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{{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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|valign="top"|

===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]
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