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 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.^[1][2] A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Gold	Mikuláš Konopka  Slovakia
Silver	Janus Robberts  South Africa
Bronze	Carl Myerscough  United Kingdom

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	18.50	17.95	17.72	18.39	x	x	18.50
	Janus Robberts	South Africa	16.83	16.50	x	x	18.12	18.15	18.15
	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	x	16.24	17.42	18.12	x	x	18.12
4	Peter Sack	Germany	16.07	17.98	17.72	18.09	17.78	17.34	18.09
5	Johannes van Wyk	South Africa	17.20	x	17.06	17.35	x	x	17.35
6	Chris Sprague	United States	16.44	16.68	17.14	16.56	16.65	16.50	17.14
7	Łukasz Wenta	Poland	16.91	17.01	17.12	16.92	16.37	16.79	17.12
8	Jhonny Rodríguez	Colombia	17.05	16.95	x	16.44	16.36	15.85	17.05
9	Ronny Jiménez	Venezuela	16.54	16.49	x				16.54
10	Leszek Śliwa	Poland	16.46	16.49	x				16.49
11	Jimmy Nordin	Sweden	16.43	x	x				16.43
12	Rhys Jones	Australia	x	15.80	16.30				16.30

31 Jul

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Janus Robberts	South Africa	x	17.94	-	17.94	Q
2	Peter Sack	Germany	17.46	-	-	17.46	Q
3	Łukasz Wenta	Poland	14.82	17.04	-	17.04	Q
4	Chris Sprague	United States	16.31	16.32	16.95	16.95	q
5	Ronny Jiménez	Venezuela	16.37	16.88	16.21	16.88	q
6	Jhonny Rodríguez	Colombia	15.97	16.79	16.67	16.79	q
7	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	15.67	16.42	x	16.42
8	Damjan Verbnjak	Slovenia	15.13	15.54	16.01	16.01
9	Michal Oertelt	Czech Republic	15.90	x	x	15.90
10	Ahmed Gholoum	Kuwait	15.39	15.76	15.29	15.76
11	Anastasis Anastasiou	Cyprus	15.64	15.48	15.70	15.70
12	Aaron Hartney	Australia	x	15.16	15.65	15.65
13	Mohamed Abou El-Nasr	Egypt	x	15.23	15.18	15.23

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	18.05	-	-	18.05	Q
2	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	16.91	17.82	-	17.82	Q
3	Johannes van Wyk	South Africa	16.39	x	17.28	17.28	Q
4	Leszek Śliwa	Poland	16.06	16.88	17.16	17.16	Q
5	Jimmy Nordin	Sweden	16.67	x	x	16.67	q
6	Rhys Jones	Australia	16.22	x	16.53	16.53	q
7	Van Mounts	United States	16.16	15.85	x	16.16
8	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.39	15.65	15.98	15.98
9	Sven-Eric Hahn	Germany	15.79	15.37	15.90	15.90
10	Hicham Aït Aha	Morocco	15.55	15.29	x	15.55
11	Navpreet Singh	India	15.25	15.10	15.04	15.25
12	Ilya Kostin	Russia	x	14.92	x	14.92
13	Dmitry Kruchenok	Belarus	14.40	x	x	14.40
14	Pavlos Atmatsidis	Greece	14.19	x	x	14.19

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.