1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	United Kingdom
Silver	Hardus Pienaar  South Africa
Bronze	Yukifumi Murakami  Japan

Results[]

Final[]

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
		United Kingdom	72.85	67.03	70.83	69.85	x	x	72.85
	Hardus Pienaar	South Africa	63.20	61.12	67.44	66.19	71.16	x	71.16
	Yukifumi Murakami	Japan	66.87	70.72	63.22	69.78	68.98	x	70.72
4		Poland	68.14	67.52	x	66.77	68.70	69.95	69.95
5	Scott Russell	Canada	61.67	69.17	x	64.08	67.64	59.18	69.17
6	Wu Po-Hung	Chinese Taipei	66.30	64.73	59.82	63.47	61.67	62.98	66.30
7	Andrew Martin	Australia	66.12	x	61.48	63.62	65.99	x	66.12
8		United Kingdom	66.10	x	x	61.62	63.37	64.45	66.10
9		Czech Republic	65.61	x	64.11				65.61
10		Germany	64.32	x	58.61				64.32
11		Czech Republic	62.88	x	63.72				63.72
12		Venezuela	x	62.53	60.74				62.53

Qualifications[]

31 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1		Poland	67.63	72.73	-	72.73	Q
2	Scott Russell	Canada	69.65	68.35	68.20	69.65	q
3	Hardus Pienaar	South Africa	65.15	65.81	69.44	69.44	q
4		Venezuela	67.90	x	x	67.90	q
5		United Kingdom	67.64	x	65.26	67.64	q
6	Wu Po-Hung	Chinese Taipei	66.06	66.50	66.01	66.50	q
7		Germany	64.23	63.50	66.10	66.10	q
8		Czech Republic	62.85	65.60	63.45	65.60	q
9		United States	64.17	64.29	65.29	65.29
10		Latvia	58.75	61.90	61.04	61.90
11		Slovenia	60.55	58.95	56.70	60.55
12		South Korea	58.54	x	x	58.54

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Yukifumi Murakami	Japan	72.06	-	-	72.06	Q
2		Czech Republic	67.53	66.86	68.67	68.67	q
3		United Kingdom	66.57	x	67.29	67.29	q
4	Andrew Martin	Australia	66.20	x	65.86	66.20	q
5		Finland	61.77	63.12	65.01	65.01
6	Stuart Farquhar	New Zealand	63.82	61.37	58.93	63.82
7		Sweden	62.02	62.46	63.49	63.49
8		Belarus	x	x	61.37	61.37
9		Germany	x	60.34	59.43	60.34
10		United States	56.37	60.06	59.58	60.06
11		Ireland	59.39	59.04	59.55	59.55
12		Switzerland	58.56	58.37	59.15	59.15
13		South Africa	58.80	58.76	57.61	58.80

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]