1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres 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 edit

Gold Christian Malcolm
  United Kingdom
Silver Jairo Duzant
  Netherlands Antilles
Bronze Russell Frye
  United States

Results edit

Final edit

1 August
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Christian Malcolm   United Kingdom 20.44
  Jairo Duzant   Netherlands Antilles 20.92
  Russell Frye   United States 20.94
4 Steve Slowly   Jamaica 20.99
5 Scott Thom   Australia 21.00
6 Roy Bailey   Jamaica 21.02
7 Massimiliano Donati   Italy 21.08
8 Stefan Holz   Germany 21.39

Semifinals edit

1 August

Semifinal 1 edit

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Russell Frye   United States 20.92 Q
2 Jairo Duzant   Netherlands Antilles 21.01 Q
3 Roy Bailey   Jamaica 21.16 Q
4 Stefan Holz   Germany 21.29 Q
5 Wynand Dempers   South Africa 21.38
6 Tim Benjamin   United Kingdom 21.59
7 Raphael de Oliveira   Brazil 21.88
8 Sherwin Vries   Namibia 21.88

Semifinal 2 edit

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christian Malcolm   United Kingdom 20.62 Q
2 Massimiliano Donati   Italy 20.97 Q
3 Scott Thom   Australia 21.05 Q
4 Steve Slowly   Jamaica 21.07 Q
5 Kevin Baker   United States 21.24
6 Benjamin Potter   New Zealand 21.32
7 Bradley Agnew   South Africa 21.45
8 Hirofumi Nakagawa   Japan 21.89

Quarterfinals edit

31 July

Quarterfinal 1 edit

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Steve Slowly   Jamaica 21.00 Q
2 Scott Thom   Australia 21.14 Q
3 Kevin Baker   United States 21.53 Q
4 Raphael de Oliveira   Brazil 21.54 Q
5 Jeremy Bobe   France 21.56
6 Attila Farkas   Hungary 21.57
7 Heber Viera   Uruguay 21.58
José Luis Herrera   Colombia DNS

Quarterfinal 2 edit

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Russell Frye   United States 20.79 Q
2 Roy Bailey   Jamaica 21.07 Q
3 Tim Benjamin   United Kingdom 21.22 Q
4 Sherwin Vries   Namibia 21.31 Q
5 William To Wai Lok   Hong Kong 21.81
6 Julien Arame   France 21.87
7 Kenji Nara   Japan 22.19
Matthias Mertens   Germany DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Quarterfinal 3 edit

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christian Malcolm   United Kingdom 20.85 Q
2 Benjamin Potter   New Zealand 21.26 Q
3 Hirofumi Nakagawa   Japan 21.31 Q
4 Wynand Dempers   South Africa 21.36 Q
5 Anastasios Goúsis   Greece 21.48
6 Alexander Lakhanpal   Sweden 21.78
7 Alejandro Olivan   Spain 21.79
8 Stephen Hadfield   Australia 21.88

Quarterfinal 4 edit

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jairo Duzant   Netherlands Antilles 21.07 Q
2 Stefan Holz   Germany 21.27 Q
3 Massimiliano Donati   Italy 21.29 Q
4 Bradley Agnew   South Africa 21.38 Q
5 Dallas Roberts   New Zealand 21.40
6 Uros Zver   Slovenia 21.66
7 Helly Ollarves   Venezuela 21.76
8 Ousman Jatta   Gambia 22.51

Heats edit

31 July

Heat 1 edit

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Roy Bailey   Jamaica 21.32 Q
2 Hirofumi Nakagawa   Japan 21.32 Q
3 Attila Farkas   Hungary 21.59 Q
4 William To Wai Lok   Hong Kong 21.77 Q
5 Nelson Lucas   Seychelles 22.14
6 Dermot Rawlins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.46
Marco Cuneo   Italy DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2 edit

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jairo Duzant   Netherlands Antilles 21.25 Q
2 Stefan Holz   Germany 21.33 Q
3 Dallas Roberts   New Zealand 21.52 Q
4 Uros Zver   Slovenia 21.57 Q
5 Heber Viera   Uruguay 21.59 q
6 Stephen Hadfield   Australia 21.79 q
7 Saula Roko   Fiji 22.24
8 Charles Shaw   Liberia 23.41

Heat 3 edit

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Scott Thom   Australia 21.23 Q
2 Steve Slowly   Jamaica 21.34 Q
3 Julien Arame   France 21.51 Q
4 Matthias Mertens   Germany 21.56 Q
5 Kenji Nara   Japan 21.92 q
6 Rudy Colabella   Belgium 21.97
7 Gary Webb   Norfolk Island 23.61
8 Papy Stone Seke Moundele   Congo 23.66

Heat 4 edit

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Massimiliano Donati   Italy 21.10 Q
2 Wynand Dempers   South Africa 21.25 Q
3 Benjamin Potter   New Zealand 21.26 Q
4 José Luis Herrera   Colombia 22.15 Q
5 Sean Lambert   Grenada 22.51
6 Xu Zizhou   China 22.69
7 Bashir Al-Khewani   Yemen 23.80
8 Philam Garcia   Guam 25.11

Heat 5 edit

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Russell Frye   United States 20.97 Q
2 Bradley Agnew   South Africa 21.43 Q
3 Raphael de Oliveira   Brazil 21.58 Q
4 Alejandro Olivan   Spain 21.69 Q
5 Helly Ollarves   Venezuela 21.76 q
6 Thomas Scheidl   Austria 22.11
7 Ernesto Elo   Equatorial Guinea 23.80

Heat 6 edit

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christian Malcolm   United Kingdom 20.73 Q
2 Jeremy Bobe   France 21.36 Q
3 Alexander Lakhanpal   Sweden 21.44 Q
4 Ousman Jatta   Gambia 21.89 Q
5 Ahmed Torkhani   Tunisia 21.94
6 Piotr Berestiuk   Poland 22.00
7 Robert Mugagga   Uganda 22.34

Heat 7 edit

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kevin Baker   United States 21.16 Q
2 Tim Benjamin   United Kingdom 21.19 Q
3 Sherwin Vries   Namibia 21.25 Q
4 Anastasios Goúsis   Greece 21.61 Q
5 Isaac Yaya   Tahiti 22.64
Rodney Pitts   U.S. Virgin Islands DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  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