# 1998 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where the competition started on August 18, 1998, and ended on August 19, 1998.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field :
| World Record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |

## 1998 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 8755 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | Uniondale, United States | 20/07/1998 | |
| 2 | 8694 | Chris Huffins (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | PB |
| 3 | 8672 | Erki Nool (EST) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 4 | 8592 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 5 | 8589 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | |
| 6 | 8587 | Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 7 | 8573 | Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | NR |
| 8 | 8571 | Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | NR |
| 9 | 8566 | Sebastian Chmara (POL) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | NR |
| 10 | 8526 | Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | PB |
| 11 | 8490 | Jagan Hames (AUS) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | NR |
| 12 | 8392 | Dezső Szabó (HUN) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 13 | 8307 | Scott Ferrier (AUS) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | PB |
| 14 | 8236 | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 21/06/1998 | |
| 15 | 8231 | Frank Busemann (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 21/06/1998 | |
| 16 | 8228 | Mike Smith (CAN) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 17 | 8214 | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | PB |
| 18 | 8183 | Ricky Barker (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 19 | 8179 | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | PB |
| 20 | 8177 | Jack Rosendaal (NED) | Emmeloord, Netherlands | 17/05/1998 | |
| 21 | 8174 | Mike Maczey (GER) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 22 | 8140 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 23 | 8128 | Trafton Rodgers (USA) | Lubbock, United States | 09/08/1998 | PB |
| 24 | 8123 | Brian Brophy (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 25 | 8118 | Raúl Duany (CUB) | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 16/08/1998 | |
| 26 | 8114 | Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | |
| 27 | 8103 | Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | |
| 28 | 8090 | Eugenio Balanqué (CUB) | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 16/08/1998 | |
| 29 | 8081 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 30 | 8081 | Philipp Huber (SUI) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 31 | 8058 | Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | |
| 32 | 8034 | Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | 17/05/1998 | |
| 33 | 8011 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 34 | 8007 | Doug Pirini (NZL) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | |
| 35 | 8000 | Marcel Dost (NED) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | |
| 36 | 7995 | Bart Bennema (NED) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | PB |
| 37 | 7981 | Nikolay Afanasyev (RUS) | Krasnodar, Russia | 20/05/1998 | |
| 38 | 7979 | Chiel Warners (NED) | Emmeloord, Netherlands | 24/05/1998 | |
| 39 | 7947 | Phillip McMullen (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 40 | 7946 | Rolf Schläfli (SUI) | Ibach, Switzerland | 30/08/1998 | |
| 41 | 7930 | Henrik Dagård (SWE) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 42 | 7918 | Dirk-Achim Pajonk (GER) | Lubbock, Germany | 09/08/1998 | |
| 43 | 7890 | David Mewes (GER) | Vaterstetten, Germany | 30/08/1998 | |
| 44 | 7885 | Jirí Ryba (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 45 | 7882 | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Cartagena, Spain | 19/07/1998 | |
| 46 | 7872 | Christian Savoia (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 21/06/1998 | PB |
| 47 | 7872 | Pierre Salamand (FRA) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | PB |
| 48 | 7868 | Rick Wassenaar (NED) | Jona, Switzerland | 26/07/1998 | |
| 49 | 7859 | Peter Banks (AUS) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | |
| 50 | 7858 | Chad Smith (USA) | Lynchburg, United States | 12/05/1998 | |