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

The men's triple jump 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]

Medalists

Gold	Ionuţ Pungă  Romania
Silver	Ivaylo Rusenov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Gregory Yeldell  United States

Results

Final

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ionuţ Pungă	Romania	16.47 (w: -1.5 m/s)	16.63 (w: -1.3 m/s)	x	16.66 (w: +1.0 m/s)	16.94 (w: +0.4 m/s)	16.91 (w: -0.2 m/s)	16.94 (w: +0.4 m/s)
	Ivaylo Rusenov	Bulgaria	15.91 (w: -0.9 m/s)	16.11 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	16.01 (w: -0.8 m/s)	16.65 (w: +0.5 m/s)	16.15 (w: +0.1 m/s)	16.65 (w: +0.5 m/s)
	Gregory Yeldell	United States	x	x	15.86 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.70 (w: -1.1 m/s)	16.31 (w: +0.4 m/s)	16.44 (w: -0.1 m/s)	16.44 (w: -0.1 m/s)
4	Chris Hercules	United States	15.71 (w: -1.3 m/s)	x	x	15.15 (w: -0.7 m/s)	x	16.27 (w: +1.0 m/s)	16.27 (w: +1.0 m/s)
5	Zhao Zongming	China	16.14 (w: -0.6 m/s)	x	x	15.29 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	x	16.14 (w: -0.6 m/s)
6	Sébastien Pincemail	France	15.58 (w: -1.0 m/s)	15.79 (w: -1.6 m/s)	15.86 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.63 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.84 (w: +0.4 m/s)	16.03 (w: +0.3 m/s)	16.03 (w: +0.3 m/s)
7	Sergey Bochkov	Azerbaijan	15.89 (w: -1.2 m/s)	16.00 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.73 (w: -0.6 m/s)	15.61 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.83 (w: +0.3 m/s)	x	16.00 (w: -0.1 m/s)
8	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	15.29 (w: -1.6 m/s)	15.69 (w: -0.7 m/s)	15.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	15.00 (w: +2.0 m/s)	15.56 (w: -1.2 m/s)	15.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)
9	Daniel Donovici	Romania	15.50 (w: -1.5 m/s)	15.68 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.38 (w: +0.7 m/s)				15.68 (w: -0.2 m/s)
10	Thierry Moreau	France	15.26 (w: -1.6 m/s)	x	15.64 (w: -0.9 m/s)				15.64 (w: -0.9 m/s)
11	Sergey Khurbatov	Belarus	15.54 (w: -1.0 m/s)	15.59 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.41 (w: -0.3 m/s)				15.59 (w: +0.7 m/s)
12	Danial Jahic	FR Yugoslavia	15.13 (w: -0.9 m/s)	15.38 (w: -1.2 m/s)	15.42 (w: -1.9 m/s)				15.42 (w: -1.9 m/s)

