1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon explained

Event:	Men's decathlon
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's decathlon competition at the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, was held on 18 August and 19 August 1998. The event was one of the permit meetings of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.

Medalists

Gold	Erki Nool Estonia (EST)
Silver	Eduard Hämäläinen Finland (FIN)
Bronze	Lev Lobodin Russia (RUS)

Schedule

18 August

19 August

Records

		8891	5 September 1992
		8811	28 August 1986

Results

Best marks for each event are highlighted.

Rank	Athlete	Decathlon										Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
		bgcolor=gold	10.58	bgcolor=gold	7.80	14.40	1.97	46.67	14.68	40.79	bgcolor=gold	5.40	bgcolor=gold	70.65	4:38.00	8667
		10.87	7.44	16.04	2.06	46.95	bgcolor=gold	13.96	47.85	5.00	55.34	4:33.98	8587
		10.66	7.42	15.67	2.03	48.65	13.97	46.55	5.20	56.55	4:30.27	8571
4		10.60	7.39	16.03	1.97	bgcolor=gold	46.49	14.12	39.34	5.10	63.99	4:32.23	8552
5		10.77	7.61	15.87	1.97	48.11	14.07	46.38	4.70	65.12	4:34.62	8506
6		10.73	7.60	14.90	2.09	48.28	14.27	42.57	4.90	62.82	4:35.21	8477
7		10.85	7.58	13.72	2.03	48.13	14.39	42.80	5.00	59.62	4:20.42	8392
8		11.16	7.29	13.77	2.06	49.82	14.41	42.46	4.90	63.27	4:26.82	8174
9=		11.19	7.26	14.90	2.03	49.07	14.39	46.38	4.70	58.05	4:33.14	8140
9=		11.03	7.42	15.22	1.79	48.29	14.50	bgcolor=gold	51.28	4.60	61.65	4:37.95	8140
11		11.19	7.02	14.05	2.06	50.43	14.53	42.70	4.90	63.89	bgcolor=gold	4:20.39	8135
12		10.94	7.12	14.42	1.85	47.87	14.74	44.66	4.90	58.57	4:23.27	8081
13		10.90	7.47	14.53	2.03	49.55	15.09	47.56	4.90	51.88	4:46.88	8030
14		10.92	7.26	14.73	1.91	48.45	14.79	41.09	4.60	68.22	4:43.21	8011
15		10.81	6.88	14.36	1.94	47.97	14.75	42.07	4.80	63.64	4:52.58	7930
16		11.27	6.56	14.17	bgcolor=gold	2.18	49.62	15.59	42.22	4.50	62.90	4:23.54	7876
17		11.10	6.94	14.96	1.94	48.11	14.95	35.49	4.40	64.85	4:32.44	7778
18		11.04	7.20	13.07	2.03	49.55	15.04	41.33	4.40	57.85	4:45.49	7672
19		11.21	7.04	11.46	2.06	49.77	15.01	39.54	4.80	53.43	4:42.94	7549
20		11.18	7.05	15.31	2.06	50.41	15.12	45.17	4.60	59.48	DNF	7236
-		11.21	6.86	14.77	1.94	51.45	15.06	42.63	DNS	-	-	DNF
-		11.17	7.12	13.54	1.91	48.62	14.56	39.86	DNS	-	-	DNF
-		11.19	7.65	15.48	2.09	47.76	14.84	DNS	-	-	-	DNF
-		10.93	6.80	13.03	1.94	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
-		10.77	7.03	13.54	1.97	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
-		11.18	7.02	bgcolor=gold	16.18	X	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

See also

• 1997 Men's World Championships Decathlon
• 1998 Hypo-Meeting
• 1998 Decathlon Year Ranking
• 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

References

• Decathlon2000
• Results