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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1998.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010825/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1998.html 3 Dec 2013 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used. Medalists Gold Mikuláš Konopka SVKSilver Janus Robberts RSABronze Carl Myerscough UK Results Final 1 August Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Mikuláš Konopka SVK 18.50 17.95 17.72 18.39 x x 18.50 Janus Robberts RSA 16.83 16.50 x x 18.12 18.15 18.15 Carl Myerscough UK x 16.24 17.42 18.12 x x 18.12 4 Peter Sack GER 16.07 17.98 17.72 18.09 17.78 17.34 18.09 5 Johannes van Wyk RSA 17.20 x 17.06 17.35 x x 17.35 6 Chris Sprague USA 16.44 16.68 17.14 16.56 16.65 16.50 17.14 7 Łukasz Wenta POL 16.91 17.01 17.12 16.92 16.37 16.79 17.12 8 Jhonny Rodríguez COL 17.05 16.95 x 16.44 16.36 15.85 17.05 9 Ronny Jiménez VEN 1954 16.54 16.49 x 16.54 10 Leszek Śliwa POL 16.46 16.49 x 16.49 11 Jimmy Nordin SWE 16.43 x x 16.43 12 Rhys Jones AUS x 15.80 16.30 16.30 Qualifications 31 Jul Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Janus Robberts RSA x 17.94 - 17.94 Q 2 Peter Sack GER 17.46 - - 17.46 Q 3 Łukasz Wenta POL 14.82 17.04 - 17.04 Q 4 Chris Sprague USA 16.31 16.32 16.95 16.95 q 5 Ronny Jiménez VEN 1954 16.37 16.88 16.21 16.88 q 6 Jhonny Rodríguez COL 15.97 16.79 16.67 16.79 q 7 Emeka Udechuku UK 15.67 16.42 x 16.42 8 Damjan Verbnjak SLO 15.13 15.54 16.01 16.01 9 Michal Oertelt CZE 15.90 x x 15.90 10 Ahmed Gholoum KUW 15.39 15.76 15.29 15.76 11 Anastasis Anastasiou CYP 1960 15.64 15.48 15.70 15.70 12 Aaron Hartney AUS x 15.16 15.65 15.65 13 Mohamed Abou El-Nasr EGY x 15.23 15.18 15.23 Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Carl Myerscough UK 18.05 - - 18.05 Q 2 Mikuláš Konopka SVK 16.91 17.82 - 17.82 Q 3 Johannes van Wyk RSA 16.39 x 17.28 17.28 Q 4 Leszek Śliwa POL 16.06 16.88 17.16 17.16 Q 5 Jimmy Nordin SWE 16.67 x x 16.67 q 6 Rhys Jones AUS 16.22 x 16.53 16.53 q 7 Van Mounts USA 16.16 15.85 x 16.16 8 Hamza Alić BIH 15.39 15.65 15.98 15.98 9 Sven-Eric Hahn GER 15.79 15.37 15.90 15.90 10 Hicham Aït Aha MAR 15.55 15.29 x 15.55 11 Navpreet Singh IND 15.25 15.10 15.04 15.25 12 Ilya Kostin RUS x 14.92 x 14.92 13 Dmitry Kruchenok BLR 1995 14.40 x x 14.40 14 Pavlos Atmatsidis GRE 14.19 x x 14.19 Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (2) BLR 1995 (1) BIH (1) COL (1) CYP 1960 (1) CZE (1) EGY (1) GER (2) GRE (1) IND (1) KUW (1) MAR (1) POL (2) RUS (1) SVK (1) SLO (1) RSA (2) SWE (1) UK (2) USA (2) VEN 1954 (1) References Category:Shot put at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics