# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 and 19 August.

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 11.04 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine | 11.06 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Christine Arron | France | 11.12 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.17 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.22 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.24 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.25 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 4 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 11.35 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Oksana Ekk | Russia | 11.39 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.41 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Sanna Kyllönen | Finland | 11.42 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.47 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.49 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 11.50 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.53 | |
| 16 | 3 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus | 11.55 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 11.59 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Saša Prokofjev | Slovenia | 11.65 | |
| 19 | 2 | Marit Nyberg-Birknes | Norway | 11.67 | |
| 20 | 1 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 11.68 | |
| 21 | 3 | Natalya Ignatova | Russia | 11.73 | |
| 22 | 2 | Iryna Pukha | Ukraine | 11.74 | |
| 23 | 3 | Pavlina Vostatkova | Czech Republic | 11.80 | |
| 24 | 2 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 11.85 | |
| 24 | 3 | Silke Lichtenhagen | Germany | 11.85 | |
| 24 | 4 | Rahela Markt | Croatia | 11.85 | |
| 27 | 1 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 11.92 | |
| 28 | 3 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.94 | |
| 29 | 2 | Vukosava Đapić | Yugoslavia | 11.95 | |
| 30 | 1 | Tamara Shanidze | Georgia | 12.04 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Christine Arron | France | 10.81 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 10.92 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine | 11.00 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.02 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.16 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.16 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.20 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Oksana Ekk | Russia | 11.21 | PB |
| 9 | 2 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 11.23 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.23 | PB |
| 11 | 2 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus | 11.32 | |
| 12 | 2 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.33 | |
| 13 | 1 | Sanna Kyllönen | Finland | 11.45 | |
| 14 | 1 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 11.49 | |
| 14 | 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.49 | |
| 16 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 11.50 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Christine Arron | France | 10.73 | AR |
| | Irina Privalova | Russia | 10.83 | SB |
| | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 10.87 | NR |
| 4 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine | 10.92 | SB |
| 5 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.07 | SB |
| 6 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.12 | PB |
| 7 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 11.16 | PB |
| 8 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.27 | |