1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1998 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Annecy, France from July 28 to August 2.
== Contents ==
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* 1Results
** 1.1Men
** 1.2Women
* 2Medal table
* 3Participation
* 4References
* 5External links
== Results[edit source] ==
=== Men[edit source] ===
Event 	Gold 	Gold 	Silver 	Silver 	Bronze 	Bronze
100 metres
details 	Christian Malcolm
 Great Britain 	10.12 WJL 	Amar Johnson
 United States 	10.34 PB 	Dwight Thomas
 Jamaica 	10.40
200 metres
details 	Christian Malcolm
 Great Britain 	20.44 WJL 	Jairo Duzant
 Netherlands Antilles 	20.92 NJR 	Russell Frye
 United States 	20.94
400 metres
details 	Nduka Awazie
 Nigeria 	45.54 PB 	Casey Vincent
 Australia 	45.55 PB 	Fawzi Al Shammari
 Kuwait 	45.89 NJR
800 metres
details 	William Chirchir
 Kenya 	1:47.23 	Wilfred Bungei
 Kenya 	1:47.53 	Paskar Owor
 Uganda 	1:48.20 PB
1500 metres
details 	Adil Kaouch
 Morocco 	3:42.43 	Benjamin Kipkurui
 Kenya 	3:42.67 	Robert Witt
 Poland 	3:43.47
5000 metres
details 	Million Wolde
 Ethiopia 	13:47.49 	Kipchumba Mitei
 Kenya 	13:49.60 	Reuben Kiyara Kamzee
 Kenya 	13:51.22
10,000 metres
details 	Benson Barus
 Kenya 	29:24.28 	Salim Kipsang
 Kenya 	29:36.80 	Alene Emere
 Ethiopia 	29:47.60
110 metres hurdles
details 	Staņislavs Olijars
 Latvia 	13.51 	Sharif Paxton
 United States 	14.10 	Florian Seibold
 Germany 	14.21
400 metres hurdles
details 	Periklis Iakovakis
 Greece 	49.82 WJL 	Osiris Martínez
 Cuba 	50.17 PB 	Peter Bate
 Australia 	50.83
3000 metres steeplechase
details 	Reuben Kosgei
 Kenya 	8:23.76 WJL 	Abraham Cherono
 Kenya 	8:32.24 	El Moustapha Mellour
 Morocco 	8:34.91 PB
10,000 metres walk
details 	Roman Rasskazov
 Russia 	41:55.95 	Liu Yunfeng
 China 	42:01.11 	Mario Iván Flores
 Mexico 	42:04.55
4 × 100 metres relay
details 	Jamaica
Steve Slowly
Thomas Collin
Paul Thompson
Roy Bailey 	39.70 WJL 	United States
Casey Combest
Dashaun McCullough
Amar Johnson
Russell Frye 	39.71 	Germany
Tobias Unger
Stefan Holz
Zapletal Jirka
Kevin Kuske 	39.99
4 × 400 metres relay
details 	Australia
Daniel McFarlane
Daniel Batman
Aaron Russell
Casey Vincent 	3:04.74 WJL 	United States
Tony Berrian
Kevin Baker
Brian Swarn
Andrew Pierce 	3:05.06 	Jamaica
Sanjay Ayre
Leroy Colquhoun
Omar Henry
Dwayne Miller 	3:05.31
High jump
details 	Alfredo Deza
 Peru 	2.21 	Yin Xueli
 China 	2.21 PB 	Aleksandr Veryutin
 Belarus 	2.21 PB
Pole vault
details 	Pavel Gerasimov
 Russia 	5.55 PB 	Lars Börgeling
 Germany 	5.50 	Paul Burgess
 Australia
Adam Ptacek
 Czech Republic
Giuseppe Gibilisco
 Italy 	5.20
Long jump
details 	Petar Dachev
 Bulgaria 	8.14 NJR 	Abdel Rahmane Al-Nubi
 Qatar 	8.11 AJR 	Luis Felipe Méliz
 Cuba 	7.91
Triple jump
details 	Ionut Punga
 Romania 	16.94 WJL 	Ivaylo Russinov
 Bulgaria 	16.65 PB 	Gregory Yeldell
 United States 	16.44 PB
Shot put
details 	Mikulas Konopka
 Slovakia 	18.50 	Janus Robberts
 South Africa 	18.15 	Carl Myerscough
 Great Britain 	18.12
Discus throw
details 	Zoltán Kővágó
 Hungary 	59.36 	Emeka Udechuku
 Great Britain 	57.99 	Gabor Mate
 Hungary 	56.96
Hammer throw
details 	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
 Finland 	72.40 CR 	Yuriy Voronkin
 Russia 	69.66 	Wojciech Kondratowicz
 Poland 	68.93
Javelin throw
details 	David Parker
 Great Britain 	72.85 	Gerhardus Pienaar
 South Africa 	71.16 PB 	Yukifumi Murakami
 Japan 	70.72
Decathlon
details 	Aki Heikkinen
 Finland 	7476 	Thomas Poge
 Germany 	7332 PB 	Jaakko Ojaniemi
 Finland 	7246 PB
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* Ahmed Baday of Morocco came 3rd in the men's 5000 meters with the time 13:49.86, but it was later proven that he was 24 years old at the time of the Championships, and he was disqualified for being 5 years too old for a Junior Championships.[1]
=== Women[edit source] ===
Event 	Gold 	Gold 	Silver 	Silver 	Bronze 	Bronze
100 metres
details 	Shakedia Jones
 United States 	11.19 	Angela Williams
 United States 	11.27 	Joan Uduak Ekah
 Nigeria 	11.50
200 metres
details 	Muriel Hurtis
 France 	23.22 	Shakedia Jones
 United States 	23.39 	Sarah Wilhelmy
 Great Britain 	23.56
400 metres
details 	Natalya Nazarova
 Russia 	52.02 	Nakiya Johnson
 United States 	52.09 PB 	Yupalis Díaz
 Cuba 	52.39 NJR
800 metres
details 	Olga Mikayeva
