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.

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The host stadium in Annecy (shown during a football match).
Host cityFrance Annecy, France
Nations169
Athletes1156
Events43
Dates28 July – 2 August
Main venueParc des Sports

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Christian Malcolm
  Great Britain
10.12 WJL Amar Johnson
  United States
10.34 PB Dwight Thomas
  Jamaica
10.40
200 metres
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Christian Malcolm
  Great Britain
20.44 WJL Jairo Duzant
  Netherlands Antilles
20.92 NJR Russell Frye
  United States
20.94
400 metres
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Nduka Awazie
  Nigeria
45.54 PB Casey Vincent
  Australia
45.55 PB Fawzi Al Shammari
  Kuwait
45.89 NJR
800 metres
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William Chirchir
  Kenya
1:47.23 Wilfred Bungei
  Kenya
1:47.53 Paskar Owor
  Uganda
1:48.20 PB
1500 metres
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Adil Kaouch
  Morocco
3:42.43 Benjamin Kipkurui
  Kenya
3:42.67 Robert Witt
  Poland
3:43.47
5000 metres
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Million Wolde
  Ethiopia
13:47.49 Kipchumba Mitei
  Kenya
13:49.60 Reuben Kiyara Kamzee
  Kenya
13:51.22 1
10,000 metres
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Benson Barus
  Kenya
29:24.28 Salim Kipsang
  Kenya
29:36.80 Alene Emere
  Ethiopia
29:47.60
110 metres hurdles
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Staņislavs Olijars
  Latvia
13.51 Sharif Paxton
  United States
14.10 Florian Seibold
  Germany
14.21
400 metres hurdles
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Periklis Iakovakis
  Greece
49.82 WJL Osiris Martínez
  Cuba
50.17 PB Peter Bate
  Australia
50.83
3000 metres steeplechase
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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
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Roman Rasskazov
  Russia
41:55.95 Liu Yunfeng
  China
42:01.11 Mario Iván Flores
  Mexico
42:04.55
4 × 100 metres relay
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  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
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  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
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Alfredo Deza
  Peru
2.21 Yin Xueli
  China
2.21 PB Aleksandr Veryutin
  Belarus
2.21 PB
Pole vault
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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
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Petar Dachev
  Bulgaria
8.14 NJR Abdel Rahmane Al-Nubi
  Qatar
8.11 AJR Luis Felipe Méliz
  Cuba
7.91
Triple jump
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Ionut Punga
  Romania
16.94 WJL Ivaylo Russinov
  Bulgaria
16.65 PB Gregory Yeldell
  United States
16.44 PB
Shot put
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Mikulas Konopka
  Slovakia
18.50 Janus Robberts
  South Africa
18.15 Carl Myerscough
  Great Britain
18.12
Discus throw
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Zoltán Kővágó
  Hungary
59.36 Emeka Udechuku
  Great Britain
57.99 Gabor Mate
  Hungary
56.96
Hammer throw
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Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
  Finland
72.40 CR Yuriy Voronkin
  Russia
69.66 Wojciech Kondratowicz
  Poland
68.93
Javelin throw
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David Parker
  Great Britain
72.85 Gerhardus Pienaar
  South Africa
71.16 PB Yukifumi Murakami
  Japan
70.72
Decathlon
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Aki Heikkinen
  Finland
7476 Thomas Poge
  Germany
7332 PB Jaakko Ojaniemi
  Finland
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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Shakedia Jones
  United States
11.19 Angela Williams
  United States
11.27 Joan Uduak Ekah
  Nigeria
11.50
200 metres
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Muriel Hurtis
  France
23.22 Shakedia Jones
  United States
23.39 Sarah Wilhelmy
  Great Britain
23.56
400 metres
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Natalya Nazarova
  Russia
52.02 Nakiya Johnson
  United States
52.09 PB Yupalis Díaz
  Cuba
52.39 NJR
800 metres
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Olga Mikayeva
  Russia
2:05.34 Jebet Langat
  Kenya
2:05.43 Naomi Misoi
  Kenya
2:05.77
1500 metres
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Lan Lixin
  China
4:10.05 Yemenashu Taye
  Ethiopia
4:11.97 PB Bouchra Benthami
  Morocco
4:12.76
3000 metres
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Yin Lili
  China
8:57.09 PB Yemenashu Taye
  Ethiopia
9:01.70 Edna Kiplagat
  Kenya
9:05.46
5000 metres
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Yin Lili
  China
15:29.65 CR Faith Jemutai
  Kenya
15:34.48 PB Meryma Hashim
  Kenya
15:39.57 PB
100 metres hurdles
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Julie Pratt
  Great Britain
13.75 Sun Hong Wei
  China
13.75 Susanna Kallur
  Sweden
13.77
400 metres hurdles
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Li Yu Lian
  China
55.93 Allison Beckford
  Jamaica
57.19 NJR Sun Hong Wei
  China
57.43
5000 metres walk
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Sabine Zimmer
  Germany
21:14.39 Jolanta Dukure
  Latvia
21:17.89 NJR Xue Ailing
  China
21:28.57 PB
4 × 100 metres relay
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  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
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  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
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Marina Kuptsova
  Russia
1.88 Marie Norrman
  Sweden
1.88 PB Tatyana Efimenko
  Kyrgyzstan
Nevena Lendjel
  Croatia
1.84
Pole vault
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Monika Gotz
  Germany
4.20 María Mar Sánchez
  Spain
Monika Pyrek
  Poland
4.10 NJR
4.10 NJR
None awarded None awarded
Long jump
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Peng Fengmei
  China
6.59 Lu Xin
  China
6.57 Maria Chiara Baccini
  Italy
6.55 NJR
Triple jump
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Baya Rahouli
  Algeria
14.04 AJR Maria Solomon
  Russia
13.75 PB Marija Martinovic
  Yugoslavia
13.47
Shot put
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Nadzeya Astapchuk
  Belarus
18.23 WJL Du Xianhui
  China
17.69 PB Nadine Banse
  Germany
16.94
Discus throw
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Liu Fengying
  China
60.66 Mélina Robert-Michon
  France
55.01 Lacramioara Ionescu
  Romania
54.64
Hammer throw
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Bianca Achilles
  Germany
61.79 Sini Pöyry
  Finland
61.76 NJR Maureen Griffin
  United States
60.14
Javelin throw
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Osleidys Menéndez
  Cuba
68.17 WJL Liang Lili
  China
61.72 PB Wei Jianhua
  China
59.10
Heptathlon
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Shen Shengfei
  China
5815 Susanna Rajamäki
  Finland
5721 Viorica Țigău
  Romania
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

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China76316
2  Russia5207
3  Great Britain4127
4  Kenya37212
5  Germany3238
6  United States27413
7  Finland2215
8  Jamaica2136
9  Ethiopia1225
10  France*1203
11  Australia1124
  Cuba1124
  Romania1124
14  Bulgaria1102
  Latvia1102
16  Morocco1034
17  Belarus1012
  Hungary1012
  Nigeria1012
20  Algeria1001
  Greece1001
  Peru1001
  Slovakia1001
24  South Africa0202
25  Poland0123
26  Sweden0112
27  Netherlands Antilles0101
  Qatar0101
  Spain0101
30  Italy0022
31  Croatia0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Japan0011
  Kuwait0011
  Kyrgyzstan0011
  Mexico0011
  Uganda0011
  Yugoslavia0011
Totals (38 entries)434445132

Participation

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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]

References

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  1. ^ 14th IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona 2012 Facts & Figures Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, page 15
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015
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