1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 29 and 30 July.^[1]^[2] A 2 kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Gold	Zoltán Kővágó Hungary
Silver	Emeka Udechuku United Kingdom
Bronze	Gábor Máté Hungary

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	x	57.35	53.90	55.93	56.80	59.36	59.36
	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	56.10	x	55.91	55.44	57.99	57.39	57.99
	Gábor Máté	Hungary	55.71	56.96	55.95	56.09	56.29	51.91	56.96
4	Jeremy Allen	United States	55.19	x	55.82	55.10	55.60	56.55	56.55
5	Johannes van Wyk	South Africa	54.54	55.35	55.78	55.96	x	54.44	55.96
6	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	48.06	55.43	51.27	55.75	53.37	55.60	55.75
7	Janus Robberts	South Africa	55.57	55.19	x	53.74	x	55.63	55.63
8	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	53.30	52.21	51.64	51.90	52.24	x	53.30

9	Yan Xiaoming	China	x	52.75	x				52.75
10	Scott Moser	United States	x	50.54	52.69				52.69
11	Peter Elvy	Australia	x	45.47	50.41				50.41
12	Petri Hakala	Finland	48.51	x	49.23				49.23

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	55.93	-	-	55.93	Q
2	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	55.48	-	-	55.48	Q
3	Scott Moser	United States	55.27	-	-	55.27	Q
4	Yan Xiaoming	China	x	53.42	-	53.42	Q
5	Peter Elvy	Australia	50.87	x	53.28	53.28	Q
6	Janus Robberts	South Africa	53.05	-	-	53.05	Q
7	Petri Hakala	Finland	52.15	52.48	x	52.48	q
8	Antonín Žalský	Czech Republic	48.53	44.51	x	48.53
9	Wael Mohd	Qatar	46.75	45.08	48.23	48.23
10	Marcin Szeszula	Poland	47.47	46.35	48.20	48.20
11	Tommaso Mattei	Italy	46.34	47.65	45.15	47.65
12	Loy Martínez	Cuba	45.88	47.59	x	47.59
13	Juan Rosete	Portugal	46.90	47.00	46.73	47.00
14	Stefanos Hatzinikolaou	Greece	38.92	43.26	44.60	44.60

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	57.39	-	-	57.39	Q
2	Jeremy Allen	United States	57.12	-	-	57.12	Q
3	Gábor Máté	Hungary	49.21	50.42	56.80	56.80	Q
4	Johannes van Wyk	South Africa	52.87	53.47	-	53.47	Q
5	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	50.74	49.94	52.05	52.05	q
6	Ilya Kostin	Russia	51.91	x	51.80	51.91
7	Lai Chaohui	China	50.80	47.04	49.53	50.80
8	Julián Angulo	Colombia	49.66	x	46.42	49.66
9	Matija Jakopovic	Croatia	49.59	47.29	45.93	49.59
10	Scott Russell	Canada	41.05	49.14	47.71	49.14
11	John Ledbrook	Australia	47.03	47.76	x	47.76
12	Demetris Toumbas	Cyprus	x	47.12	x	47.12
13	Mihai Timaru	Romania	46.65	45.87	45.90	46.65
14	Łukasz Wenta	Poland	x	46.07	x	46.07

Medalists