{{nofootnotes|date=July 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Use South African English|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1998 IAAF World Cup |Logo = 1998 IAAF World Cup logo.jpg |Size = 240px |Colour = #81BEF7 |Optional caption = |Host city = [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] |Dates = 11–13 September 1998 |Stadium = [[Johannesburg Stadium]] |Athletes participating = ? |Events = 39 |Records set = |Level = |Previous = [[1994 IAAF World Cup|1994 London]] |Next = [[2002 IAAF World Cup|2002 Madrid]] }} The '''8th [[IAAF World Cup in Athletics]]''' were held 11–13 September 1998 at the [[Johannesburg Stadium]] in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]].
==Overall results== {| |valign="top"|
===Men=== {| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="380px" |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" ! Pos. ! Team ! Result |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" ! 1 | align="left" | Africa | 110 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" ! 2 | align="left" | Europe | 109 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" ! 3 | align="left" | Germany | 102 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 4 | align="left" | [[Americas]] | 97 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 5 | align="left" | United States | 94 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 6 | align="left" | Great Britain | 89 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 7 | align="left" | Asia | 64 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 8 | align="left" | [[Oceania]] | 53 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |}
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===Women=== {| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="380px" |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" ! Pos. ! Team ! Result |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" ! 1 | align="left" | United States | 96 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" ! 2 | align="left" | Europe | 94 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" ! 3 | align="left" | Africa | 88 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 4 | align="left" | Russia | 87 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 5 | align="left" | [[Americas]] | 81 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 6 | align="left" | Germany | 75 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 7 | align="left" | Asia | 45 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ! 8 | align="left" | [[Oceania]] | 42 |- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |} |}
==Medal summary==
===Men=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- |100 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Obadele Thompson]]|BAR}} <br />''Americas'' || 9.87<br>(NR) |{{flagathlete|[[Seun Ogunkoya]]|NGR}} <br />''Africa''||9.92 |{{flagathlete|[[Dwain Chambers]]|GBR}} <br />''Great Britain''||10.03 |- |200 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Frankie Fredericks]]|NAM}} <br />''Africa'' || 19.97 |{{flagathlete|[[Gentry Bradley]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||20.38 |{{flagathlete|[[Troy Douglas]]|NED}} <br />''Europe''||20.40 |- |400 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Iwan Thomas]]|GBR}} <br />''Great Britain'' || 45.33 |{{flagathlete|[[Jerome Young]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||45.37 |{{flagathlete|[[Troy McIntosh]]|BAH}} <br />''Americas''||45.45 |- |800 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Schumann]]|GER}} <br />''Germany'' ||1:48.66 |{{flagathlete|[[Mark Everett (runner)|Mark Everett]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||1:48.73 |{{flagathlete|[[Norberto Téllez]]|CUB}} <br />''Americas''||1:48.92 |- |1500 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Laban Rotich]]|KEN}}} <br />''Africa'' || 3:40.87 |{{flagathlete|[[Rui Silva (athlete)|Rui Silva]]|POR}} <br />''Europe''||3:40.95 |{{flagathlete|[[Anthony Whiteman]]|GBR}} <br />''Great Britain''||3:40.99 |- |3000 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Baumann]]|GER}}} <br />''Germany'' || 7:56.24 |{{flagathlete|[[Isaac Viciosa]]|ESP}} <br />''Europe''|| 7:56.47 |{{flagathlete|[[Tom Nyariki]]|KEN}} <br />''Africa''||7:59.46 |- |5000 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Komen]]|KEN}} <br />''Africa'' ||13:46.57 |{{flagathlete|[[Shaun Creighton]]|AUS}} <br />''Oceania''||13:53.66 |{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Baumann]]|GER}}} <br />''Germany''||13:58.40 |- |110 metre hurdles |{{flagathlete|[[Falk Balzer]]|GER}} <br />''Germany'' || 13.10 |{{flagathlete|[[Colin Jackson]]|GBR}} <br />''Great Britain''||13.11 |{{flagathlete|[[Anier García]]|CUB}} <br />''Americas''||13.14 |- |400 metre hurdles |{{flagathlete|[[Samuel Matete]]|ZAM}} <br />''Africa'' || 48.08 |{{flagathlete|[[Mubarak Al-Nubi]]|QAT}} <br />''Asia''|| 48.17 |{{flagathlete|[[Dinsdale Morgan]]|JAM}} <br />''Americas''||48.40 |- |3000 metre steeplechase |{{flagathlete|[[Damian Kallabis]]|GER}} <br />''Germany'' || 8:31.25 |{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Barmasai]]|KEN}} <br />''Africa''||8:31.85 |{{flagathlete|[[Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari]]|KSA}} <br />''Asia''||8:39.69 |- |4 × 100 metre relay |valign=top| ''Great Britain''<br />[[Allyn Condon]]<br />[[Marlon Devonish]]<br />[[Julian Golding]]<br />[[Dwain Chambers]]||38.09 |valign=top| ''United States''<br />[[Jonathan Carter (athlete)|Jonathan Carter]]<br />[[Curtis Perry (athlete)|Curtis Perry]]<br />[[Allen Johnson]]<br />[[Tim Harden]]||38.25 |valign=top| ''Africa''<br />[[Seun Ogunkoya]]<br />[[Leonard Myles-Mills]]<br />[[Frankie Fredericks]]<br />[[Eric Nkansah]]||38.29 |- |4 × 400 metre relay |valign=top| ''Great Britain''<br />[[Mark Hylton (sprinter)|Mark Hylton]]<br />[[Jamie Baulch]]<br />[[Sean Baldock]]<br />[[Iwan Thomas]]||2:59.71<sup>'''1'''</sup> |valign=top| ''Americas''<br />[[Michael McDonald (runner)|Michael McDonald]]<br />[[Troy McIntosh]]<br />[[Alejandro Cárdenas]]<br />[[Roxbert Martin]]||2:59.77 |valign=top| ''Africa''<br />[[Clement Chukwu]]<br />[[Ibrahima Wade]]<br />[[Arnaud Malherbe]]<br />[[Davis Kamoga]]||3:03.26 |- | High jump |{{flagathlete|[[Charles Austin (high jumper)|Charles Austin]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 2.31 |{{flagathlete|[[Javier Sotomayor]]|CUB}} <br />''Americas''||2.28 |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Klyugin]]|RUS}} <br />''Europe''||2.28 |- | Pole vault |{{flagathlete|[[Maksim Tarasov]]|RUS}} <br />''Europe'' ||5.85 |{{flagathlete|[[Tim Lobinger]]|GER}} <br />''Germany''||5.80 |{{flagathlete|[[Jeff Hartwig]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||5.70 |- | Long jump |{{flagathlete|[[Iván Pedroso]]|CUB}} <br />''Americas'' || 8.37 |{{flagathlete|[[Jai Taurima]]|AUS}} <br />''Oceania''||8.32 |{{flagathlete|[[Hatem Mersal]]|EGY}} <br />''Africa''||8.26 |- | Triple jump |{{flagathlete|[[Charles Friedek]]|GER}} <br />''Germany'' || 17.42 |{{flagathlete|[[Denis Kapustin (athlete)|Denis Kapustin]]|RUS}} <br />''Europe''||17.32 |{{flagathlete|[[Yoelbi Quesada]]|CUB}} <br />''Americas''||17.25 |- | Shot put |{{flagathlete|[[John Godina]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 21.48 |{{flagathlete|[[Oleksandr Bagach]]|UKR}} <br />''Europe''||20.45 |{{flagathlete|[[Oliver-Sven Buder]]|GER}} <br />''Germany''||20.42 |- | Discus throw |{{flagathlete|[[Virgilijus Alekna]]|LTU}} <br />''Europe'' || 69.66 |{{flagathlete|[[Lars Riedel]]|GER}} <br />''Germany''||67.47 |{{flagathlete|[[Frantz Kruger]]|RSA}} <br />''Africa''||65.73 |- | Hammer throw |{{flagathlete|[[Tibor Gécsek]]|HUN}} <br />''Europe'' || 82.68 |{{flagathlete|[[Heinz Weis]]|GER}} <br />''Germany''||80.13 |{{flagathlete|[[Andrey Abduvaliyev]]|UZB}} <br />''Asia''||79.40 |- | Javelin throw |{{flagathlete|[[Steve Backley]]|GBR}} <br />''Great Britain'' || 88.71 |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Makarov (javelin thrower)|Sergey Makarov]]|RUS}} <br />''Europe''||86.96 |{{flagathlete|[[Raymond Hecht]]|GER}} <br />''Germany''||84.92 |} <sup>'''1'''</sup> The United States originally won this event in 2:59.28, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
