The 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1998 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Annecy, France from July 28 to August 2.

Results

Men

1 Ahmed Baday of Morocco originally won the bronze medal in 13:49.86, but he was disqualified after it was discovered he was 24 years old at the time of the Championships.

Women

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1156 athletes from 169 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. • 🇦🇱 albania (1) • undefined (12) • 🇦🇮 anguilla (1) • 🇦🇬 antigua and barbuda (1) • 🇦🇷 argentina (6) • 🇦🇲 armenia (2) • 🇦🇺 australia (51) • 🇦🇹 austria (7) • 🇦🇿 azerbaijan (1) • undefined (5) • 🇧🇭 bahrain (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (2) • 🇧🇾 belarus (16) • 🇧🇪 belgium (8) • 🇧🇯 benin (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇧🇴 bolivia (1) • 🇧🇦 bosnia and herzegovina (3) • undefined (2) • 🇧🇷 brazil (12) • undefined (1) • 🇧🇬 bulgaria (8) • undefined (1) • 🇧🇮 burundi (6) • undefined (1) • 🇨🇲 cameroon (2) • 🇨🇦 canada (11) • 🇨🇻 cape verde (1) • undefined (1) • 🇨🇫 central african republic (1) • undefined (2) • 🇨🇳 china (31) • undefined (10) • 🇨🇴 colombia (4) • undefined (1) • 🇨🇰 cook islands (1) • undefined (2) • 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire (1) • undefined (13) • 🇨🇺 cuba (11) • 🇨🇾 cyprus (3) • 🇨🇿 czech republic (17) • 🇩🇲 dominica (1) • 🇪🇨 ecuador (4) • 🇪🇬 egypt (2) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇪🇪 estonia (6) • 🇪🇹 ethiopia (13) • undefined (2) • 🇫🇮 finland (27) • 🇫🇷 france (63) • 🇬🇦 gabon (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇩🇪 germany (69) • 🇬🇭 ghana (1) • 🇬🇧 united kingdom (48) • undefined (23) • undefined (2) • 🇬🇺 guam (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇬🇾 guyana (1) • undefined (1) • 🇭🇰 hong kong (1) • 🇭🇺 hungary (17) • 🇮🇸 iceland (2) • 🇮🇳 india (4) • 🇮🇪 ireland (7) • 🇮🇱 israel (2) • 🇮🇹 italy (31) • 🇯🇲 jamaica (30) • 🇯🇵 japan (32) • 🇰🇿 kazakhstan (5) • 🇰🇪 kenya (18) • undefined (2) • 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan (2) • 🇱🇦 lao people's democratic republic (1) • undefined (6) • undefined (1) • undefined (2) • 🇱🇷 liberia (1) • 🇱🇹 lithuania (6) • 🇱🇺 luxembourg (2) • 🇲🇰 macedonia (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇲🇻 maldives (1) • 🇲🇱 mali (1) • 🇲🇹 malta (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (2) • 🇲🇽 mexico (6) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇲🇦 morocco (16) • undefined (1) • 🇳🇦 namibia (2) • undefined (7) • undefined (1) • 🇳🇿 new zealand (15) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (4) • 🇳🇫 norfolk island (1) • 🇳🇴 norway (7) • undefined (1) • 🇵🇦 panama (1) • 🇵🇬 papua new guinea (1) • undefined (1) • 🇵🇪 peru (2) • undefined (1) • 🇵🇱 poland (31) • undefined (13) • undefined (1) • 🇶🇦 qatar (9) • 🇷🇴 romania (19) • 🇷🇺 russia (39) • 🇷🇼 rwanda (2) • undefined (1) • 🇱🇨 saint lucia (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇸🇲 san marino (1) • 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe (1) • undefined (1) • 🇸🇳 senegal (1) • undefined (1) • 🇸🇱 sierra leone (1) • undefined (1) • 🇸🇰 slovakia (7) • undefined (15) • undefined (1) • undefined (37) • 🇰🇷 south korea (10) • 🇪🇸 spain (30) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇸🇿 swaziland (1) • 🇸🇪 sweden (19) • undefined (3) • 🇸🇾 syrian arab republic (1) • 🇹🇯 tajikistan (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (2) • undefined (1) • undefined (3) • 🇹🇳 tunisia (1) • 🇹🇷 turkey (5) • 🇹🇲 turkmenistan (2) • 🇹🇨 turks and caicos islands (1) • 🇺🇬 uganda (4) • 🇺🇦 ukraine (8) • undefined (1) • 🇺🇸 united states (62) • undefined (2) • undefined (1) • 🇺🇿 uzbekistan (2) • undefined (1) • 🇻🇪 venezuela (8) • undefined (1) • 🇾🇪 yemen (1) • undefined (5) • undefined (1) • undefined (2)