1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

Events at the 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

The men's long jump event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 29 and 30 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Petar Dachev  Bulgaria
Silver	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi  Qatar
Bronze	Luis Felipe Méliz  Cuba

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	8.11 (w: +0.9 m/s)	8.11 (w: +0.7 m/s)	x	7.69 (w: 0.0 m/s)	8.14 (w: +0.3 m/s)	x	8.14 (w: +0.3 m/s)
	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	Qatar	7.83 (w: -1.5 m/s)	8.11 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.90 (w: -1.0 m/s)	7.93 w (w: +2.1 m/s)	x	7.86 (w: +1.2 m/s)	8.11 (w: -0.1 m/s)
	Luis Felipe Méliz	Cuba	7.59 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.91 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	7.59 (w: +1.1 m/s)	7.62 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	7.91 (w: +0.6 m/s)
4	Krasimir Argirov	Bulgaria	7.79 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.87 w (w: +2.7 m/s)	7.72 (w: +1.4 m/s)	6.62 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.60 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.39 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.87 w (w: +2.7 m/s)
5	Danial Jahic	Yugoslavia	7.71 (w: +0.2 m/s)	x	x	7.83 (w: +0.1 m/s)	7.71 (w: +0.2 m/s)	x	7.83 (w: +0.1 m/s)
6	Wang Cheng	China	7.69 (w: -0.3 m/s)	7.75 (w: -3.0 m/s)	7.70 (w: +0.8 m/s)	x	x	x	7.75 (w: -3.0 m/s)
7	Schahriar Bigdeli	Germany	7.37 (w: -1.2 m/s)	7.65 (w: -0.2 m/s)	7.60 (w: -0.2 m/s)	7.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)	7.63 (w: -0.1 m/s)	x	7.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)
8	Vitaliy Shkurlatov	Russia	7.22 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.57 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	7.41 (w: -0.9 m/s)	7.61 (w: +0.8 m/s)	7.52 (w: -0.5 m/s)	7.61 (w: +0.8 m/s)
9	Chris Hercules	United States	7.48 (w: +1.8 m/s)	x	7.44 (w: -0.1 m/s)				7.48 (w: +1.8 m/s)
10	Tommi Evilä	Finland	x	7.39 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x				7.39 (w: +0.4 m/s)
11	Yann Doménech	France	x	7.11 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x				7.11 (w: +0.4 m/s)
12	Chris Stafford	United States	x	x	x				NM

Qualifications

29 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	7.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)	-	-	7.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)	Q
2	Schahriar Bigdeli	Germany	7.88 w (w: +2.5 m/s)	-	-	7.88 w (w: +2.5 m/s)	Q
3	Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi	Qatar	7.86 (w: +1.0 m/s)	-	-	7.86 (w: +1.0 m/s)	Q
4	Wang Cheng	China	x	x	7.81 (w: +0.5 m/s)	7.81 (w: +0.5 m/s)	Q
5	Danial Jahic	Yugoslavia	7.35 (w: -1.5 m/s)	x	7.69 (w: +1.7 m/s)	7.69 (w: +1.7 m/s)	q
6	Vitaliy Shkurlatov	Russia	7.57 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.47 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.46 (w: -1.1 m/s)	7.57 (w: -0.1 m/s)	q
7	Chris Hercules	United States	7.29 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	7.56 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.56 (w: +0.4 m/s)	q
8	Janne Harju	Finland	7.46 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.30 (w: +1.0 m/s)	7.39 (w: +0.4 m/s)	7.46 (w: +0.3 m/s)
9	Leslie Djhone	France	7.46 (w: -0.3 m/s)	x	x	7.46 (w: -0.3 m/s)
10	Masashi Watanabe	Japan	7.45 (w: +0.7 m/s)	x	7.38 (w: +0.2 m/s)	7.45 (w: +0.7 m/s)
11	Ferdinando Iucolane	Italy	7.35 (w: +1.1 m/s)	x	x	7.35 (w: +1.1 m/s)
12	DeWayne Barrett	Jamaica	x	x	7.26 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.26 (w: -0.1 m/s)
13	Santiago Sánchez	Spain	x	7.25 (w: +0.2 m/s)	7.08 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.25 (w: +0.2 m/s)
14	Tomasz Mateusiak	Poland	7.06 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.19 (w: +0.4 m/s)	6.92 (w: +0.9 m/s)	7.19 (w: +0.4 m/s)
15	Sanjay Kumar Rai	India	6.85 (w: -1.0 m/s)	6.98 (w: 0.0 m/s)	x	6.98 (w: 0.0 m/s)
16	Huang Chia-Yung	Chinese Taipei	6.82 (w: -1.2 m/s)	x	x	6.82 (w: -1.2 m/s)
17	Darren Thompson	United Kingdom	6.50 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	x	6.50 (w: +0.6 m/s)

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Luis Felipe Méliz	Cuba	7.49 (w: -0.3 m/s)	7.67 (w: +1.0 m/s)	7.59 w (w: +2.6 m/s)	7.67 (w: +1.0 m/s)	q
2	Yann Doménech	France	x	7.19 (w: +1.2 m/s)	7.59 w (w: +2.2 m/s)	7.59 w (w: +2.2 m/s)	q
3	Krasimir Argirov	Bulgaria	7.32 (w: +0.9 m/s)	7.04 (w: +1.5 m/s)	7.57 (w: +1.6 m/s)	7.57 (w: +1.6 m/s)	q
4	Tommi Evilä	Finland	x	7.04 (w: -2.0 m/s)	7.51 w (w: +3.4 m/s)	7.51 w (w: +3.4 m/s)	q
5	Chris Stafford	United States	7.49 (w: -0.1 m/s)	x	6.99 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.49 (w: -0.1 m/s)	q
6	Andrzej Masiak	Poland	x	7.48 (w: -1.0 m/s)	7.41 (w: +0.7 m/s)	7.48 (w: -1.0 m/s)
7	Esteban Copland	Venezuela	x	7.33 (w: +0.8 m/s)	7.41 (w: -1.0 m/s)	7.41 (w: -1.0 m/s)
8	Zhou Can	China	7.00 (w: -1.2 m/s)	7.39 (w: +1.9 m/s)	6.99 (w: +0.5 m/s)	7.39 (w: +1.9 m/s)
9	Idika Uduma	Nigeria	x	7.07 (w: -0.4 m/s)	7.36 (w: -0.7 m/s)	7.36 (w: -0.7 m/s)
10	Chiu Chin-Ching	Chinese Taipei	7.34 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x	6.26 (w: -0.2 m/s)	7.34 (w: +0.4 m/s)
11	Aundre Edwards	Jamaica	7.30 (w: +0.6 m/s)	7.17 (w: +0.9 m/s)	7.13 (w: +0.3 m/s)	7.30 (w: +0.6 m/s)
12	Shinichi Terano	Japan	x	x	7.25 (w: -0.8 m/s)	7.25 (w: -0.8 m/s)
13	Sergey Pavlov	Russia	7.13 (w: -1.1 m/s)	6.89 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	7.13 (w: -1.1 m/s)
14	Vahagn Javakhyan	Armenia	x	6.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x	6.98 (w: +0.4 m/s)
15	Jerome Abraham	Germany	x	x	6.95 (w: -0.4 m/s)	6.95 (w: -0.4 m/s)
16	Alejandro Olivan	Spain	x	x	x	NM
17	Boštjan Fridrih	Slovenia	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

•  Armenia (1)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  China (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (2)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  India (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Nigeria (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  Yugoslavia (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