# 1998 European Athletics Championships

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 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Darren Campbell Great Britain | 10.04 | Dwain Chambers Great Britain | 10.10 | Haralabos Papadias Greece | 10.17 |
| 200 m details | Douglas Walker Great Britain | 20.53 | Douglas Turner Great Britain | 20.64 | Julian Golding Great Britain | 20.72 |
| 400 m details | Iwan Thomas Great Britain | 44.52 | Robert Maćkowiak Poland | 45.04 | Mark Richardson Great Britain | 45.14 |
| 800 m details | Nils Schumann Germany | 1:44.89 | André Bucher Switzerland | 1:45.04 | Lukáš Vydra Czech Republic | 1:45.23 |
| 1500 m details | Reyes Estévez Spain | 3:41.31 | Rui Silva Portugal | 3:41.84 | Fermín Cacho Spain | 3:42.43 |
| 5000 m details | Isaac Viciosa Spain | 13:37.46 | Manuel Pancorbo Spain | 13:38.03 | Mark Carroll Ireland | 13:38.15 |
| 10,000 m details | António Pinto Portugal | 27:48.62 | Dieter Baumann Germany | 27:56.75 | Stéphane Franke Germany | 27:59.90 |
| Marathon details | Stefano Baldini Italy | 2:12:01 | Danilo Goffi Italy | 2:12:11 | Vincenzo Modica Italy | 2:12:53 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.02 | Falk Balzer Germany | 13.12 | Robin Korving Netherlands | 13.20 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Paweł Januszewski Poland | 48.18 | Ruslan Mashchenko Russia | 48.25 | Fabrizio Mori Italy | 48.71 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Damian Kallabis Germany | 8:13.10 | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 8:16.70 | Jim Svenøy Norway | 8:18.97 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Ilya Markov Russia | 1:21:10 | Aigars Fadejevs Latvia | 1:21:29 | Paquillo Fernández Spain | 1:21:39 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Robert Korzeniowski Poland | 3:43:51 | Valentin Kononen Finland | 3:44:29 | Andrey Plotnikov Russia | 3:45:53 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding Great Britain | 38.52 | Thierry Lubin Frédéric Krantz Christophe Cheval Needy Guims France | 38.87 | Marcin Krzywański Marcin Nowak Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk Poland | 38.98 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Mark Hylton Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas Mark Richardson Great Britain | 2.58.68 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz Tomasz Czubak Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak Poland | 2:58.88 | Antonio Andres Juan Trull Andrés Martinez David Canal Spain | 3:02.47 |

### Field

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Artur Partyka Poland | 2.34 | Dalton Grant Great Britain | 2.34 | Sergey Klyugin Russia | 2.32 |
| Long jump details | Kirill Sosunov Russia | 8.28 | Bogdan Ţăruş Romania | 8.21 | Petar Dachev Bulgaria | 8.06 |
| Pole vault details | Maksim Tarasov Russia | 5.81 | Tim Lobinger Germany | 5.81 | Jean Galfione France | 5.76 |
| Triple jump details | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | 17.99 | Denis Kapustin Russia | 17.45 | Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria | 17.26 |
| Shot put details | Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine | 21.17 | Oliver-Sven Buder Germany | 20.98 | Yuriy Bilonoh Ukraine | 20.92 |
| Discus throw details | Lars Riedel Germany | 67.07 | Jürgen Schult Germany | 66.69 | Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania | 66.46 |
| Javelin throw details | Steve Backley Great Britain | 89.72 | Mick Hill Great Britain | 86.92 | Raymond Hecht Germany | 86.63 |
| Hammer throw details | Tibor Gécsek Hungary | 82.87 | Balázs Kiss Hungary | 81.26 | Karsten Kobs Germany | 80.13 |
| Decathlon details | Erki Nool Estonia | 8667 | Eduard Hämäläinen Finland | 8587 | Lev Lobodin Russia | 8571 |

## Women's results
### Track

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Christine Arron France | 10.73 ER | Irina Privalova Russia | 10.83 | Ekaterini Thanou Greece | 10.87 |
| 200 metres details | Irina Privalova Russia | 22.62 | Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine | 22.74 | Melanie Paschke Germany | 22.78 |
| 400 metres details | Grit Breuer Germany | 49.93 | Helena Fuchsová Czech Republic | 50.21 | Olga Kotlyarova Russia | 50.38 |
| 800 metres details | Yelena Afanasyeva Russia | 1:58.50 | Malin Ewerlöf Sweden | 1:59.61 | Stephanie Graf Austria | 2:00.11 |
| 1500 metres details | Svetlana Masterkova Russia | 4:11.91 | Carla Sacramento Portugal | 4:12.62 | Anita Weyermann Switzerland | 4:13.06 |
| 5000 metres details | Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland | 15:06.50 | Gabriela Szabo Romania | 15:08.31 | Marta Domínguez Spain | 15:10.54 |
| 10,000 metres details | Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland | 31:29.33 | Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal | 31:32.42 | Lidia Șimon Romania | 31:32.64 |
| Marathon details | Manuela Machado Portugal | 2:27:10 | Madina Biktagirova Russia | 2:28:01 | Maura Viceconte Italy | 2:28:31 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Svetla Dimitrova Bulgaria | 12.56 | Brigita Bukovec Slovenia | 12.65 | Irina Korotya Russia | 12.85 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Ionela Târlea Romania | 53.37 | Tetyana Tereshchuk Ukraine | 54.07 | Silvia Rieger Germany | 54.45 |
| 10 kilometres walk details | Annarita Sidoti Italy | 42:49 | Erica Alfridi Italy | 42:54 | Susana Feitor Portugal | 42:55 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Katia Benth Frédérique Bangué Sylviane Félix Christine Arron France | 42.59 | Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp Germany | 42.68 | Oksana Ekk Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova Russia | 42.73 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Silvia Rieger Grit Breuer Germany | 3:23.03 | Natalya Khrushcheleva Svetlana Goncharenko Yekaterina Bakhvalova Olga Kotlyarova Russia | 3:23.56 | Donna Fraser Vikki Jamison Katharine Merry Allison Curbishley Great Britain | 3:25.66 |

### Field

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Monica Dinescu Romania | 1.97 | Donata Jancewicz Poland | 1.95 | Alina Astafei Germany | 1.95 |
| Long jump details | Heike Drechsler Germany | 7.16 | Fiona May Italy | 7.11 | Lyudmila Galkina Russia | 7.06 |
| Pole vault details | Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine | 4.31 | Nicole Humbert Germany | 4.31 | Yvonne Buschbaum Germany | 4.31 |
| Triple jump details | Olga Vasdeki Greece | 14.55 | Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic | 14.53 | Tereza Marinova Bulgaria | 14.50 |
| Shot put details | Vita Pavlysh Ukraine | 21.69 | Irina Korzhanenko Russia | 19.71 | Yanina Karolchik Belarus | 19.23 |
| Discus throw details | Franka Dietzsch Germany | 67.49 | Natalya Sadova Russia | 66.94 | Nicoleta Grasu Romania | 65.94 |
| Javelin throw details | Tanja Damaske Germany | 69.10 | Tatyana Shikolenko Russia | 66.92 | Mikaela Ingberg Finland | 64.92 |
| Hammer throw details | Mihaela Melinte Romania | 71.17 | Olga Kuzenkova Russia | 69.28 | Kirsten Münchow Germany | 65.61 |
| Heptathlon details | Denise Lewis Great Britain | 6559 | Urszula Włodarczyk Poland | 6460 | Natallia Sazanovich Belarus | 6410 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Germany | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Russia | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Portugal | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Hungary* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 |