1998 World Judo Juniors Championships

The 1998 World Judo Juniors Championships was an edition of the World Judo Juniors Championships, organised by the International Judo Federation. It was held in Cali, Colombia from 8 to 11 October 1998.^[1][2]

Judo 1998 World Judo Juniors Championships
Location	Cali, Colombia
Dates	8–11 October 1998
Competition at external databases
Links	JudoInside
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (−60 kg)	Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)	Evgeny Stanev (RUS)	Choi Min-ho (KOR)
			Ehud Vaks (ISR)
Half-lightweight (−66 kg)	Tiago Camilo (BRA)	Nicolae Ivan (ROU)	Javier Delgado (ESP)
			Vladislav Garanin (RUS)
Lightweight (−73 kg)	Denis Ogienko (RUS)	Germán Velasco (PER)	Claudiu Baștea (ROU)
			Klemen Ferjan (SLO)
Half-middleweight (−81 kg)	Alexei Cherchnev (RUS)	Thomas Cousins (GBR)	Takashi Ono (JPN)
			Tim Lamsfuß (GER)
Middleweight (−90 kg)	Yuta Yazaki (JPN)	Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (RUS)	Elco van der Geest (NED)
			Rupert Riess (AUT)
Half-heavyweight (−100 kg)	Keiji Suzuki (JPN)	Rafael Rocha (BRA)	Michael Jurack (GER)
			Martin Padar (EST)
Heavyweight (+100 kg)	Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS)	Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)	Grzegorz Eitel (POL)
			Daniel Hernandes (BRA)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (−48 kg)	Danieska Carrión (CUB)	Asami Kuramochi (JPN)	Anna Żemła-Krajewska (POL)
			Ann Simons (BEL)
Half-lightweight (−52 kg)	Zaimaris Calderon (CUB)	Fabiane Hukuda (BRA)	Viktória Nagy (HUN)
			Ana Carrascosa (ESP)
Lightweight (−57 kg)	Yuko Nesaki (JPN)	Danielle Zangrando (BRA)	Lena Göldi (SUI)
			Yurisleidy Lupetey (CUB)
Half-middleweight (−63 kg)	Keiko Maeda (JPN)	Claudia Heill (AUT)	Raša Sraka (SLO)
			Betty Aguila (CUB)
Middleweight (−70 kg)	Yukie Koga (JPN)	Catherine Jacques (BEL)	Edith Bosch (NED)
			Yurisel Laborde (CUB)
Half-heavyweight (−78 kg)	Leyén Zulueta (CUB)	Mizuho Matzuzaki (JPN)	Henar Parra (ESP)
			Jana Grenzdorfer (GER)
Heavyweight (+78 kg)	Karina Bryant (GBR)	Choi Sook-ie (KOR)	Sanae Yokomizo (JPN)
			Lee Hsiao-hung (TPE)

Source Results ^[1][2]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	5	3	2	10
2	Cuba (CUB)	4	0	3	7
3	Russia (RUS)	3	2	1	6
4	Brazil (BRA)	1	3	1	5
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
6	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
10	Peru (PER)	0	1	0	1
11	Germany (GER)	0	0	3	3
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	3	3
13	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	2	2
16	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		14	14	28	56

Source: ^[3][4]