# 1998 European Judo Championships

The 1998 European Judo Championships were the 9th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Oviedo, Spain from 16 to 17 May 1998.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 60 kg | Nestor Khergiani | Ruslan Mirzaliyev | Óscar Peñas Rashad Mammadov |
| 66 kg | Larbi Benboudaoud | Islam Matsiev | Patrick van Kalken Giorgi Revazishvili |
| 73 kg | Giuseppe Maddaloni | Andrei Golban | Ilya Chimchiuri Rafał Kozielewski |
| 81 kg | Bertalan Hajtós | Mehman Azizov | Dirk Radszat Iraklı Uznadze |
| 90 kg | Mark Huizinga | Marko Spittka | Vincenzo Carabetta Dmitri Morozov |
| 100 kg | Daniel Gürschner | Radu Ivan | Youri Stepkine Ben Sonnemans |
| +100 kg | Tamerlan Tmenov | Rafał Kubacki | Selim Tataroğlu Imre Csösz |
| Open class | Selim Tataroğlu | Harry Van Barneveld | Dennis van der Geest Indrek Pertelson |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso | Tatiana Kouvchinova | Yolanda Soler Jolanta Wojnarowicz |
| 52 kg | Raffaella Imbriani | Georgina Singleton | Marie-Claire Restoux Isabelle Schmutz |
| 57 kg | Isabel Fernández | Deborah Allan | Deborah Gravenstijn Magali Baton |
| 63 kg | Gella Vandecaveye | Sara Álvarez | Radka Štusáková Nancy van Stokkum |
| 70 kg | Ulla Werbrouck | Karin Kienhuis | Kate Howey Ylenia Scapin |
| 78 kg | Esther San Miguel | Céline Lebrun | Uta Kühnen Chloe Cowen |
| +78 kg | Karina Bryant | Raquel Barrientos | Sandra Köppen Christine Cicot |
| Open class | Françoise Harteveld | Beata Maksymow | Irina Rodina Katja Gerber |

### Medals table

| Rank | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### 60 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Nestor Khergiani | Georgia |
| 2. | Ruslan Mirzaliyev | Ukraine |
| 3. | Óscar Peñas | Spain |
| 3. | Rachad Mamedov | Belarus |
| 5. | Oliver Gussenberg | Germany |
| 5. | Nikolai Ojeguine | Russia |
| 7. | Martijn van Oostrum | Netherlands |
| 7. | Ulduz Sultanov | Azerbaijan |

#### 66 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Larbi Benboudaoud | France |
| 2. | Islam Matsiev | Russia |
| 3. | Patrick van Kalken | Netherlands |
| 3. | Giorgi Revazishvili | Georgia |
| 5. | Martin Schmidt | Germany |
| 5. | David Somerville | Great Britain |
| 7. | Daniel Beldeanu | Romania |
| 7. | József Csák | Hungary |

#### 73 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Giuseppe Maddaloni | Italy |
| 2. | Andrei Golban | Moldova |
| 3. | Ilya Chimchiuri | Ukraine |
| 3. | Rafał Kozielewski | Poland |
| 5. | Vitali Makarov | Russia |
| 5. | Csaba Gera | Hungary |
| 7. | Jondo Muzashvili | Georgia |
| 7. | Guilherme Bentes | Portugal |

#### 81 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Bertalan Hajtós | Hungary |
| 2. | Mehman Azizov | Azerbaijan |
| 3. | Dirk Radszat | Germany |
| 3. | Iraklı Uznadze | Turkey |
| 5. | Maarten Arens | Netherlands |
| 5. | Graeme Randall | Great Britain |
| 7. | Guerman Abdulaev | Russia |
| 7. | Robert Krawczyk | Poland |

#### 90 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Mark Huizinga | Netherlands |
| 2. | Marko Spittka | Germany |
| 3. | Vincenzo Carabetta | France |
| 3. | Dmitri Morozov | Russia |
| 5. | Daan De Cooman | Belgium |
| 5. | Roman Jahoda | Austria |
| 7. | Winston Gordon | Great Britain |
| 7. | Fernando González | Spain |

