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. A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Medalists Gold Mikuláš Konopka Silver Janus Robberts Bronze Carl Myerscough

Results Final 1 August Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Mikuláš Konopka 18.50 17.95 17.72 18.39 x x 18.50 Janus Robberts 16.83 16.50 x x 18.12 18.15 18.15 Carl Myerscough x 16.24 17.42 18.12 x x 18.12 4 Peter Sack 16.07 17.98 17.72 18.09 17.78 17.34 18.09 5 Johannes van Wyk 17.20 x 17.06 17.35 x x 17.35 6 Chris Sprague 16.44 16.68 17.14 16.56 16.65 16.50 17.14 7 Łukasz Wenta 16.91 17.01 17.12 16.92 16.37 16.79 17.12 8 Jhonny Rodríguez 17.05 16.95 x 16.44 16.36 15.85 17.05 9 Ronny Jiménez 16.54 16.49 x 16.54 10 Leszek Śliwa 16.46 16.49 x 16.49 11 Jimmy Nordin 16.43 x x 16.43 12 Rhys Jones x 15.80 16.30 16.30

Qualifications 31 Jul

Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Janus Robberts x 17.94 - 17.94 Q 2 Peter Sack 17.46 - - 17.46 Q 3 Łukasz Wenta 14.82 17.04 - 17.04 Q 4 Chris Sprague 16.31 16.32 16.95 16.95 q 5 Ronny Jiménez 16.37 16.88 16.21 16.88 q 6 Jhonny Rodríguez 15.97 16.79 16.67 16.79 q 7 Emeka Udechuku 15.67 16.42 x 16.42 8 Damjan Verbnjak 15.13 15.54 16.01 16.01 9 Michal Oertelt 15.90 x x 15.90 10 Ahmed Gholoum 15.39 15.76 15.29 15.76 11 Anastasis Anastasiou 15.64 15.48 15.70 15.70 12 Aaron Hartney x 15.16 15.65 15.65 13 Mohamed Abou El-Nasr x 15.23 15.18 15.23

Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Carl Myerscough 18.05 - - 18.05 Q 2 Mikuláš Konopka 16.91 17.82 - 17.82 Q 3 Johannes van Wyk 16.39 x 17.28 17.28 Q 4 Leszek Śliwa 16.06 16.88 17.16 17.16 Q 5 Jimmy Nordin 16.67 x x 16.67 q 6 Rhys Jones 16.22 x 16.53 16.53 q 7 Van Mounts 16.16 15.85 x 16.16 8 Hamza Alić 15.39 15.65 15.98 15.98 9 Sven-Eric Hahn 15.79 15.37 15.90 15.90 10 Hicham Aït Aha 15.55 15.29 x 15.55 11 Navpreet Singh 15.25 15.10 15.04 15.25 12 Ilya Kostin x 14.92 x 14.92 13 Dmitry Kruchenok 14.40 x x 14.40 14 Pavlos Atmatsidis 14.19 x x 14.19

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

References