===Women=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- |100 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 10.65 |{{flagathlete|[[Chandra Sturrup]]|BAH}} <br />''Americas''||10.97 |{{flagathlete|[[Mary Onyali-Omagbemi|Mary Onyali]]|NGR}} <br />''Africa''||11.05 |- |200 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}} <br />''United States'' || 21.62 |{{flagathlete|[[Falilat Ogunkoya]]|NGR}} <br />''Africa''||22.25 |{{flagathlete|[[Zhanna Pintusevich-Block|Zhanna Pintusevich]]|UKR}} <br />''Europe''||22.35 |- |400 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Falilat Ogunkoya]]|NGR}} <br />''Africa'' || 49.52 |{{flagathlete|[[Grit Breuer]]|GER}} <br />''Germany''||49.86 |{{flagathlete|[[Sandie Richards]]|JAM}} <br />''Americas''||50.33 |- |800 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}} <br />''Africa'' || 1:59.88 |{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete)|Yelena Afanasyeva]]|RUS}} <br />''Russia'' ||2:00.20 |{{flagathlete|[[Letitia Vriesde]]|SUR}} <br />''Americas''|| 2:00.56 |- |1500 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS}} <br />''Russia'' || 4:09.41 |{{flagathlete|[[Jackline Maranga]]|KEN}} <br />''Africa''|| 4:10.30 |{{flagathlete|[[Carla Sacramento]]|POR}} <br />''Europe''||4:11.66 |- |3000 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU}} <br />''Europe'' ||9:00.54 |{{flagathlete|[[Zahra Ouaziz]]|MAR}} <br />''Africa''||9:01.35 |{{flagathlete|[[Regina Jacobs]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||9:11.15 |- |5000 metres |{{flagathlete|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]|IRL}} <br />''Europe'' ||16:24.52 |{{flagathlete|[[Regina Jacobs]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||16:26.24 |{{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}} <br />''Africa''||16:38.81 |- |100 metre hurdles |{{flagathlete|[[Glory Alozie]]|NGR}} <br />''Africa'' ||12.58 |{{flagathlete|[[Angie Vaughn]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||12.67 |{{flagathlete|[[Irina Shevchenko|Irina Korotya]]|RUS}} <br />''Russia''||12.77 |- |400 metre hurdles |{{flagathlete|[[Nezha Bidouane]]|MAR}} <br />''Africa'' || 52.96 |{{flagathlete|[[Deon Hemmings]]|JAM}} <br />''Americas''||53.03 |{{flagathlete|[[Kim Batten]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||53.17 |- |4 × 100 metre relay |valign=top| ''United States''<br />[[Cheryl Taplin]]<br />[[Chryste Gaines]]<br />[[Inger Miller]]<br />[[Carlette Guidry-White|Carlette Guidry]]||42.00 |valign=top| ''Americas''<br />[[Tayna Lawrence]]<br />[[Chandra Sturrup]]<br />[[Beverly McDonald]]<br />[[Philomena Mensah]]||42.44 |valign=top| ''Germany''<br />[[Melanie Paschke]]<br />[[Gabi Rockmeier]]<br />[[Birgit Rockmeier]]<br />[[Andrea Philipp]]||42.81 |- |4 × 400 metre relay |valign=top| ''Germany''<br />[[Anke Feller]]<br />[[Uta Rohländer]]<br />[[Ulrike Urbansky]]<br />[[Grit Breuer]]||3:24.26 |valign=top| ''Americas''<br />[[Norfalia Carabalí]]<br />[[Deon Hemmings]]<br />[[Andrea Blackett]]<br />[[Sandie Richards]] ||3:24.39 |valign=top| ''Russia''<br />[[Natalya Khrushcheleva]]<br />[[Svetlana Goncharenko]]<br />[[Yekaterina Bakhvalova]]<br />[[Olga Kotlyarova]]||3:25.15 |- | High jump |{{flagathlete|[[Monica Iagăr|Monica Dinescu]]|ROU}}<br />''Europe'' || 1.98 |{{flagathlete|[[Hestrie Cloete|Hestrie Storbeck]]|RSA}}<br />''Africa'' || 1.96 |{{flagathlete|[[Tisha Waller]]|USA}}<br />''United States''|| 1.93 |- | Long jump |{{flagathlete|[[Heike Drechsler]]|GER}} <br />''Germany'' || 7.07 |{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||7.00 |{{flagathlete|[[Guan Yingnan]]|CHN}} <br />''Asia''||6.74 |- | Triple jump |{{flagathlete|[[Olga Vasdeki]]|GRE}} <br />''Europe'' || 14.64 |{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Lebedeva]]|RUS}} <br />''Russia''||14.36 |{{flagathlete|[[Yamilé Aldama]]|CUB}} <br />''Americas''||14.29 |- | Shot put |{{flagathlete|[[Vita Pavlysh]]|UKR}} <br />''Europe'' ||20.59 |{{flagathlete|[[Irina Korzhanenko]]|RUS}} <br />''Russia''||19.04 |{{flagathlete|[[Connie Price-Smith]]|USA}} <br />''United States''||18.79 |- | Discus throw |{{flagathlete|[[Franka Dietzsch]]|GER}} <br />''Germany'' || 67.07 |{{flagathlete|[[Nicoleta Grasu]]|ROU}} <br />''Europe''||66.25 |{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Sadova]]|RUS}} <br />''Russia''||64.38 |- | Javelin throw |{{flagathlete|[[Joanna Stone]]|AUS}} <br />''Oceania'' || 69.85 |{{flagathlete|[[Sonia Bisset]]|CUB}} <br />''Americas''||65.50 |{{flagathlete|[[Mikaela Ingberg]]|FIN}} <br />''Europe''||64.24 |}
==Results== {{further|1998 IAAF World Cup results}}
==References== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111108204249/http://www2.iaaf.org/WCP98/index.asp IAAF homepage] with [https://web.archive.org/web/20070116075901/http://www2.iaaf.org/WCP98/Results/byevent.html Results] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100106/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/79/40/20100809103225_httppostedfile_split2010_21818.pdf Full Results by IAAF] {{1998 in athletics}} {{IAAF Championships}}
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