# 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 27 February to Sunday, 1 March 1998 at the Palace of Luis Puig, Valencia, Spain.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Angelos Pavlakakis Greece | 6.55 | Jason Gardener Great Britain | 6.59 | Stéphane Cali France | 6.60 |
| 200 metres details | Serhiy Osovych Ukraine | 20.40 NR | Anninos Marcoullides Cyprus | 20.65 | Allyn Condon Great Britain | 20.68 |
| 400 metres details | Ruslan Mashchenko Russia | 45.90 | Ashraf Saber Italy | 45.99 | Robert Maćkowiak Poland | 46.00 |
| 800 metres details | Nils Schumann Germany | 1:47.02 | Marko Koers Netherlands | 1:47.20 | Vebjørn Rodal Norway | 1:47.40 |
| 1500 metres details | Rui Silva Portugal | 3:44.57 | Abdelkader Chékhémani France | 3:44.89 | Andrey Zadorozhniy Russia | 3:44.93 |
| 3000 metres details | John Mayock Great Britain | 7:55.09 | Manuel Pancorbo Spain | 7:55.23 | Alberto García Spain | 7:55.24 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Igors Kazanovs Latvia | 7.54 | Tomasz Ścigaczewski Poland | 7.56 | Mike Fenner Germany | 7.58 |
| High jump details | Artur Partyka Poland | 2.31 | Vyacheslav Voronin Russia | 2.31 | Tomáš Janků Czech Republic | 2.29 |
| Pole vault details | Tim Lobinger Germany | 5.80 | Michael Stolle Germany | 5.80 | Daniel Ecker Germany | 5.75 |
| Long jump details | Alexey Lukashevich Ukraine | 8.06 | Carlos Calado Portugal | 8.05 | Emmanuel Bangué France | 8.05 |
| Triple jump details | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 17.43 | Charles Friedek Germany | 17.15 | Serge Hélan France | 17.02 |
| Shot put details | Oliver-Sven Buder Germany | 21.47 | Mika Halvari Finland | 20.59 | Arsi Harju Finland | 20.53 |
| Heptathlon details | Sebastian Chmara Poland | 6415 | Dezső Szabó Hungary | 6249 NR | Lev Lobodin Russia | 6226 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Melanie Paschke Germany | 7.14 | Frederique Bangue France | 7.18 | Odiah Sidibé France | 7.22 |
| 200 metres details | Svetlana Goncharenko Russia | 22.46 | Melanie Paschke Germany | 22.50 | Ekaterini Koffa Greece | 22.86 |
| 400 metres details | Grit Breuer Germany | 50.45 | Ionela Târlea Romania | 50.56 | Helena Fuchsová Czech Republic | 51.22 |
| 800 metres details | Ludmila Formanová Czech Republic | 2:02.30 | Malin Ewerlöf Sweden | 2:03.61 | Judit Varga Hungary | 2:03.81 |
| 1500 metres details | Theresia Kiesl Austria | 4:13.62 | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 4:14.93 | Violeta Szekely Romania | 4:15.54 |
| 3000 metres details | Gabriela Szabo Romania | 8:49.96 | Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal | 8:51.42 | Marta Domínguez Spain | 8:57.72 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Patricia Girard-Léno France | 7.85 | Svetlana Laukhova Russia | 8.01 | Diane Allahgreen Great Britain | 8.02 |
| High jump details | Monica Iagar Romania | 1.96 | Alina Astafei Germany | 1.94 | Yelena Yelesina Russia | 1.94 |
| Pole vault details | Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine | 4.45 WR | Daniela Bártová Czech Republic | 4.40 | Vala Flosadóttir Iceland | 4.40 |
| Long jump details | Fiona May Italy | 6.91 | Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Russia | 6.72 | Linda Ferga France | 6.67 |
| Triple jump details | Ashia Hansen Great Britain | 15.16 WR | Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic | 14.76 | Yelena Lebedenko Russia | 14.32 |
| Shot put details | Irina Korzhanenko Russia | 20.25 | Vita Pavlysh Ukraine | 20.00 | Corrie de Bruin Netherlands | 18.97 |
| Pentathlon details | Urszula Włodarczyk Poland | 4808 | Irina Belova Russia | 4631 | Karin Specht Germany | 4523 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Participating nations

* Andorra (2)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (9)
* Belarus (5)
* Belgium (13)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (12)
* Croatia (3)
* Cyprus (6)
* Czech Republic (20)
* Denmark (4)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (4)
* France (49)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (33)
* Great Britain (33)
* Greece (24)
* Hungary (10)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (10)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (22)
* Latvia (8)
* Lithuania (3)
* Malta (1)
* Netherlands (20)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (17)
* Portugal (10)
* Romania (17)
* Russia (33)
* Slovenia (5)
* Spain (46)
* Sweden (16)
* Switzerland (7)
* Turkey (6)
* Ukraine (12)
* Yugoslavia (3)