1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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 110 metres hurdles event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July, 1 and 2 August. 106.7cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

Medalists

Gold	Staņislavs Olijars Latvia
Silver	Sharif Paxton United States
Bronze	Florian Seibold Germany

Results

Final

2 August
Wind: -0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	13.51
	Sharif Paxton	United States	14.10
	Florian Seibold	Germany	14.21
4	Ben Warmington	United Kingdom	14.33
5	Gergely Palágyi	Hungary	14.39
6	Todd Matthews	United States	14.40
7	Shinri Yamada	Japan	14.47
8	Dimítrios Piétris	Greece	14.89

Semifinals

1 August

Semifinal 1

Wind: 0.0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sharif Paxton	United States	14.12	Q
2	Dimítrios Piétris	Greece	14.26	Q
3	Gergely Palágyi	Hungary	14.36	Q
4	Ben Warmington	United Kingdom	14.45	Q
5	Robert Grams	Germany	14.49
6	Giorgio Berdini	Italy	14.52
7	Salih Keljalic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.81
8	Désiré Delric	France	15.02

Semifinal 2

Wind: -1.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	13.81	Q
2	Shinri Yamada	Japan	14.24	Q
3	Todd Matthews	United States	14.24	Q
4	Florian Seibold	Germany	14.40	Q
5	Artur Budziłło	Poland	14.49
6	György Kovács	Hungary	14.55
7	Robert Newton	United Kingdom	14.69
8	Marko Ritola	Finland	14.77

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.8m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Désiré Delric	France	14.30	Q
2	Gergely Palágyi	Hungary	14.48	Q
3	Marko Ritola	Finland	14.53	Q
4	Yoshihiro Hisano	Japan	14.62
5	Martinos Adamopoulos	Greece	14.73
6	Felipe Vivancos	Spain	14.74
7	Alessandro Battinelli	Italy	14.77

Heat 2

Wind: -1.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	13.65	Q
2	Todd Matthews	United States	14.13	Q
3	Shinri Yamada	Japan	14.15	Q
4	Robert Newton	United Kingdom	14.56	q
5	Benoît Yameundjeu	France	14.63
6	José Vidal	Spain	14.64
7	William Wicks	Australia	15.11

Heat 3

Wind: -0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	György Kovács	Hungary	14.36	Q
2	Dimítrios Piétris	Greece	14.42	Q
3	Salih Keljalic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.43	Q
4	Florian Seibold	Germany	14.44	q
5	Vytautas Kancleris	Lithuania	14.65
6	Robson dos Santos	Brazil	14.65
7	Claude Godart	Luxembourg	14.75
8	Shah Dilawar Hossain	Bangladesh	15.31

Heat 4

Wind: +0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sharif Paxton	United States	14.01	Q
2	Artur Budziłło	Poland	14.09	Q
3	Ben Warmington	United Kingdom	14.25	Q
4	Giorgio Berdini	Italy	14.45	q
5	Robert Grams	Germany	14.46	q
6	Adam Dorey	Australia	14.63
7	Ah Chong Sam Chong	Samoa	15.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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