Malcolm | United Kingdom | 10.12 |
| | Amar Johnson | United States | 10.34 |
| | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 10.40 |
| 4 | Dimitri Demonière | France | 10.43 |
| 5 | Athanásios Tsiouris | Greece | 10.47 |
| 6 | Jairo Duzant | Netherlands Antilles | 10.49 |
| 7 | Cédric Gold Dalg | France | 10.53 |
| 8 | Shigeyuki Kojima | Japan | 10.76 |

### Semifinals

29 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amar Johnson | United States | 10.42 | Q |
| 2 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 10.45 | Q |
| 3 | Shigeyuki Kojima | Japan | 10.57 | Q |
| 4 | Cédric Gold Dalg | France | 10.61 | Q |
| 5 | Anson Henry | Canada | 10.62 | |
| 6 | Juan Pita | Cuba | 10.65 | |
| 7 | Benjamin Potter | New Zealand | 10.68 | |
| 8 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 10.72 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Malcolm | United Kingdom | 10.18 | Q |
| 2 | Dimitri Demonière | France | 10.42 | Q |
| 3 | Jairo Duzant | Netherlands Antilles | 10.49 | Q |
| 4 | Athanásios Tsiouris | Greece | 10.52 | Q |
| 5 | Bradley Agnew | South Africa | 10.56 | |
| 6 | Attila Farkas | Hungary | 10.62 | |
| 7 | Raphael de Oliveira | Brazil | 10.71 | |
| 8 | Kevin Kuske | Germany | 10.78 | |

### Quarterfinals

28 July

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bradley Agnew | South Africa | 10.69 | Q |
| 2 | Kevin Kuske | Germany | 10.72 | Q |
| 3 | Athanásios Tsiouris | Greece | 10.72 | Q |
| 4 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 10.74 | Q |
| 5 | Jun-ya Omodaka | Japan | 10.75 | |
| 6 | Slaven Krajačić | Croatia | 10.80 | |
| 7 | William To Wai Lok | Hong Kong | 10.86 | |
| 8 | Nathan Carr | Australia | 11.02 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Malcolm | United Kingdom | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | Juan Pita | Cuba | 10.58 | Q |
| 3 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 10.60 | Q |
| 4 | Cédric Gold Dalg | France | 10.70 | Q |
| 5 | Troy Davies | Australia | 10.72 | |
| 6 | Matic Šušteršic | Slovenia | 10.73 | |
| 7 | Roger Smith | Cayman Islands | 10.84 | |
| 8 | Yu Li-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 10.95 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Benjamin Potter | New Zealand | 10.64 | Q |
| 2 | Anson Henry | Canada | 10.67 | Q |
| 3 | Shigeyuki Kojima | Japan | 10.69 | Q |
| 4 | Raphael de Oliveira | Brazil | 10.78 | Q |
| 5 | Dashaun McCullough | United States | 10.78 | |
| 6 | Lawrence Nkosi | South Africa | 10.86 | |
| 7 | Ángel Rodríguez | Spain | 10.91 | |
| | Piotr Berestiuk | Poland | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amar Johnson | United States | 10.41 | Q |
| 2 | Dimitri Demonière | France | 10.49 | Q |
| 3 | Attila Farkas | Hungary | 10.56 | Q |
| 4 | Jairo Duzant | Netherlands Antilles | 10.59 | Q |
| 5 | Tobias Unger | Germany | 10.63 | |
| 6 | Jarbas Mascarenhas | Brazil | 10.70 | |
| 7 | Matthew Cunningham | New Zealand | 10.84 | |
| 8 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 10.93 | |

### Heats

28 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dashaun McCullough | United States | 10.56 | Q |
| 2 | Bradley Agnew | South Africa | 10.61 | Q |
| 3 | Jun-ya Omodaka | Japan | 10.61 | Q |
| 4 | Raphael de Oliveira | Brazil | 10.75 | q |
| 5 | Jan Kritzbach | Czech Republic | 10.85 | |
| 6 | Konstadínos Sfiropoulos | Greece | 11.01 | |
| 7 | Myo Myint Oo | Myanmar | 11.41 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Malcolm | United Kingdom | 10.39 | Q |
| 2 | Anson Henry | Canada | 10.62 | Q |
| 3 | Lawrence Nkosi | South Africa | 10.70 | Q |
| 4 | William To Wai Lok | Hong Kong | 10.73 | q |
| 5 | Pablo Rodríguez | Spain | 10.93 | |
| 6 | Georges Ayangmaa | Cameroon | 10.95 | |
| 7 | Dermot Rawlins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.24 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kevin Kuske | Germany | 10.65 | Q |
| 2 | Athanásios Tsiouris | Greece | 10.69 | Q |
| 3 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 10.73 | Q |
| 4 | Matthew Cunningham | New Zealand | 10.74 | q |
| 5 | Roger Smith | Cayman Islands | 10.82 | q |
| 6 | Robert Mugagga | Uganda | 11.13 | |
| 7 | Nguyen Phuc Man | Vietnam | 11.85 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 10.74 | Q |
| 2 | Cédric Gold Dalg | France | 10.76 | Q |
| 3 | Piotr Berestiuk | Poland | 10.76 | Q |
| 4 | Rudy Colabella | Belgium | 10.86 | |
| 5 | Saula Roko | Fiji | 11.02 | |
| 6 | Thomas Scheidl | Austria | 11.06 | |
| 7 | Souleymane Meité | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.12 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jarbas Mascarenhas | Brazil | 10.64 | Q |
| 2 | Shigeyuki Kojima | Japan | 10.67 | Q |
| 3 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 10.77 | Q |
| 4 | Nathan Carr | Australia | 10.83 | q |
| 5 | Ousman Jatta | Gambia | 11.10 | |
| 6 | Sean Lambert | Grenada | 11.18 | |
| 7 | Philam Garcia | Guam | 11.68 | |
| 8 | Nuno Ribeiro | Cape Verde | 11.88 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Slaven Krajačić | Croatia | 10.47 | Q |
| 2 | Juan Pita | Cuba | 10.51 | Q |
| 3 | Matic Šušteršic | Slovenia | 10.60 | Q |
| 4 | Troy Davies | Australia | 10.61 | q |
| 5 | Ángel Rodríguez | Spain | 10.79 | q |
| 6 | Souhalia Alamou | Benin | 10.98 | |
| | Samuel Joseph | Haiti | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Benjamin Potter | New Zealand | 10.64 | Q |
| 2 | Dimitri Demonière | France | 10.65 | Q |
| 3 | Yu Li-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 10.83 | Q |
| 4 | Nelson Lucas | Seychelles | 10.94 | |
| 5 | Kristijan Kralj | Slovenia | 10.98 | |
| 6 | José Meneses | Guatemala | 11.13 | |
| 7 | Tariq Hewey | Bermuda | 11.24 | |

#### Heat 8

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amar Johnson | United States | 10.62 | Q |
| 2 | Jairo Duzant | Netherlands Antilles | 10.66 | Q |
| 3 | Tobias Unger | Germany | 10.72 | Q |
| 4 | Attila Farkas | Hungary | 10.76 | q |
| 5 | Akran Bensmira | Algeria | 10.94 | |
| 6 | Helly Ollarves | Venezuela | 10.95 | |
| | Joseph Colville | Costa Rica | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 57 athletes from 46 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Benin (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (1)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Fiji (1)
* France (2)
* Gambia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Grenada (1)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Myanmar (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Poland (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (2)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)
* Vietnam (1)