1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres 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]

Medalists

Gold	Christian Malcolm  United Kingdom
Silver	Amar Johnson  United States
Bronze	Dwight Thomas  Jamaica

Results

Final

29 July
Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	10.12
	Amar Johnson	United States	10.34
	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.40
4	Dimitri Demonière	France	10.43
5	Athanásios Tsiouris	Greece	10.47
6	Jairo Duzant	Netherlands Antilles	10.49
7	Cédric Gold Dalg	France	10.53
8	Shigeyuki Kojima	Japan	10.76

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amar Johnson	United States	10.42	Q
2	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.45	Q
3	Shigeyuki Kojima	Japan	10.57	Q
4	Cédric Gold Dalg	France	10.61	Q
5	Anson Henry	Canada	10.62
6	Juan Pita	Cuba	10.65
7	Benjamin Potter	New Zealand	10.68
8	Yordan Yovchev	Bulgaria	10.72

Semifinal 2

Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	10.18	Q
2	Dimitri Demonière	France	10.42	Q
3	Jairo Duzant	Netherlands Antilles	10.49	Q
4	Athanásios Tsiouris	Greece	10.52	Q
5	Bradley Agnew	South Africa	10.56
6	Attila Farkas	Hungary	10.62
7	Raphael de Oliveira	Brazil	10.71
8	Kevin Kuske	Germany	10.78

Quarterfinals

28 July

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bradley Agnew	South Africa	10.69	Q
2	Kevin Kuske	Germany	10.72	Q
3	Athanásios Tsiouris	Greece	10.72	Q
4	Yordan Yovchev	Bulgaria	10.74	Q
5	Jun-ya Omodaka	Japan	10.75
6	Slaven Krajačić	Croatia	10.80
7	William To Wai Lok	Hong Kong	10.86
8	Nathan Carr	Australia	11.02

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	10.31	Q
2	Juan Pita	Cuba	10.58	Q
3	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.60	Q
4	Cédric Gold Dalg	France	10.70	Q
5	Troy Davies	Australia	10.72
6	Matic Šušteršic	Slovenia	10.73
7	Roger Smith	Cayman Islands	10.84
8	Yu Li-Chun	Chinese Taipei	10.95

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benjamin Potter	New Zealand	10.64	Q
2	Anson Henry	Canada	10.67	Q
3	Shigeyuki Kojima	Japan	10.69	Q
4	Raphael de Oliveira	Brazil	10.78	Q
5	Dashaun McCullough	United States	10.78
6	Lawrence Nkosi	South Africa	10.86
7	Ángel Rodríguez	Spain	10.91
	Piotr Berestiuk	Poland	DNS

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amar Johnson	United States	10.41	Q
2	Dimitri Demonière	France	10.49	Q
3	Attila Farkas	Hungary	10.56	Q
4	Jairo Duzant	Netherlands Antilles	10.59	Q
5	Tobias Unger	Germany	10.63
6	Jarbas Mascarenhas	Brazil	10.70
7	Matthew Cunningham	New Zealand	10.84
8	Sherwin Vries	Namibia	10.93

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dashaun McCullough	United States	10.56	Q
2	Bradley Agnew	South Africa	10.61	Q
3	Jun-ya Omodaka	Japan	10.61	Q
4	Raphael de Oliveira	Brazil	10.75	q
5	Jan Kritzbach	Czech Republic	10.85
6	Konstadínos Sfiropoulos	Greece	11.01
7	Myo Myint Oo	Myanmar	11.41

Heat 2

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	10.39	Q
2	Anson Henry	Canada	10.62	Q
3	Lawrence Nkosi	South Africa	10.70	Q
4	William To Wai Lok	Hong Kong	10.73	q
5	Pablo Rodríguez	Spain	10.93
6	Georges Ayangmaa	Cameroon	10.95
7	Dermot Rawlins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.24

Heat 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kevin Kuske	Germany	10.65	Q
2	Athanásios Tsiouris	Greece	10.69	Q
3	Sherwin Vries	Namibia	10.73	Q
4	Matthew Cunningham	New Zealand	10.74	q
5	Roger Smith	Cayman Islands	10.82	q
6	Robert Mugagga	Uganda	11.13
7	Nguyen Phuc Man	Vietnam	11.85

Heat 4

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	10.74	Q
2	Cédric Gold Dalg	France	10.76	Q
3	Piotr Berestiuk	Poland	10.76	Q
4	Rudy Colabella	Belgium	10.86
5	Saula Roko	Fiji	11.02
6	Thomas Scheidl	Austria	11.06
7	Souleymane Meité	Côte d'Ivoire	11.12

Heat 5

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jarbas Mascarenhas	Brazil	10.64	Q
2	Shigeyuki Kojima	Japan	10.67	Q
3	Yordan Yovchev	Bulgaria	10.77	Q
4	Nathan Carr	Australia	10.83	q
5	Ousman Jatta	Gambia	11.10
6	Sean Lambert	Grenada	11.18
7	Philam Garcia	Guam	11.68
8	Nuno Ribeiro	Cape Verde	11.88

Heat 6

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Slaven Krajačić	Croatia	10.47	Q
2	Juan Pita	Cuba	10.51	Q
3	Matic Šušteršic	Slovenia	10.60	Q
4	Troy Davies	Australia	10.61	q
5	Ángel Rodríguez	Spain	10.79	q
6	Souhalia Alamou	Benin	10.98
	Samuel Joseph	Haiti	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 7

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benjamin Potter	New Zealand	10.64	Q
2	Dimitri Demonière	France	10.65	Q
3	Yu Li-Chun	Chinese Taipei	10.83	Q
4	Nelson Lucas	Seychelles	10.94
5	Kristijan Kralj	Slovenia	10.98
6	José Meneses	Guatemala	11.13
7	Tariq Hewey	Bermuda	11.24

Heat 8

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amar Johnson	United States	10.62	Q
2	Jairo Duzant	Netherlands Antilles	10.66	Q
3	Tobias Unger	Germany	10.72	Q
4	Attila Farkas	Hungary	10.76	q
5	Akran Bensmira	Algeria	10.94
6	Helly Ollarves	Venezuela	10.95
	Joseph Colville	Costa Rica	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 57 athletes from 46 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Benin (1)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Cameroon (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Cape Verde (1)
•  Cayman Islands (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Côte d'Ivoire (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Fiji (1)
•  France (2)
•  Gambia (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (2)
•  Grenada (1)
•  Guam (1)
•  Guatemala (1)
•  Haiti (1)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Myanmar (1)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands Antilles (1)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Poland (1)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  Slovenia (2)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Uganda (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  Vietnam (1)

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 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015