title: 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk
text: # 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk
  
  The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Roman Rasskazov Russia |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Liu Yunfeng China |
  | Bronze | Mario Flores Mexico |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  30 July
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Roman Rasskazov | Russia | 41:55.95 |
  | | Liu Yunfeng | China | 42:01.11 |
  | | Mario Flores | Mexico | 42:04.55 |
  | 4 | Juan Manuel Molina | Spain | 42:09.75 |
  | 5 | Li Guoqing | China | 42:20.25 |
  | 6 | Marcus Hackbusch | Germany | 42:46.81 |
  | 7 | Yevgeniy Yakovlev | Russia | 43:23.81 |
  | 8 | Xavier Moreno | Ecuador | 43:52.61 |
  | 9 | Sin Il-Yong | South Korea | 44:11.96 |
  | 10 | Liam Murphy | Australia | 44:20.85 |
  | 11 | Troy Sundstrom | Australia | 44:45.92 |
  | 12 | Maik Berger | Germany | 44:56.27 |
  | 13 | Aivars Kadaks | Latvia | 45:04.13 |
  | 14 | Andrey Stepanchuk | Belarus | 45:18.19 |
  | 15 | José Ignacio Aledo | Spain | 45:36.05 |
  | 16 | Takeshi Maruyama | Japan | 45:44.33 |
  | 17 | Milos Bátovsky | Slovakia | 46:08.36 |
  | 18 | Ivan Shuler | Belarus | 46:10.13 |
  | 19 | Ricardo Vendeira | Portugal | 46:10.74 |
  | 20 | Mickael Rousseau | France | 46:19.84 |
  | 21 | Snorre Utaker | Norway | 47:02.61 |
  | 22 | David Kidd | Ireland | 47:10.68 |
  | 23 | Roman Criollo | Ecuador | 47:52.68 |
  | 24 | Lema Abera | Ethiopia | 48:18.83 |
  | 25 | Anatolijus Launikonis | Lithuania | 48:23.28 |
  | 26 | Erik Tysse | Norway | 49:28.12 |
  | 27 | Michael Kemp | United Kingdom | 49:40.40 |
  | 28 | Mohd Shahrul Haizy | Malaysia | 50:40.18 |
  | 29 | Pavel Svoboda | Czech Republic | 52:57.50 |
  | | Nuno Pereira | Portugal | DQ |
  | | Kazuya Terashima | Japan | DQ |
  | | Mário dos Santos | Brazil | DNF |
  | | Viktor Jansson | Sweden | DNF |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Australia (2)
  * Belarus (2)
  * Brazil (1)
  * China (2)
  * Czech Republic (1)
  * Ecuador (2)
  * Ethiopia (1)
  * France (1)
  * Germany (2)
  * Ireland (1)
  * Japan (2)
  * Latvia (1)
  * Lithuania (1)
  * Malaysia (1)
  * Mexico (1)
  * Norway (2)
  * Portugal (2)
  * Russia (2)
  * Slovakia (1)
  * South Korea (1)
  * Spain (2)
  * Sweden (1)
  * United Kingdom (1)
  