1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon explained

Event:	Women's heptathlon
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The Women's heptathlon competition at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on Friday August 21 and Saturday August 22, 1998. The event was one of the permit meetings of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.

Medalists

Gold	Denise Lewis Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Urszula Włodarczyk Poland (POL)
Bronze	Natallia Sazanovich Belarus (BLR)

Schedule

August 21

August 22

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
		7291	September 24, 1988
		7007	June 11, 1989

Results

The best mark for each event is highlighted in gold.

Rank	Athlete	Heptathlon							Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		13.59	1.83	bgcolor=gold	15.27	24.75	bgcolor=gold	6.59	bgcolor=gold	50.16	2:20.38	6559
		13.42	1.80	14.48	24.33	6.28	45.29	2:11.75	6460
		bgcolor=gold	13.40	1.80	14.24	bgcolor=gold	23.62	6.50	43.96	2:22.51	6410
4		13.46	1.80	14.25	24.32	6.25	45.23	2:14.21	6394
5		13.59	1.80	12.81	24.16	6.24	44.37	bgcolor=gold	2:07.30	6375
6		13.52	1.80	14.11	24.69	6.20	47.35	2:21.96	6259
7		13.67	bgcolor=gold	1.86	13.11	24.60	6.31	41.44	2:17.43	6239
8		13.83	1.83	12.19	24.86	6.13	47.28	2:12.53	6218
9		14.11	1.80	13.29	23.82	5.89	43.65	2:15.72	6122
10		14.08	1.77	12.97	24.56	5.93	43.20	2:09.65	6088
11		14.10	1.74	12.97	25.62	5.95	43.41	2:17.24	5851
12		14.08	1.68	12.46	24.97	5.92	41.59	2:16.20	5778
13		14.16	1.83	11.39	25.17	6.05	38.34	2:21.86	5762
14		14.31	1.71	12.88	25.65	5.82	42.45	2:22.75	5645
15		13.71	1.68	11.56	24.90	5.83	38.21	2:21.23	5616
-		14.58	1.74	12.01	26.07	5.75	42.26	DNF	DNF
-		14.08	1.68	15.05	25.65	5.76	41.07	DNF	DNF
-		13.79	1.68	12.96	24.43	NM	DNS	-	DNF
-		14.61	NM	DNS	-	-	-	-	DNF
-		DNS
-		DNS

See also

• 1997 Women's World Championships Heptathlon
• 1998 Hypo-Meeting
• 1999 Women's World Championships Heptathlon

References

• todor66
• Results