1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
![]() The host stadium in Annecy (shown during a football match). | |
Host city | ![]() |
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Nations | 169 |
Athletes | 1156 |
Events | 43 |
Dates | 28 July – 2 August |
Main venue | Parc des Sports |
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.
Results
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres details | Christian Malcolm![]() | 10.12 WJL | Amar Johnson![]() | 10.34 PB | Dwight Thomas![]() | 10.40 |
200 metres details | Christian Malcolm![]() | 20.44 WJL | Jairo Duzant![]() | 20.92 NJR | Russell Frye![]() | 20.94 |
400 metres details | Nduka Awazie![]() | 45.54 PB | Casey Vincent![]() | 45.55 PB | Fawzi Al Shammari![]() | 45.89 NJR |
800 metres details | William Chirchir![]() | 1:47.23 | Wilfred Bungei![]() | 1:47.53 | Paskar Owor![]() | 1:48.20 PB |
1500 metres details | Adil Kaouch![]() | 3:42.43 | Benjamin Kipkurui![]() | 3:42.67 | Robert Witt![]() | 3:43.47 |
5000 metres details | Million Wolde![]() | 13:47.49 | Kipchumba Mitei![]() | 13:49.60 | Reuben Kiyara Kamzee![]() | 13:51.22 1 |
10,000 metres details | Benson Barus![]() | 29:24.28 | Salim Kipsang![]() | 29:36.80 | Alene Emere![]() | 29:47.60 |
110 metres hurdles details | Staņislavs Olijars![]() | 13.51 | Sharif Paxton![]() | 14.10 | Florian Seibold![]() | 14.21 |
400 metres hurdles details | Periklis Iakovakis![]() | 49.82 WJL | Osiris Martínez![]() | 50.17 PB | Peter Bate![]() | 50.83 |
3000 metres steeplechase details | Reuben Kosgei![]() | 8:23.76 WJL | Abraham Cherono![]() | 8:32.24 | El Moustapha Mellour![]() | 8:34.91 PB |
10,000 metres walk details | Roman Rasskazov![]() | 41:55.95 | Liu Yunfeng![]() | 42:01.11 | Mario Iván Flores![]() | 42:04.55 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | ![]() Steve Slowly Thomas Collin Paul Thompson Roy Bailey | 39.70 WJL | ![]() Casey Combest Dashaun McCullough Amar Johnson Russell Frye | 39.71 | ![]() Tobias Unger Stefan Holz Zapletal Jirka Kevin Kuske | 39.99 |
4 × 400 metres relay details | ![]() Daniel McFarlane Daniel Batman Aaron Russell Casey Vincent | 3:04.74 WJL | ![]() Tony Berrian Kevin Baker Brian Swarn Andrew Pierce | 3:05.06 | ![]() Sanjay Ayre Leroy Colquhoun Omar Henry Dwayne Miller | 3:05.31 |
High jump details | Alfredo Deza![]() | 2.21 | Yin Xueli![]() | 2.21 PB | Aleksandr Veryutin![]() | 2.21 PB |
Pole vault details | Pavel Gerasimov![]() | 5.55 PB | Lars Börgeling![]() | 5.50 | Paul Burgess![]() Adam Ptacek ![]() Giuseppe Gibilisco ![]() | 5.20 |
Long jump details | Petar Dachev![]() | 8.14 NJR | Abdel Rahmane Al-Nubi![]() | 8.11 AJR | Luis Felipe Méliz![]() | 7.91 |
Triple jump details | Ionut Punga![]() | 16.94 WJL | Ivaylo Russinov![]() | 16.65 PB | Gregory Yeldell![]() | 16.44 PB |
Shot put details | Mikulas Konopka![]() | 18.50 | Janus Robberts![]() | 18.15 | Carl Myerscough![]() | 18.12 |
Discus throw details | Zoltán Kővágó![]() | 59.36 | Emeka Udechuku![]() | 57.99 | Gabor Mate![]() | 56.96 |
Hammer throw details | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen![]() | 72.40 CR | Yuriy Voronkin![]() | 69.66 | Wojciech Kondratowicz![]() | 68.93 |
Javelin throw details | David Parker![]() | 72.85 | Gerhardus Pienaar![]() | 71.16 PB | Yukifumi Murakami![]() | 70.72 |
Decathlon details | Aki Heikkinen![]() | 7476 | Thomas Poge![]() | 7332 PB | Jaakko Ojaniemi![]() | 7246 PB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
1 Ahmed Baday of Morocco originally won the bronze medal in 13:49.86, but he was disqualified after it was discovered he was 24 years old at the time of the Championships.[1]
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres details | Shakedia Jones![]() | 11.19 | Angela Williams![]() | 11.27 | Joan Uduak Ekah![]() | 11.50 |