 Russia 	2:05.34 	Jebet Langat
 Kenya 	2:05.43 	Naomi Misoi
 Kenya 	2:05.77
1500 metres
details 	Lan Lixin
 China 	4:10.05 	Yemenashu Taye
 Ethiopia 	4:11.97 PB 	Bouchra Benthami
 Morocco 	4:12.76
3000 metres
details 	Yin Lili
 China 	8:57.09 PB 	Yemenashu Taye
 Ethiopia 	9:01.70 	Edna Kiplagat
 Kenya 	9:05.46
5000 metres
details 	Yin Lili
 China 	15:29.65 CR 	Faith Jemutai
 Kenya 	15:34.48 PB 	Meryma Hashim
 Kenya 	15:39.57 PB
100 metres hurdles
details 	Julie Pratt
 Great Britain 	13.75 	Sun Hong Wei
 China 	13.75 	Susanna Kallur
 Sweden 	13.77
400 metres hurdles
details 	Li Yu Lian
 China 	55.93 	Allison Beckford
 Jamaica 	57.19 NJR 	Sun Hong Wei
 China 	57.43
5000 metres walk
details 	Sabine Zimmer
 Germany 	21:14.39 	Jolanta Dukure
 Latvia 	21:17.89 NJR 	Xue Ailing
 China 	21:28.57 PB
4 × 100 metres relay
details 	United States
Angela Williams
Keyon Soley
Myra Combs
Shakedia Jones 	43.52 WJL 	France
Celine Thelamon
Muriel Hurtis
Nadia Imalouan
Anne Carole Rapp 	44.07 NJR 	Jamaica
Tulia Robinson
Aleen Bailey
Melaine Walker
Lisa Sharpe 	44.61
4 × 400 metres relay
details 	Jamaica
Patricia Hall
Peta-Gaye Gayle
Keasha Downer
Allison Beckford 	3:32.29 WJL 	Russia
Svetlana Pospelova
Olga Mikayeva
Olesya Zykina
Natalya Nazarova 	3:32.35 	United States
Mikele Barber
Myra Combs
Demetria Washington
Nakiya Johnson 	3:32.85
High jump
details 	Marina Kuptsova
 Russia 	1.88 	Marie Norrman
 Sweden 	1.88 PB 	Tatyana Efimenko
 Kyrgyzstan
Nevena Lendjel
 Croatia 	1.84
Pole vault
details 	Monika Gotz
 Germany 	4.20 	María Mar Sánchez
 Spain
Monika Pyrek
 Poland 	4.10 NJR
4.10 NJR 	 	
Long jump
details 	Peng Fengmei
 China 	6.59 	Lu Xin
 China 	6.57 	Maria Chiara Baccini
 Italy 	6.55 NJR
Triple jump
details 	Baya Rahouli
 Algeria 	14.04 AJR 	Maria Solomon
 Russia 	13.75 PB 	Marija Martinovic
 Yugoslavia 	13.47
Shot put
details 	Nadzeya Astapchuk
 Belarus 	18.23 WJL 	Du Xianhui
 China 	17.69 PB 	Nadine Banse
 Germany 	16.94
Discus throw
details 	Liu Fengying
 China 	60.66 	Mélina Robert-Michon
 France 	55.01 	Lacramioara Ionescu
 Romania 	54.64
Hammer throw
details 	Bianca Achilles
 Germany 	61.79 	Sini Pöyry
 Finland 	61.76 NJR 	Maureen Griffin
 United States 	60.14
Javelin throw
details 	Osleidys Menéndez
 Cuba 	68.17 WJL 	Liang Lili
 China 	61.72 PB 	Wei Jianhua
 China 	59.10
Heptathlon
details 	Shen Shengfei
 China 	5815 	Susanna Rajamäki
 Finland 	5721 	Viorica Tigau
 Romania 	5720 PB
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== Medal table[edit source] ==
The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank	Nation 	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	1	China	7	6	3	16
2 	Russia 	5 	2 	0 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Great Britain 	4 	1 	2 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Kenya 	3 	7 	2 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Germany 	3 	2 	3 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	United States 	2 	7 	4 	13 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Finland 	2 	2 	1 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Jamaica 	2 	1 	3 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Ethiopia 	1 	2 	2 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	France 	1 	2 	0 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
11= 	Australia 	1 	1 	2 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	
11= 	Cuba 	1 	1 	2 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	
11= 	Romania 	1 	1 	2 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	
14= 	Bulgaria 	1 	1 	0 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
14= 	Latvia 	1 	1 	0 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Morocco 	1 	0 	3 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	
17= 	Belarus 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
17= 	Hungary 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
17= 	Nigeria 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
20= 	Algeria 	1 	0 	0 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
20= 	Greece 	1 	0 	0 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
20= 	Peru 	1 	0 	0 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
20= 	Slovakia 	1 	0 	0 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
24 	South Africa 	0 	2 	0 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
