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

The Men's high jump event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Alfredo Deza  Peru
Silver	Yin Xueli  China
Bronze	Aleksandr Veryutin  Belarus

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Alfredo Deza	Peru	2.21
	Yin Xueli	China	2.21
	Aleksandr Veryutin	Belarus	2.21
4	Mike Ponikvar	Canada	2.21
5	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	2.18
6	Pawel Mankiewicz	Poland	2.15
7	Naoyuki Daigo	Japan	2.15
8	Ronald Garlett	Australia	2.10
8	Martin Lloyd	United Kingdom	2.10
8	Casper Labuschagne	South Africa	2.10
8	Nikolay Korostelyov	Russia	2.10
12	Einar Karl Hjartarson	Iceland	2.10
12	Vusumzi Mtshatseni	South Africa	2.10
14	James Carr	United States	2.10

Qualifications

30 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Nikolay Korostelyov	Russia	2.18	Q
2	Mike Ponikvar	Canada	2.18	Q
3	Vusumzi Mtshatseni	South Africa	2.14	q
3	James Carr	United States	2.14	q
5	Alfredo Deza	Peru	2.14	q
6	Aleksey Gordienko	Ukraine	2.10
7	Kim Jin-Soo	South Korea	2.10
8	Andrei Mikhalkovich	Belarus	2.10
8	Jérome Tourre	France	2.10
10	Marko Aleksejev	Estonia	2.10
11	Ed Willers	United Kingdom	2.05
11	Rožle Prezelj	Slovenia	2.05
13	Darrel Muzyczka	Australia	2.05
13	Paweł Gulcz	Poland	2.05
15	Kabelo Mmono	Botswana	1.95

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Naoyuki Daigo	Japan	2.18	Q
2	Pawel Mankiewicz	Poland	2.18	Q
3	Einar Karl Hjartarson	Iceland	2.18	Q
4	Aleksandr Veryutin	Belarus	2.14	q
4	Yin Xueli	China	2.14	q
6	Ronald Garlett	Australia	2.14	q
7	Martin Lloyd	United Kingdom	2.14	q
7	Casper Labuschagne	South Africa	2.14	q
7	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	2.14	q
10	Hannes Zumsande	Germany	2.10
11	Lamar Johnson	United States	2.10
12	Tarmo Kobin	Estonia	2.05
13	Grégory Gabella	France	2.05
14	Randy Cheddesingh	Canada	2.05
15	Sergei Seipuk	Lithuania	2.00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Botswana (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  China (1)
•  Estonia (2)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Peru (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

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