1998 European Athletics Championships Explained

17th European Athletics Championships
Dates:	18–23 August
Host City:	Budapest, Hungary
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Nations Participating:	44
Events:	46
Previous:	1994 Helsinki
Next:	2002 Munich

The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.

Men's results

Track

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |

100 m

Darren Campbell

10.04

Dwain Chambers

10.10

Haralabos Papadias

10.17

200 m

Douglas Walker

20.53

Douglas Turner

20.64

Julian Golding

20.72

400 m

Iwan Thomas

44.52

Robert Maćkowiak

45.04

Mark Richardson

45.14

800 m

Nils Schumann

1:44.89

André Bucher

1:45.04

Lukáš Vydra

1:45.23

1500 m

Reyes Estévez

3:41.31

Rui Silva

3:41.84

Fermín Cacho

3:42.43

5000 m

Isaac Viciosa

13:37.46

Manuel Pancorbo

13:38.03

Mark Carroll

13:38.15

10,000 m

António Pinto

27:48.62

Dieter Baumann

27:56.75

Stéphane Franke

27:59.90

Marathon

Stefano Baldini

2:12:01

Danilo Goffi

2:12:11

Vincenzo Modica

2:12:53

110 metres hurdles

Colin Jackson

13.02

Falk Balzer

13.12

Robin Korving

13.20

400 metres hurdles

Paweł Januszewski

48.18

Ruslan Mashchenko

48.25

Fabrizio Mori

48.71

3000 metres steeplechase

Damian Kallabis

8:13.10

Alessandro Lambruschini

8:16.70

Jim Svenøy

8:18.97

20 kilometres walk

Ilya Markov

1:21:10

Aigars Fadejevs

1:21:29

Paquillo Fernández

1:21:39

50 kilometres walk

Robert Korzeniowski

3:43:51

Valentin Kononen

3:44:29

Andrey Plotnikov

3:45:53

4 × 100 metres relay

Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding

38.52

Thierry Lubin Frédéric Krantz Christophe Cheval Needy Guims

38.87

Marcin Krzywański Marcin Nowak Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk

38.98

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4 × 400 metres relay

Mark Hylton Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas Mark Richardson

2.58.68

Piotr Rysiukiewicz Tomasz Czubak Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak

2:58.88

Antonio Andres Juan Trull Andrés Martinez David Canal

3:02.47

Field

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |

High jump	Artur Partyka	2.34	Dalton Grant	2.34	Sergey Klyugin	2.32
Long jump	Kirill Sosunov	8.28	Bogdan Ţăruş	8.21	Petar Dachev	8.06
Pole vault	Maksim Tarasov	5.81	Tim Lobinger	5.81	Jean Galfione	5.76
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards	17.99	Denis Kapustin	17.45	Rostislav Dimitrov	17.26
Shot put	Oleksandr Bagach	21.17	Oliver-Sven Buder	20.98	Yuriy Bilonoh	20.92
Discus throw	Lars Riedel	67.07	Jürgen Schult	66.69	Virgilijus Alekna	66.46
Javelin throw	Steve Backley	89.72	Mick Hill	86.92	Raymond Hecht	86.63
Hammer throw	Tibor Gécsek	82.87	Balázs Kiss	81.26	Karsten Kobs	80.13
Decathlon	Erki Nool	8667	Eduard Hämäläinen	8587	Lev Lobodin	8571

Women's results

Track

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |

100 metres	Christine Arron	10.73 ER	Irina Privalova	10.83	Ekaterini Thanou	10.87
200 metres	Irina Privalova	22.62	Zhanna Pintusevich	22.74	Melanie Paschke	22.78
400 metres	Grit Breuer	49.93	Helena Fuchsová	50.21	Olga Kotlyarova	50.38
800 metres	Yelena Afanasyeva	1:58.50	Malin Ewerlöf	1:59.61	Stephanie Graf	2:00.11
1500 metres	Svetlana Masterkova	4:11.91	Carla Sacramento	4:12.62	Anita Weyermann	4:13.06
5000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan	15:06.50	Gabriela Szabo	15:08.31	Marta Domínguez	15:10.54
10,000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan	31:29.33	Fernanda Ribeiro	31:32.42	Lidia Șimon	31:32.64
Marathon	Manuela Machado	2:27:10	Madina Biktagirova	2:28:01	Maura Viceconte	2:28:31
100 metres hurdles	Svetla Dimitrova	12.56	Brigita Bukovec	12.65	Irina Korotya	12.85
400 metres hurdles	Ionela Târlea	53.37	Tetyana Tereshchuk	54.07	Silvia Rieger	54.45
10 kilometres walk	Annarita Sidoti	42:49	Erica Alfridi	42:54	Susana Feitor	42:55
4 × 100 metres relay	Katia Benth Frédérique Bangué Sylviane Félix Christine Arron	42.59	Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp	42.68	Oksana Ekk Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova	42.73
4 × 400 metres relay	Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Silvia Rieger Grit Breuer	3:23.03	Natalya Khrushcheleva Svetlana Goncharenko Yekaterina Bakhvalova Olga Kotlyarova	3:23.56	Donna Fraser Vikki Jamison Katharine Merry Allison Curbishley	3:25.66

Field

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |

High jump	Monica Dinescu	1.97	Donata Jancewicz	1.95	Alina Astafei	1.95
Long jump	Heike Drechsler	7.16	Fiona May	7.11	Lyudmila Galkina	7.06
Pole vault	Anzhela Balakhonova	4.31	Nicole Humbert	4.31	Yvonne Buschbaum	4.31
Triple jump	Olga Vasdeki	14.55	Šárka Kašpárková	14.53	Tereza Marinova	14.50
Shot put	Vita Pavlysh	21.69	Irina Korzhanenko	19.71	Yanina Karolchik	19.23
Discus throw	Franka Dietzsch	67.49	Natalya Sadova	66.94	Nicoleta Grasu	65.94
Javelin throw	Tanja Damaske	69.10	Tatyana Shikolenko	66.92	Mikaela Ingberg	64.92
Hammer throw	Mihaela Melinte	71.17	Olga Kuzenkova	69.28	Kirsten Münchow	65.61
Heptathlon	Denise Lewis	6559	Urszula Włodarczyk	6460	Natallia Sazanovich	6410

See also

• 1998 in athletics (track and field)

Notes

Differences to competition format since the 1994 European Championships

New events added:

• • Women's 5000 m replaces the 3000 m
  • Women's Pole Vault
  • Women's Hammer Throw

References

• Athletix