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

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.^[1]^[2] 106.7 cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

Medalists

2 August
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	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

1 August

Wind: 0.0 m/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

Wind: -1.6 m/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

31 July

Wind: -0.8 m/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

Wind: -1.2 m/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

Wind: -0.3 m/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

Wind: +0.2 m/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

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