1998 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host City Annecy
Country FRA
Held 28 July – 2 August 1998
Competitors 157
Countries 38

Known as World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 15 3
10 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 5 5
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 15 3
5,000 m Walk Women — Medal 3 3
High Jump Women — Medal 4 4
Pole Vault Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 7 6 3 16
2 Russia RUS 5 2 0 7
3 Great Britain GBR 4 1 2 7
4 Kenya KEN 3 7 2 12
5 Germany GER 3 2 3 8
6 United States USA 2 7 4 13
7 Finland FIN 2 2 1 5
8 Jamaica JAM 2 1 3 6
9 Ethiopia ETH 1 2 2 5
10 France FRA 1 2 0 3
11 Australia AUS 1 1 2 4
= Cuba CUB 1 1 2 4
= Romania ROU 1 1 2 4
14 Bulgaria BUL 1 1 0 2
= Latvia LAT 1 1 0 2
16 Morocco MAR 1 0 3 4
17 Belarus BLR 1 0 1 2
= Hungary HUN 1 0 1 2
= Nigeria NGR 1 0 1 2
20 Algeria ALG 1 0 0 1
= Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
= Peru PER 1 0 0 1
= Slovakia SVK 1 0 0 1
24 South Africa RSA 0 2 0 2
25 Sweden SWE 0 1 1 2
26 Netherlands Antilles AHO 0 1 0 1
= Qatar QAT 0 1 0 1
= Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
29 Poland POL 0 0 3 3
30 Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
31 Croatia CRO 0 0 1 1
= Czech Republic CZE 0 0 1 1
= Japan JPN 0 0 1 1
= Kuwait KUW 0 0 1 1
= Kyrgyzstan KGZ 0 0 1 1
= Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 0 1 1
= Uganda UGA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Christian Malcolm GBR Amar Johnson USA Dwight Thomas JAM
200 m, Men Christian Malcolm GBR Jairo Duzant AHO Russell Frye USA
400 m, Men Nduka Awazie NGR Casey Vincent AUS Fawzi Al-Shammari KUW
800 m, Men William Chirchir KEN Wilfred Bungei KEN Paskar Owor UGA
1,500 m, Men Adil Kaouch MAR Benjamin Kipkurui KEN Robert Witt POL
5,000 m, Men Million Wolde ETH Gideon Kipchumba Mitei KEN Ahmed Ibrahim Baday MAR
10,000 m, Men Benson Kipchumba Barus KEN Salim Kipsang KEN Alene Emere Reta ETH
110 m Hurdles, Men Staņislavs Olijars LAT Sharif Paxton USA Florian Seibold GER
400 m Hurdles, Men Periklis Iakovakis GRE Osiris Martínez CUB Peter Bate AUS
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Reuben Kosgei KEN Abraham Cherono KEN El-Moustapha Mellouk MAR
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Jamaica JAM United States USA Germany GER
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Australia AUS United States USA Jamaica JAM
10 km Walk, Men Roman Rasskazov RUS Liu Yunfeng CHN Mario Iván Flores MEX
High Jump, Men Alfredo Deza PER Yin Xueli CHN Aliaksandr Viarutsin BLR
Pole Vault, Men Pavel Gerasimov RUS Lars Börgeling GER Paul Burgess
Giuseppe Gibilisco
Adam Ptáček 		AUS
ITA
CZE
Long Jump, Men Petar Dachev BUL Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi QAT Luis Felipe Méliz CUB
Triple Jump, Men Ionuț Pungă ROU Ivaylo Rusenov BUL Greg Yeldell USA
Shot Put, Men Mikuláš Konopka SVK Janus Robberts RSA Carl Myerscough GBR
Discus Throw, Men Zoltán Kővágó HUN Emeka Udechuku GBR Gábor Máté HUN
Hammer Throw, Men Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN Yury Voronkin RUS Wojciech Kondratowicz POL
Javelin Throw, Men David Parker GBR Hardus Pienaar RSA Yukifumi Murakami JPN
Decathlon, Men Aki Heikkinen FIN Thomas Pöge GER Jaakko Ojaniemi FIN
100 m, Women Shakedia Jones USA Angela Williams USA Joan Ekah NGR
200 m, Women Muriel Hurtis FRA Shakedia Jones USA Sarah Wilhelmy GBR
400 m, Women Nataliya Nazarova RUS Nakiya Johnson USA Yudalis Díaz CUB
800 m, Women Olga Mikayeva RUS Nancy Langat KEN Naomi Misoi KEN
1,500 m, Women Lan Lixin CHN Yimenashu Taye ETH Bouchra Benthami-Ghézielle MAR
3,000 m, Women Yin Lili CHN Yimenashu Taye ETH Edna Kiplagat KEN
5,000 m, Women Yin Lili CHN Faith Chemutai KEN Merima Hashim ETH
100 m Hurdles, Women Julie Pratt GBR Sun Hongwei CHN Susanna Kallur SWE
400 m Hurdles, Women Li Yulian CHN Allison Beckford JAM Sun Hongwei CHN
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA France FRA Jamaica JAM
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Jamaica JAM Russia RUS United States USA
5,000 m Walk, Women Sabine Zimmer-Krantz GER Jolanta Dukure LAT Xue Ailing CHN
High Jump, Women Marina Kuptsova RUS Marie Norrman SWE Nevena Lenđel
Tatyana Yefimenko 		CRO
KGZ
Pole Vault, Women Monika Götz GER María del Mar Sánchez ESP Monika Pyrek POL
Long Jump, Women Peng Fengmei CHN Lu Xin CHN Maria Baccini ITA
Triple Jump, Women Baya Rahouli ALG Mariana Solomon ROU Marija Martinović SCG
Shot Put, Women Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR Du Xianhui CHN Nadine Banse GER
Discus Throw, Women Liu Fengying CHN Mélina Robert-Michon FRA Lăcrămioara Ionescu ROU
Hammer Throw, Women Bianca Achilles GER Sini Pöyry FIN Maureen Griffin USA
Javelin Throw, Women Osleidys Menéndez CUB Liang Lili CHN Wei Jianhua CHN
Heptathlon, Women Shen Shengfei CHN Susanna Rajamäki FIN Viorica Țigău ROU