Competitors for 1998 World Junior Weightlifting Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marius Alecu |  ROU |
WLT | 16 June 1979 |
| Sergio Álvarez |  CUB |
WLT | 11 October 1979 |
| Yasin Arslan |  TUR |
WLT | 23 July 1978 |
| Dmitry Boguk |  BLR |
WLT | 10 August 1979 |
| Michaela Breeze |  GBR WAL |
WLT | 17 May 1979 |
| Sanamacha Chanu |  IND |
WLT | 2 October 1978 |
| Chen Ching-Chi |  TPE |
WLT | 31 January 1978 |
| Chen Shuihua |  CHN |
WLT | 1980 |
| Yevgeny Chigishev |  RUS |
WLT | 28 May 1979 |
| Eugen Costea | ROU |
WLT | 22 December 1978 |
| Damyan Damyanov |  BUL |
WLT | 5 January 1979 |
| Dagmar Daneková |  SVK |
WLT | 20 February 1978 |
| Krzysztof Fąfara |  POL |
WLT | 10 January 1979 |
| Hiromi Fujiwara |  JPN |
WLT | 12 September 1978 |
| Aygul Gafarova | RUS |
WLT | |
| Lourdes Gorostegui |  ESP |
WLT | 2 November 1979 |
| Guo Guan | CHN |
WLT | 1979 |
| Guo Huibing | CHN |
WLT | 1979 |
| Hou Kangfeng | CHN |
WLT | |
| Hristo Hristov | BUL |
WLT | 10 October 1979 |
| Estefanía Juan | ESP |
WLT | 7 August 1981 |
| Krishna Kumari Karnam | IND |
WLT | 1978 |
| Lyuben Kovachev | BUL QAT |
WLT | 4 February 1978 |
| Eszter Krutzler |  HUN |
WLT | 4 March 1981 |
| Jeane Lassen |  CAN |
WLT | 26 September 1980 |
| Le Maosheng | CHN |
WLT | 9 August 1978 |
| Attila Likerecz | HUN |
WLT | 18 March 1981 |
| Gyöngyi Likerecz | HUN |
WLT | 28 May 1983 |
| Oleksandr Likhvald |  UKR |
WLT | 9 September 1978 |
| Lin Shu-Ting | TPE |
WLT | 14 October 1978 |
| Luo Xiaoqin | CHN |
WLT | 1982 |
| Luo Zhongnan | CHN |
WLT | 1979 |
| Georgi Markov | BUL |
WLT | 12 March 1978 |
| Roman Mesheryakov | RUS |
WLT | 20 September 1978 |
| Dominika Misterska-Zasowska | POL |
WLT | 20 July 1979 |
| Aleksey Morozov | RUS |
WLT | 21 June 1979 |
| Taengmo Muangpho |  THA |
WLT | 29 February 1980 |
| Erika Nomura | JPN |
WLT | 25 March 1980 |
| Radik Petrosyan |  ARM |
WLT | 1981 |
| Rudik Petrosyan | ARM |
WLT | 18 October 1980 |
| Benjamin Pirkkiö |  FIN |
WLT | 2 February 1979 |
| Valeriy Pokrivchak | UKR |
WLT | 4 July 1978 |
| Udomporn Polsak | THA |
WLT | 6 October 1981 |
| Angel Popov | BUL |
WLT | 31 May 1979 |
| Ahmed Samir |  EGY |
WLT | 1978 |
| Valeriane Sarava |  AUS GEO |
WLT | 16 January 1978 |
| Shang Shichun | CHN |
WLT | 21 April 1979 |
| Jordi Simón | ESP |
WLT | 23 July 1978 |
| Vladimir Smorchkov | RUS |
WLT | 25 January 1980 |
| Nikola Stoyanov | BUL |
WLT | 24 January 1978 |
| Pawina Thongsuk | THA |
WLT | 18 April 1979 |
| Anastasia Tsakiri |  GRE |
WLT | 2 January 1979 |
| Eduard Tyukin |  KAZ RUS |
WLT | 19 May 1978 |
| Artem Udachyn | UKR |
WLT | 26 March 1980 |
| Wang Hailong | CHN |
WLT | |
| Wang Hongyu | CHN |
WLT | 3 April 1979 |
| Arlee Wiratthaworn | THA |
WLT | 26 February 1980 |
| Agata Wróbel | POL |
WLT | 28 August 1981 |
| Xu Xiongying | CHN |
WLT | 1979 |
| Yang Chin-Yi | TPE |
WLT | 15 May 1981 |
| Yue Pingtian | CHN |
WLT | 1980 |
| Zhang Nan | CHN |
WLT | 1980 |
| Sergey Zhukov | RUS |
WLT | 7 September 1979 |