1998 World Youth Games

Host City Moskva
Country RUS
Held 11 – 19 July 1998
Competitors 122
Countries 36

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 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
5,000 m Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
3,000 m Walk Women — Medal 3 2
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Russia RUS 8 2 9 19
2 China CHN 6 3 0 9
3 Cuba CUB 5 0 0 5
4 Ukraine UKR 2 5 3 10
5 South Africa RSA 2 4 3 9
6 Belarus BLR 2 2 2 6
= Poland POL 2 2 2 6
8 Ireland IRL 2 0 0 2
9 Brazil BRA 1 2 0 3
10 Ethiopia ETH 1 1 1 3
11 Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
= Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
= Iran IRI 1 0 0 1
= Syria SYR 1 0 0 1
= Uganda UGA 1 0 0 1
16 Croatia CRO 0 3 1 4
17 Italy ITA 0 2 2 4
18 Chile CHI 0 1 1 2
= Chinese Taipei TPE 0 1 1 2
20 Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
= Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 0 1
= Kyrgyzstan KGZ 0 1 0 1
= Latvia LAT 0 1 0 1
= Mexico MEX 0 1 0 1
= Namibia NAM 0 1 0 1
= Saudi Arabia KSA 0 1 0 1
= Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
28 Barbados BAR 0 0 2 2
= Malaysia MAS 0 0 2 2
30 Cyprus CYP 0 0 1 1
= Kenya KEN 0 0 1 1
= Lithuania LTU 0 0 1 1
= Republic of Moldova MDA 0 0 1 1
= Slovakia SVK 0 0 1 1
= Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1
= South Korea KOR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Paul Gorries RSA Kostiantyn Vasyukov UKR Mirko Turri ITA
200 m, Men Wang Hongzhen CHN Paul Gorries RSA Volodymyr Demchenko UKR
400 m, Men Xu Zizhou CHN Mandla Nkosi RSA Mohamed Zaiful Zainal Abidin MAS
800 m, Men Yury Borzakovsky RUS Mohamed Osman KSA Mandla Nkosi RSA
1,500 m, Men Berkhani Tadesse ETH Yury Borzakovsky RUS Kenneth Ruto KEN
3,000 m, Men Morteza Firuozi IRI Adellu Hussen ETH Ion Luchianov MDA
110 m Hurdles, Men Shen Zhensheng CHN Camilo Aguirre CHI Stefanos Ioannou CYP
400 m Hurdles, Men Hani Al-Mourhej SYR Luca Bortolaso ITA Ryan Smith BAR
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Finland FIN Ukraine UKR Malaysia MAS
4 x 400 m Relay, Men China CHN South Africa RSA Chinese Taipei TPE
5,000 m Walk, Men Aliaksandr Kuzmin BLR Viktor Burayev RUS Yevgeny Demkov RUS
High Jump, Men Aliaksei Klimau BLR Fabrizio Schembri ITA Jeong Su-Kwang KOR
Pole Vault, Men Filippos-Dimitrios Sgouros GRE Oleksandr Korchmid UKR Aleksey Khanafin RUS
Long Jump, Men Yoelmis Pacheco CUB Liu Dai-Wei TPE Luka Aračić CRO
Triple Jump, Men Alessandro Bonfim BRA Dmitrij Val'ukevič BLR Yevhen Shapiro UKR
Shot Put, Men Pavel Sofyin RUS Mateus Monari BRA John Sullivan RSA
Discus Throw, Men Lois Maikel Martínez CUB Paval Lyzhyn BLR Ivan Napreyenko UKR
Javelin Throw, Men Geikel Cabrera CUB Hardus Pienaar RSA Aleksandr Ivanov RUS
100 m, Women Emily Maher IRL Thatiana Ignácio BRA Mojca Vauce SLO
200 m, Women Emily Maher IRL Nataliya Pyhyda UKR Lucy-Ann Richards BAR
400 m, Women Nataliya Pyhyda UKR Aneta Lemiesz POL Yana Vecherkevich RUS
800 m, Women Niuvis Pie CUB Esther Desviat ESP Inna Kravchenko BLR
1,500 m, Women Zanelle Grobler RSA Ljiljana Ćulibrk CRO Rasa Drazdauskaitė LTU
3,000 m, Women Catherine Webombesa UGA Susilia Likango NAM Elvan Abeylegesse ETH
100 m Hurdles, Women Svetlana Sokolova RUS Joanna Doncer POL Mariya Koroteyeva RUS
400 m Hurdles, Women Nataliya Antyukh RUS Li Shuju CHN Dorota Wyszogrodzka POL
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Poland POL Croatia CRO Chile CHI
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Russia RUS Kazakhstan KAZ South Africa RSA
3,000 m Walk, Women Lyudmila Yefimkina RUS Aura Morales MEX Irina Klepikova RUS
High Jump, Women Marina Kuptsova RUS Tatyana Yefimenko KGZ Tatyana Grigoryeva RUS
Pole Vault, Women Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Fanni Juhász HUN Anna Wielgus POL
Long Jump, Women Yevheniya Stavchanskaya UKR Wang Lingli CHN Svetlana Sokolova RUS
Triple Jump, Women Mabel Gay CUB Yevheniya Stavchanskaya UKR Dana Velďáková SVK
Shot Put, Women Li Meiju CHN Li Min CHN Laura Bordignon ITA
Discus Throw, Women Liu Yanxia CHN Vera Begić CRO Yelena Lebusova RUS
Javelin Throw, Women Magdalena Czenska POL Inga Kožarenoka LAT Natallia Shymchuk BLR