1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

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 shot put event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August.^[1][2] A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Mikuláš Konopka  Slovakia
Silver	Janus Robberts  South Africa
Bronze	Carl Myerscough  United Kingdom

Results[]

Final[]

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	18.50	17.95	17.72	18.39	x	x	18.50
	Janus Robberts	South Africa	16.83	16.50	x	x	18.12	18.15	18.15
	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	x	16.24	17.42	18.12	x	x	18.12
4	Peter Sack	Germany	16.07	17.98	17.72	18.09	17.78	17.34	18.09
5		South Africa	17.20	x	17.06	17.35	x	x	17.35
6		United States	16.44	16.68	17.14	16.56	16.65	16.50	17.14
7		Poland	16.91	17.01	17.12	16.92	16.37	16.79	17.12
8		Colombia	17.05	16.95	x	16.44	16.36	15.85	17.05
9		Venezuela	16.54	16.49	x				16.54
10		Poland	16.46	16.49	x				16.49
11	Jimmy Nordin	Sweden	16.43	x	x				16.43
12		Australia	x	15.80	16.30				16.30

Qualifications[]

31 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Janus Robberts	South Africa	x	17.94	-	17.94	Q
2	Peter Sack	Germany	17.46	-	-	17.46	Q
3		Poland	14.82	17.04	-	17.04	Q
4		United States	16.31	16.32	16.95	16.95	q
5		Venezuela	16.37	16.88	16.21	16.88	q
6		Colombia	15.97	16.79	16.67	16.79	q
7	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	15.67	16.42	x	16.42
8		Slovenia	15.13	15.54	16.01	16.01
9		Czech Republic	15.90	x	x	15.90
10	Ahmed Gholoum	Kuwait	15.39	15.76	15.29	15.76
11		Cyprus	15.64	15.48	15.70	15.70
12		Australia	x	15.16	15.65	15.65
13		Egypt	x	15.23	15.18	15.23

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	18.05	-	-	18.05	Q
2	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	16.91	17.82	-	17.82	Q
3		South Africa	16.39	x	17.28	17.28	Q
4		Poland	16.06	16.88	17.16	17.16	Q
5	Jimmy Nordin	Sweden	16.67	x	x	16.67	q
6		Australia	16.22	x	16.53	16.53	q
7		United States	16.16	15.85	x	16.16
8	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.39	15.65	15.98	15.98
9		Germany	15.79	15.37	15.90	15.90
10		Morocco	15.55	15.29	x	15.55
11	Navpreet Singh	India	15.25	15.10	15.04	15.25
12		Russia	x	14.92	x	14.92
13		Belarus	14.40	x	x	14.40
14		Greece	14.19	x	x	14.19

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References[]