# 1998 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1998 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1998) was the 7th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 13–15 February at the Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the three-day competition. It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held separately on 13–15 February in Lipetsk at the Jubilee Sports Palace.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Andrey Fedoriv Moscow | 6.68 | Sergey Slukin Tula Oblast | 6.69 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Moscow | 6.70 |
| 200 metres | Andrey Fedoriv Moscow | 21.06 | Vladimir Krylov Tatarstan | 21.25 | Denis Nikolaev Saint Petersburg | 21.76 |
| 400 metres | Ruslan Mashchenko Voronezh Oblast | 46.25 | Boris Gorban MoscowMikhail Vdovin Penza Oblast | 47.65 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 800 metres | Sergey Kozhevnikov Moscow/Ryazan Oblast | 1:51.19 | Aleksey Urazov Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 1:51.40 | Andrey Loginov Moscow | 1:51.83 |
| 1500 metres | Andrey Zadorozhnyy Yaroslavl Oblast | 3:43.50 | Dmitriy Simonov Moscow | 3:45.88 | Marat Abubakirov Orenburgskaya Oblast | 3:47.37 |
| 3000 metres | Sergey Drygin Moscow | 8:00.04 | Mikhail Eginov Yaroslavl Oblast | 8:02.08 | Sergey Lukin Saint Petersburg | 8:06.32 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Aleksey Palagushin Kursk Oblast | 8:30.88 | Andrey Korolev Penza Oblast | 8:37.22 | Andrey Olshanskiy Volgograd Oblast | 8:38.87 |
| 60 m hurdles | Evgeny Pechonkin Novosibirsk Oblast | 7.67 | Sergey Vetrov Moscow | 7.72 | Vyacheslav Shaporta Kemerovo Oblast | 7.88 |
| High jump | Vyacheslav Voronin North Ossetia–Alania | 2.25 m | Aleksandr Kurelyuk Krasnodar Krai | 2.22 m | Sergey Klyugin Moscow | 2.22 m |
| Pole vault | Pyotr Bochkaryov Moscow | 5.75 m | Igor Trandenkov Saint Petersburg | 5.70 m | Evgeniy Isakov Sverdlovsk Oblast | 5.40 m |
| Long jump | Aleksey Musikhin Primorsky Krai | 8.09 m | Kirill Sosunov Ryazan Oblast | 7.97 m | Stanislav Tarasenko Krasnodar Krai/Rostov Oblast | 7.87 m |
| Triple jump | Vasiliy Sokov Moscow Oblast | 16.93 m | Andrey Kurennoy Krasnodar Krai | 16.86 m | Vyacheslav Taranov Volgograd Oblast | 16.82 m |
| Shot put | Pavel Chumachenko Irkutsk Oblast | 19.58 m | Mikhail Zabruskov Rostov Oblast | 18.69 m | Sergey Nikolaev Saint Petersburg | 18.50 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Nadezhda Roshchupkina Tula Oblast | 7.31 | Irina Khabarova Sverdlovsk Oblast | 7.37 | Elena Kolesnikova Kurgan Oblast | 7.37 |
| 200 metres | Svetlana Goncharenko Stavropol Krai/Rostov Oblast | 22.84 | Natalya Voronova Moscow | 23.23 | Irina Khabarova Sverdlovsk Oblast | 23.55 |
| 400 metres | Irina Rosikhina Rostov Oblast | 52.46 | Gulnara Safiullina Tatarstan | 52.62 | Tatyana Sautkina Khabarovsk Krai | 53.82 |
| 800 metres | Larisa Mikhaylova Moscow | 2:01.55 | Yuliya Kosenkova Omsk Oblast | 2:02.21 | Natalya Gorelova Moscow | 2:03.56 |
| 1500 metres | Olga Komyagina Saint Petersburg | 4:11.97 | Margarita Marusova Saint Petersburg | 4:16.31 | Oksana Zheleznyak Moscow | 4:18.37 |
| 3000 metres | Mariya Pantyukhova Irkutsk Oblast | 8:56.24 | Olga Yegorova Chuvashia | 8:56.38 | Lyudmila Petrova Chuvashia | 9:00.54 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Svetlana Rogova Moscow Oblast | 6:16.85 | Rimma Ulyanova Chuvashia | 6:20.17 | Marina Pluzhnikova Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 6:29.69 |
| 60 m hurdles | Irina Korotya Moscow Oblast | 8.22 | Natalya Davidenko Volgograd Oblast | 8.35 | Tatyana Murzakova Moscow | 8.36 |
| High jump | Yelena Yelesina Moscow Oblast | 1.98 m | Yelena Gulyayeva Moscow | 1.98 m | Yuliya Lyakhova Moscow | 1.96 m |
| Pole vault | Svetlana Abramova Moscow | 4.05 m | Tatyana Zaykova Krasnodar Krai | 4.00 m | Tatyana Gubareva Omsk OblastAlla Checheleva Krasnodar Krai | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Saint Petersburg | 6.83 m | Elena Volf Stavropol Krai/Altai Krai | 6.67 m | Yelena Sinchukova Moscow | 6.55 m |
| Triple jump | Yelena Lebedenko Moscow | 14.57 m | Mariya Sokova Moscow Oblast | 14.23 m | Tatyana Lebedeva Volgograd Oblast | 14.08 m |
| Shot put | Irina Korzhanenko Rostov Oblast | 19.72 m | Svetlana Krivelyova Moscow Oblast | 18.99 m | Nadezhda Frantseva Moscow | 17.78 m |

## Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon | Nikolay Afanasev Tatarstan | 5982 pts | Sergey Nikitin Kemerovo Oblast | 5905 pts | Dmitriy Ivanov Saint Petersburg | 5756 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Pentathlon | Irina Belova Irkutsk Oblast | 4680 pts | Svetlana Moskalets Moscow | 4613 pts | Dina Koritskaya Krasnodar Krai | 4590 pts |

## International team selection

Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships included:

### Men

* 200 m: Andrey Fedoriv
* 400 m: Ruslan Mashchenko, Boris Gorban
* 800 m: Sergey Kozhevnikov
* 1500 m: Vyacheslav Shabunin$^†$, Andrey Zadorozhnyy
* 3000 m: Vyacheslav Shabunin$^†$, Sergey Drygin
* 60 m hurdles: Evgeny Pechonkin
* High jump: Vyacheslav Voronin
* Pole vault: Vadim Strogalev, Pyotr Bochkaryov, Igor Trandenkov
* Long jump: Aleksey Musikhin
* Triple jump: Denis Kapustin, Vyacheslav Taranov
* Shot put: Pavel Chumachenko
Semibore: Lev Lobodin, Aleksandr Averbukh

### Women

* 200 m: Svetlana Goncharenko, Natalya Voronova
* 400 m: Irina Rosikhina, Gulnara Safiullina
* 800 m: Larisa Mikhaylova
* 1500 m: Olga Komyagina
* 3000 m: Mariya Pantyukhova, Olga Yegorova
* 60 m hurdles: Svetlana Laukhova, Irina Korotya
* High jump: Yelena Yelesina, Yelena Gulyayeva, Yuliya Lyakhova
* Long jump: Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan
* Triple jump: Yelena Lebedenko
* Shot put: Irina Korzhanenko, Svetlana Krivelyova$^†$
* Pentathlon: Irina Belova, Svetlana Moskalets
$^†$ Later withdrew from the international competition