# 1998 Saint Silvester Road Race

The 1998 Saint Silvester Road Race (Portuguese: Corrida Internacional de São Silvestre de 1998) was the 74th edition of the Saint Silvester Road Race and held in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 31, 1998. The distance ran by the participating athletes was 15 km.
The men's race was won by Kenya's Paul Tergat, his third victory, whereas the women's event was won by Serbia and Montenegro's Olivera Jevtić, her first triumph.
The podiums were composed of the first seven men and the first five women.

## Classification
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 44min47s |
| 2 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 45min05s |
| 3 | Elijah Kiptarbei Lagat | Kenya | 45min08s |
| 4 | Silvio Guerra | Ecuador | 45min17s |
| 5 | John Gwako | Kenya | 45min29s |
| 6 | Emerson Iser Bem | Brazil | 45min37s |
| 7 | José Teles de Souza | Brazil | 45min56s |
| 8 | Geraldo de Assis | Brazil | 46min04s |
| 9 | Patrick Ndayisenga | Burundi | 46min11s |
| 10 | Delmir dos Santos | Brazil | 46min38s |
| 11 | Nestor García | Uruguay | 46min41s |
| 12 | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 46min48s |
| 13 | Elenilson da Silva | Brazil | 46min49s |
| 14 | John Secco Morapedi | South Africa | 46min52s |
| 15 | Germán Silva | Mexico | 46min52s |
| 16 | Clodoaldo Gomes da Silva | Brazil | 46min58s |
| 17 | Éder Fialho | Brazil | 47min |
| 18 | Luiz Antonio dos Santos | Brazil | 47min03s |
| 19 | Manoel de Jesus Teixeira | Brazil | 47min04s |
| 20 | Luiz Carlos da Silva | Brazil | 47min08s |
| 21 | Joacir Pereira Falcão | Brazil | 47min13s |
| 22 | Otávio dos Santos Pinheiro | Brazil | 47min15s |
| 23 | Leonso Hugo Jimenez | Colombia | 47min22s |
| 24 | Caetano Joaquim dos Santos | Brazil | 47min26s |
| 25 | Luis Carlos Ramos | Brazil | 47min34s |
| 26 | André Luis Ramoa | Brazil | 47min43s |
| 27 | Adalberto Batista Garcia | Brazil | 47min44s |
| 28 | Antônio Ferreira da Silva | Brazil | 47min49s |
| 29 | Paulo Alves dos Santos | Brazil | 47min50s |
| 30 | Elisvaldo de Carvalho | Brazil | 47min56s |
| 31 | Juan Carlos Gutierrez | Colombia | 47min57s |
| 32 | Eli Chagas | Brazil | 47min58s |
| 33 | Leonardo Junior da Silva | Brazil | 48min04s |
| 34 | Silvio Antonio | Argentina | 48min06s |
| 35 | Wellington Correa Fraga | Brazil | 48min11s |
| 36 | Osmiro de Souza Silva | Brazil | 48min16s |
| 37 | Everton Luduvice de Moraes | Brazil | 48min30s |
| 38 | Reginaldo Recofka Silva | Brazil | 48min36s |
| 39 | Sérgio Correa Couto | Brazil | 48min39s |
| 40 | Luiz Claudio Santos Miranda | Brazil | 48min39s |
For the complete record, with all the 9,390 runners that qualified in the official results board, please visit the referenced website below.

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | 51min35s |
| 2 | Martha Tenorio | Ecuador | 51min55s |
| 3 | Jane Wanjiku Ngotho | Kenya | 52min42s |
| 4 | Erika Olivera | Chile | 53min33s |
| 5 | Cleuza Maria Irineu | Brazil | 53min56s |
| 6 | Márcia Narloch | Brazil | 54min35s |
| 7 | Wilma Guerra | Ecuador | 54min59s |
| 8 | Rosângela Raimunda P. Faria | Brazil | 55min08s |
| 9 | Petrova Liovdmila | Russia | 55min47s |
| 10 | Nagel Rodica | France | 56min08s |
| 11 | Rita de Cássia Santos de Jesus | Brazil | 56min16s |
| 12 | Maria del Carmen Diaz Mancilla | Mexico | 56min20s |
| 13 | Marlene Teixeira Fortunato | Brazil | 56min26s |
| 14 | Nadir Sabino de Siqueira | Brazil | 57min05s |
| 15 | Rizoneide Wanderley | Brazil | 57min16s |
| 16 | Janete Mayal | Brazil | 57min19s |
| 17 | Hastella Castro Zabala | Colombia | 57min21s |
| 18 | Luciene Soares de Deus | Brazil | 57min44s |
| 19 | Edvânia Maria Valério da Silva | Brazil | 57min58s |
| 20 | Rosa Mila Ibarra Cadena | Colombia | 57min59s |
| 21 | Solange Cordeiro de Souza | Brazil | 58min17s |
| 22 | Célia Regina F. dos Santos | Brazil | 58min30s |
| 23 | Maria Sandra Pereira Silva | Brazil | 59min17s |
| 24 | Alice de Souza Cordeiro | Brazil | 59min29s |
| 25 | Berenice Dias de Meira | Brazil | 59min37s |
| 26 | Marily dos Santos | Brazil | 59min59s |
| 27 | Lucélia de Oliveira Peres | Brazil | 1h00min03s |
| 28 | Maria da Conceição Neri | Brazil | 1h00min05s |
| 29 | Leone Justino da Silva | Brazil | 1h00min16s |
| 30 | Ivani Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 1h00min51s |
| 31 | Euseli de Assis Batista | Brazil | 1h00min56s |
| 32 | Adriana Aparecida da Silva | Brazil | 1h01min26s |
| 33 | Yolanda Quinbita | Ecuador | 1h01min37s |
| 34 | Elizabete Ferreira Cruz | Brazil | 1h01min42s |
| 35 | Cristine Jobim | Brazil | 1h02min |
| 36 | Maria Fátima Jesus Batz | Brazil | 1h02min26s |
| 37 | Marinalva da Costa Souto | Brazil | 1h02min33s |
| 38 | Raimunda Brito da Fonseca | Brazil | 1h02min45s |
| 39 | Maria Cilene da Rocha | Brazil | 1h02min42s |
| 40 | Itamar Gonçalves Aranha | Brazil | 1h03min05s |
For a complete record, with all the 750 runners that qualified in the official results board, please visit the official website referenced below.