200 metres details | Muriel Hurtis![]() | 23.22 | Shakedia Jones![]() | 23.39 | Sarah Wilhelmy![]() | 23.56 |
400 metres details | Natalya Nazarova![]() | 52.02 | Nakiya Johnson![]() | 52.09 PB | Yupalis Díaz![]() | 52.39 NJR |
800 metres details | Olga Mikayeva![]() | 2:05.34 | Jebet Langat![]() | 2:05.43 | Naomi Misoi![]() | 2:05.77 |
1500 metres details | Lan Lixin![]() | 4:10.05 | Yemenashu Taye![]() | 4:11.97 PB | Bouchra Benthami![]() | 4:12.76 |
3000 metres details | Yin Lili![]() | 8:57.09 PB | Yemenashu Taye![]() | 9:01.70 | Edna Kiplagat![]() | 9:05.46 |
5000 metres details | Yin Lili![]() | 15:29.65 CR | Faith Jemutai![]() | 15:34.48 PB | Meryma Hashim![]() | 15:39.57 PB |
100 metres hurdles details | Julie Pratt![]() | 13.75 | Sun Hong Wei![]() | 13.75 | Susanna Kallur![]() | 13.77 |
400 metres hurdles details | Li Yu Lian![]() | 55.93 | Allison Beckford![]() | 57.19 NJR | Sun Hong Wei![]() | 57.43 |
5000 metres walk details | Sabine Zimmer![]() | 21:14.39 | Jolanta Dukure![]() | 21:17.89 NJR | Xue Ailing![]() | 21:28.57 PB |
4 × 100 metres relay details | ![]() Angela Williams Keyon Soley Myra Combs Shakedia Jones | 43.52 WJL | ![]() Celine Thelamon Muriel Hurtis Nadia Imalouan Anne Carole Rapp | 44.07 NJR | ![]() Tulia Robinson Aleen Bailey Melaine Walker Lisa Sharpe | 44.61 |
4 × 400 metres relay details | ![]() Patricia Hall Peta-Gaye Gayle Keasha Downer Allison Beckford | 3:32.29 WJL | ![]() Svetlana Pospelova Olga Mikayeva Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova | 3:32.35 | ![]() Mikele Barber Myra Combs Demetria Washington Nakiya Johnson | 3:32.85 |
High jump details | Marina Kuptsova![]() | 1.88 | Marie Norrman![]() | 1.88 PB | Tatyana Efimenko![]() Nevena Lendjel ![]() | 1.84 |
Pole vault details | Monika Gotz![]() | 4.20 | María Mar Sánchez![]() Monika Pyrek ![]() | 4.10 NJR 4.10 NJR | None awarded | None awarded |
Long jump details | Peng Fengmei![]() | 6.59 | Lu Xin![]() | 6.57 | Maria Chiara Baccini![]() | 6.55 NJR |
Triple jump details | Baya Rahouli![]() | 14.04 AJR | Maria Solomon![]() | 13.75 PB | Marija Martinovic![]() | 13.47 |
Shot put details | Nadzeya Astapchuk![]() | 18.23 WJL | Du Xianhui![]() | 17.69 PB | Nadine Banse![]() | 16.94 |
Discus throw details | Liu Fengying![]() | 60.66 | Mélina Robert-Michon![]() | 55.01 | Lacramioara Ionescu![]() | 54.64 |
Hammer throw details | Bianca Achilles![]() | 61.79 | Sini Pöyry![]() | 61.76 NJR | Maureen Griffin![]() | 60.14 |
Javelin throw details | Osleidys Menéndez![]() | 68.17 WJL | Liang Lili![]() | 61.72 PB | Wei Jianhua![]() | 59.10 |
Heptathlon details | Shen Shengfei![]() | 5815 | Susanna Rajamäki![]() | 5721 | Viorica Țigău![]() | 5720 PB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Medal table
* Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
24 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
25 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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30 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
31 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Totals (38 entries) | 43 | 44 | 45 | 132 |
Participation
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)
Ivory Coast (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)
Great Britain (48)
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)
North 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)
Eswatini (1)
Sweden (19)
Switzerland (3)
Syria (1)
Tajikistan (1)
French Polynesia (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 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
- ^ 14th IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona 2012 Facts & Figures Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, page 15
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015
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