1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July, 1 and 2 August.[1][2] 106.7 cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

Medalists

Gold Staņislavs Olijars
 Latvia
Silver Sharif Paxton
 United States
Bronze Florian Seibold
 Germany

Results

Final

2 August
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Staņislavs Olijars  Latvia 13.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sharif Paxton  United States 14.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florian Seibold  Germany 14.21
4 Ben Warmington  United Kingdom 14.33
5 Gergely Palágyi  Hungary 14.39
6 Todd Matthews  United States 14.40
7 Shinri Yamada  Japan 14.47
8 Dimítrios Piétris  Greece 14.89

Semifinals

1 August

Semifinal 1

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sharif Paxton  United States 14.12 Q
2 Dimítrios Piétris  Greece 14.26 Q
3 Gergely Palágyi  Hungary 14.36 Q
4 Ben Warmington  United Kingdom 14.45 Q
5 Robert Grams  Germany 14.49
6 Giorgio Berdini  Italy 14.52
7 Salih Keljalic  Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.81
8 Désiré Delric  France 15.02

Semifinal 2

Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Staņislavs Olijars  Latvia 13.81 Q
2 Shinri Yamada  Japan 14.24 Q
3 Todd Matthews  United States 14.24 Q
4 Florian Seibold  Germany 14.40 Q
5 Artur Budziłło  Poland 14.49
6 György Kovács  Hungary 14.55
7 Robert Newton  United Kingdom 14.69
8 Marko Ritola  Finland 14.77

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Désiré Delric  France 14.30 Q
2 Gergely Palágyi  Hungary 14.48 Q
3 Marko Ritola  Finland 14.53 Q
4 Yoshihiro Hisano  Japan 14.62
5 Martinos Adamopoulos  Greece 14.73
6 Felipe Vivancos  Spain 14.74
7 Alessandro Battinelli  Italy 14.77

Heat 2

Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Staņislavs Olijars  Latvia 13.65 Q
2 Todd Matthews  United States 14.13 Q
3 Shinri Yamada  Japan 14.15 Q
4 Robert Newton  United Kingdom 14.56 q
5 Benoît Yameundjeu  France 14.63
6 José Vidal  Spain 14.64
7 William Wicks  Australia 15.11

Heat 3

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 György Kovács  Hungary 14.36 Q
2 Dimítrios Piétris  Greece 14.42 Q
3 Salih Keljalic  Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.43 Q
4 Florian Seibold  Germany 14.44 q
5 Vytautas Kancleris  Lithuania 14.65
6 Robson dos Santos  Brazil 14.65
7 Claude Godart  Luxembourg 14.75
8 Shah Dilawar Hossain  Bangladesh 15.31

Heat 4

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sharif Paxton  United States 14.01 Q
2 Artur Budziłło  Poland 14.09 Q
3 Ben Warmington  United Kingdom 14.25 Q
4 Giorgio Berdini  Italy 14.45 q
5 Robert Grams  Germany 14.46 q
6 Adam Dorey  Australia 14.63
7 Ah Chong Sam Chong  Samoa 15.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015