#### 100 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Daniel Gürschner | Germany |
| 2. | Radu Ivan | Romania |
| 3. | Youri Stepkine | Russia |
| 3. | Ben Sonnemans | Netherlands |
| 5. | Ghislain Lemaire | France |
| 5. | Petr Jákl | Czech Republic |
| 7. | Luigi Guido | Italy |
| 7. | Timo Peltola | Finland |

#### +100 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Tamerlan Tmenov | Russia |
| 2. | Rafał Kubacki | Poland |
| 3. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 3. | Imre Csösz | Hungary |
| 5. | Denny Ebbers | Netherlands |
| 5. | Frank Möller | Germany |
| 7. | Harry Van Barneveld | Belgium |
| 7. | Alexandru Lungu | Romania |

#### Open class

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 2. | Harry Van Barneveld | Belgium |
| 3. | Dennis van der Geest | Netherlands |
| 3. | Indrek Pertelson | Estonia |
| 5. | Imre Csösz | Hungary |
| 5. | Aythami Ruano | Spain |
| 7. | Patrice Rognon | France |
| 7. | Ramaz Chochosvili | Georgia |

### Women
#### 48 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso | France |
| 2. | Tatiana Kouvchinova | Russia |
| 3. | Yolanda Soler | Spain |
| 3. | Jolanta Wojnarowicz | Poland |
| 5. | Laura Moise | Romania |
| 5. | Maria Karagiannopoulou | Greece |
| 7. | Ilse Heylen | Belgium |
| 7. | Giorgina Zanette | Italy |

#### 52 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Raffaella Imbriani | Germany |
| 2. | Georgina Singleton | Great Britain |
| 3. | Marie-Claire Restoux | France |
| 3. | Isabelle Schmutz | Switzerland |
| 5. | Tamara Meijer | Netherlands |
| 5. | Ioana Maria Aluaș | Romania |
| 7. | Inge Clement | Belgium |
| 7. | Alena Karytskaya | Belarus |

#### 57 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Isabel Fernández | Spain |
| 2. | Deborah Allan | Great Britain |
| 3. | Deborah Gravenstijn | Netherlands |
| 3. | Magali Baton | France |
| 5. | Zulfiyya Huseinova | Azerbaijan |
| 5. | Lena Göldi | Switzerland |
| 7. | Michaela Vernerová | Czech Republic |
| 7. | Orit Bar-On | Israel |

#### 63 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Gella Vandecaveye | Belgium |
| 2. | Sara Álvarez | Spain |
| 3. | Radka Štusáková | Czech Republic |
| 3. | Nancy van Stokkum | Netherlands |
| 5. | Jenny Gal | Italy |
| 5. | Elena Petrova | Russia |
| 7. | Eszter Csizmadia | Hungary |
| 7. | Raša Sraka | Slovenia |

#### 70 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Ulla Werbrouck | Belgium |
| 2. | Karin Kienhuis | Netherlands |
| 3. | Kate Howey | Great Britain |
| 3. | Ylenia Scapin | Italy |
| 5. | Carine Varlez | France |
| 5. | Agata Mróz | Poland |
| 7. | Tetyana Belajeva | Ukraine |
| 7. | Úrsula Martín | Spain |

#### 78 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Esther San Miguel | Spain |
| 2. | Céline Lebrun | France |
| 3. | Uta Kühnen | Germany |
| 3. | Chloe Cowen | Great Britain |
| 5. | Heidi Rakels | Belgium |
| 5. | Izabela Lubczyńska | Poland |
| 7. | Lucia Morico | Italy |
| 7. | Svetlana Lysianskaya | Ukraine |

#### +78 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Karina Bryant | Great Britain |
| 2. | Raquel Barrientos | Spain |
| 3. | Sandra Köppen | Germany |
| 3. | Christine Cicot | France |
| 5. | Françoise Harteveld | Netherlands |
| 5. | Svetlana Goundarenko | Russia |
| 7. | Brigitte Olivier | Belgium |
| 7. | Olga Tarasova | Belarus |

#### Open class

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Françoise Harteveld | Netherlands |
| 2. | Beata Maksymow | Poland |
| 3. | Irina Rodina | Russia |
| 3. | Katja Gerber | Germany |
| 5. | Inmaculada Vicent | Spain |
| 5. | Simone Callender | Great Britain |
| 7. | Brigitte Olivier | Belgium |
| 7. | Mara Kovačević | Yugoslavia |