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 women's hammer throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28 and 29 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Bianca Achilles  Germany
Silver	Sini Pöyry  Finland
Bronze	Maureen Griffin  United States

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Bianca Achilles	Germany	60.07	56.73	61.42	61.79	61.47	x	61.79
	Sini Pöyry	Finland	61.76	57.37	60.66	60.64	61.15	x	61.76
	Maureen Griffin	United States	x	60.14	x	57.38	x	54.84	60.14
4	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	59.05	x	59.85	x	x	59.81	59.85
5	Manuela Montebrun	France	53.20	56.17	54.30	58.28	58.15	54.97	58.28
6	Júlia Tudja	Hungary	56.67	56.11	56.27	56.81	57.73	x	57.73
7	Céline Vandeville	France	54.24	57.36	x	56.02	55.44	56.19	57.36
8	Bronwyn Eagles	Australia	54.38	56.77	53.92	53.47	55.99	x	56.77
9	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba	55.93	50.13	56.01				56.01
10	Natalya Samusenkova	Russia	53.55	53.08	x				53.55
11	Janna Wren	United States	49.06	x	52.17				52.17
	Cecilia Nilsson	Sweden	x	x	x				NM

28 Jul

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Bianca Achilles	Germany	60.13	-	-	60.13	Q
2	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	x	56.87	58.41	58.41	Q
3	Céline Vandeville	France	54.29	55.33	57.95	57.95	Q
4	Júlia Tudja	Hungary	56.45	57.41	-	57.41	Q
5	Maureen Griffin	United States	x	57.37	-	57.37	Q
6	Natalya Samusenkova	Russia	54.94	54.44	55.51	55.51	q
7	Bronwyn Eagles	Australia	54.77	52.31	x	54.77	q
8	Ivana Brkljačić	Croatia	51.64	x	53.81	53.81
9	Ainhoa Cabré	Spain	53.44	x	53.80	53.80
10	Sónia Alves	Portugal	48.27	x	50.37	50.37
11	Jennifer Joyce	Canada	x	50.07	x	50.07
12	Evaggelía Dervéni	Greece	46.35	x	49.78	49.78
13	Jessica Ponce	Mexico	49.67	47.12	47.28	49.67
14	Merja Korpela	Finland	x	x	49.34	49.34
15	Anabelle Gómez	Venezuela	46.73	x	48.38	48.38
16	Albana Panga	Albania	x	43.40	43.38	43.40

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Sini Pöyry	Finland	59.35	-	-	59.35	Q
2	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba	57.03	-	-	57.03	Q
3	Manuela Montebrun	France	55.35	54.58	56.38	56.38	q
4	Janna Wren	United States	50.89	53.02	55.39	55.39	q
5	Cecilia Nilsson	Sweden	53.77	x	55.29	55.29	q
6	Rachael Beverley	United Kingdom	54.64	53.97	x	54.64
7	Nesrin Kaya	Turkey	53.77	53.86	54.29	54.29
8	Olga Markevich	Belarus	51.24	52.98	53.70	53.70
9	Madlen Döhring	Germany	49.73	52.59	52.15	52.59
10	Brooke Krueger	Australia	x	52.15	x	52.15
11	Vânia Silva	Portugal	x	51.83	x	51.83
12	Barbara Németh	Hungary	51.33	51.16	x	51.33
13	Lucie Krouzová	Czech Republic	x	43.30	46.17	46.17
14	Dubraska Rodríguez	Venezuela	x	44.85	x	44.85

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.