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 pole vault event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 2 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Pavel Gerasimov  Russia
Silver	Lars Börgeling  Germany
Bronze	Paul Burgess  Australia
Bronze	Adam Ptáček  Czech Republic
Bronze	Giuseppe Gibilisco  Italy

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	5.55
	Lars Börgeling	Germany	5.50
	Paul Burgess	Australia	5.20
	Adam Ptáček	Czech Republic	5.20
	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	5.20
6	Jacob Pauli	United States	5.10
7	Jukka Nurmela	Finland	5.10
8	Thibaut Duval	Belgium	5.00
8	Gildas Verbist	France	5.00
8	Georgi Wassilew	Germany	5.00
11	Yevgeniy Mikhaylichenko	Russia	5.00
12	Christian Linskey	United Kingdom	5.00
13	Arnaud Verguet	France	4.80
13	Brian Hunter	United States	4.80
	Xu Gang	China	NH
	Kim Do-Kyun	South Korea	NH

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.