Qualifications

31 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Gregory Yeldell	United States	15.69 (w: +0.8 m/s)	15.88 (w: -0.5 m/s)	16.37 (w: +0.1 m/s)	16.37 (w: +0.1 m/s)	Q
2	Zhao Zongming	China	16.21 (w: +0.3 m/s)	-	-	16.21 (w: +0.3 m/s)	Q
3	Sébastien Pincemail	France	16.05 (w: 0.0 m/s)	-	-	16.05 (w: 0.0 m/s)	Q
4	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	15.58 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.70 (w: +0.7 m/s)	16.02 (w: +0.8 m/s)	16.02 (w: +0.8 m/s)	Q
5	Sergey Bochkov	Azerbaijan	15.97 (w: +0.2 m/s)	-	-	15.97 (w: +0.2 m/s)	Q
6	Daniel Donovici	Romania	15.72 (w: -0.7 m/s)	x	15.92 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.92 (w: +0.3 m/s)	Q
7	Danial Jahic	FR Yugoslavia	15.29 (w: +0.8 m/s)	15.56 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.80 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.80 (w: +0.2 m/s)	q
8	Sergey Khurbatov	Belarus	15.74 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.64 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.78 (w: +0.1 m/s)	15.78 (w: +0.1 m/s)	q
9	Leevan Sands	Bahamas	15.70 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.09 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.58 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.70 (w: -0.1 m/s)
10	Ibrahim Abubaker	Qatar	14.84 (w: +1.2 m/s)	15.57 (w: 0.0 m/s)	14.90 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.57 (w: 0.0 m/s)
11	Pavel Kalinin	Russia	15.11 (w: +1.0 m/s)	15.34 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.52 (w: +0.4 m/s)	15.52 (w: +0.4 m/s)
12	Mikola Mestechkin	Ukraine	15.48 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x	15.44 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.48 (w: +0.4 m/s)
13	Yasmin Mustafov	Bulgaria	15.11 (w: +0.6 m/s)	15.01 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.41 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.41 (w: -0.3 m/s)
14	Nicholas Thomas	United Kingdom	15.07 (w: 0.0 m/s)	14.77 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.40 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.40 (w: +0.3 m/s)
15	Alexandros Malamas	Greece	x	15.23 (w: +0.8 m/s)	15.14 (w: +1.1 m/s)	15.23 (w: +0.8 m/s)

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ionuţ Pungă	Romania	x	16.14 (w: -0.3 m/s)	-	16.14 (w: -0.3 m/s)	Q
2	Ivaylo Rusenov	Bulgaria	15.98 (w: +0.7 m/s)	-	-	15.98 (w: +0.7 m/s)	Q
3	Chris Hercules	United States	15.97 (w: +0.8 m/s)	-	-	15.97 (w: +0.8 m/s)	Q
4	Thierry Moreau	France	14.96 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.85 (w: +0.1 m/s)	15.28 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.85 (w: +0.1 m/s)	q
5	Mohd Abdulaziz	Qatar	15.28 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.30 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.70 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.70 (w: +0.7 m/s)
6	Janne Harju	Finland	15.55 (w: +1.1 m/s)	13.67 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.64 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.64 (w: +0.2 m/s)
7	Yuriy Opatskiy	Ukraine	15.61 (w: +0.4 m/s)	15.31 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.56 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.61 (w: +0.4 m/s)
8	Jon Wallace	United Kingdom	15.53 (w: 0.0 m/s)	x	15.39 (w: +1.1 m/s)	15.53 (w: 0.0 m/s)
9	Sergey Pavlov	Russia	x	14.89 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.43 (w: +0.4 m/s)	15.43 (w: +0.4 m/s)
10	Ilja Tumorin	Estonia	14.89 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	15.25 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.25 (w: -0.4 m/s)
11	Zhou Can	China	15.00 (w: -0.2 m/s)	14.84 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.24 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.24 (w: -0.1 m/s)
12	Kostas Zalagítis	Greece	14.82 (w: +0.5 m/s)	13.82 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.21 (w: +1.0 m/s)	15.21 (w: +1.0 m/s)
13	Masashi Watanabe	Japan	x	15.18 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	15.18 (w: -1.1 m/s)
14	Sanjay Kumar Rai	India	x	14.84 (w: +0.1 m/s)	14.69 (w: -0.3 m/s)	14.84 (w: +0.1 m/s)
15	Thierry Adanabou	Burkina Faso	x	14.52 (w: +0.9 m/s)	14.23 (w: +0.5 m/s)	14.52 (w: +0.9 m/s)
16	François Loungou	Central African Republic	x	13.60 (w: -0.4 m/s)	x	13.60 (w: -0.4 m/s)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

•  Azerbaijan (1)
•  Bahamas (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Burkina Faso (1)
•  Central African Republic (1)
•  China (2)
•  Estonia (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (2)
•  Greece (2)
•  India (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Qatar (2)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (2)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)
•  FR 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