# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21 and 22 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Colin Jackson Great Britain |
| Silver | Falk Balzer Germany |
| Bronze | Robin Korving Netherlands |

## 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 | 3 | Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 13.31 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Falk Balzer | Germany | 13.47 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tony Jarrett | Great Britain | 13.51 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mike Fenner | Germany | 13.52 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jonathan Nsenga | Belgium | 13.55 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Artur Kohutek | Poland | 13.58 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Robin Korving | Netherlands | 13.61 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Staņislavs Olijars | Latvia | 13.62 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Florian Schwarthoff | Germany | 13.64 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Sebastien Thibault | France | 13.65 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Guntis Peders | Latvia | 13.66 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Vincent Clarico | France | 13.68 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Dan Philibert | France | 13.78 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Andrew Tulloch | Great Britain | 13.81 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Mauro Rossi | Italy | 13.83 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Sven Pieters | Belgium | 13.85 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Krzysztof Mehlich | Poland | 13.89 | |
| 18 | 3 | Elmar Lichtenegger | Austria | 13.96 | |
| 19 | 4 | Raphael Monachon | Switzerland | 13.98 | |
| 20 | 2 | Peter Coghlan | Ireland | 14.00 | |
| 21 | 2 | Ivan Bitzi | Switzerland | 14.01 | |
| 22 | 3 | Igors Kazanovs | Latvia | 14.04 | |
| 23 | 3 | Gaute Gundersen | Norway | 14.17 | |
| 24 | 4 | Balázs Kovács | Hungary | 14.22 | |
| 25 | 4 | Hipólito Montesinos | Spain | 14.30 | |
| 26 | 1 | Sergey Khodanovich | Belarus | 14.36 | |
| 27 | 2 | Dimitrios Siatounis | Greece | 14.38 | |
| 28 | 3 | Zhivko Videnov | Bulgaria | 14.44 | |
| 29 | 4 | Ronald Mehlich | Poland | 14.44 | |
| 30 | 1 | Zoran Miljus | Croatia | 14.48 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 13.02 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | Florian Schwarthoff | Germany | 13.19 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Falk Balzer | Germany | 13.24 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jonathan Nsenga | Belgium | 13.25 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | Mike Fenner | Germany | 13.29 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Robin Korving | Netherlands | 13.31 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Tony Jarrett | Great Britain | 13.33 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Dan Philibert | France | 13.43 | |
| 9 | 2 | Artur Kohutek | Poland | 13.47 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Vincent Clarico | France | 13.53 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Mauro Rossi | Italy | 13.62 | |
| 12 | 2 | Sven Pieters | Belgium | 13.69 | |
| 13 | 2 | Guntis Peders | Latvia | 13.78 | |
| 14 | 2 | Andrew Tulloch | Great Britain | 13.79 | |
| 15 | 2 | Sebastien Thibault | France | 13.86 | |
| | 4 | Staņislavs Olijars | Latvia | DSQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 13.02 | =CR |
| | Falk Balzer | Germany | 13.12 | PB |
| | Robin Korving | Netherlands | 13.20 | =NR |
| 4 | Florian Schwarthoff | Germany | 13.23 | |
| 5 | Artur Kohutek | Poland | 13.29 | |
| 6 | Tony Jarrett | Great Britain | 13.32 | |
| 7 | Mike Fenner | Germany | 13.38 | |
| 8 | Jonathan Nsenga | Belgium | 13.54 | |