25 	Poland 	0 	1 	2 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Sweden 	0 	1 	1 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
27= 	Netherlands Antilles	0 	1 	0 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
27= 	Qatar 	0 	1 	0 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
27= 	Spain 	0 	1 	0 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
30 	Italy 	0 	0 	2 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Croatia 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Czech Republic 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Japan 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Kyrgyzstan 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Kuwait 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Mexico 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Uganda 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
31= 	Yugoslavia 	0 	0 	1 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Participation[edit source] ==
According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,[2] 1156 athletes from 169 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[3]
* Albania (1)
* Algeria (12)
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (6)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (51)
* Austria (7)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahamas (5)
* Bahrain (1)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Barbados (2)
* Belarus (16)
* Belgium (8)
* Benin (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bhutan (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (12)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Burundi (6)
* Cambodia (1)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (11)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chile (2)
* China (31)
* Chinese Taipei (10)
* Colombia (4)
* Congo (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Croatia (13)
* Cuba (11)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (17)
* Dominica (1)
* Ecuador (4)
* Egypt (2)
* El Salvador (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Ethiopia (13)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (27)
* France (63)
* Gabon (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (69)
* Ghana (1)
* Greece (23)
* Grenada (2)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (17)
* Iceland (2)
* India (4)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (31)
* Jamaica (30)
* Japan (32)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Kenya (18)
* Kuwait (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (6)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lesotho (2)
* Liberia (1)
* Lithuania (6)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Macedonia (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Mali (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Mauritius (2)
* Mexico (6)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (16)
* Myanmar (1)
* Namibia (2)
* Netherlands (7)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (15)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Niger (1)
* Nigeria (4)
* Norfolk Island (1)
* Norway (7)
* Palestine (1)
* Panama (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (31)
* Portugal (13)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (9)
* Romania (19)
* Russia (39)
* Rwanda (2)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Samoa (1)
* San Marino (1)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (7)
* Slovenia (15)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (37)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (30)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (19)
* Switzerland (3)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tahiti (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* Togo (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (3)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (5)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Uganda (4)
* Ukraine (8)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (48)
* United States (62)
* Uruguay (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Venezuela (8)
* Vietnam (1)
* Yemen (1)
* Yugoslavia (5)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (2)
== References[edit source] ==
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