# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon competition at the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, was held on 18 August and 19 August 1998. The event was one of the permit meetings of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.

## Medalists

| Gold | Erki Nool Estonia (EST) |
| Silver | Eduard Hämäläinen Finland (FIN) |
| Bronze | Lev Lobodin Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

    18 August
    100 mLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 m
    19 August
    110 m hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1,500 m

## Records

| World record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | 5 September 1992 | Talence, France |
| Event record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8811 | 28 August 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

## Results

Best marks for each event are highlighted.
| Rank | Athlete | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Points |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points |
| | Erki Nool (EST) | 10.58 | 7.80 | 14.40 | 1.97 | 46.67 | 14.68 | 40.79 | 5.40 | 70.65 | 4:38.00 | 8667 |
| | Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) | 10.87 | 7.44 | 16.04 | 2.06 | 46.95 | 13.96 | 47.85 | 5.00 | 55.34 | 4:33.98 | 8587 |
| | Lev Lobodin (RUS) | 10.66 | 7.42 | 15.67 | 2.03 | 48.65 | 13.97 | 46.55 | 5.20 | 56.55 | 4:30.27 | 8571 |
| 4 | Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | 10.60 | 7.39 | 16.03 | 1.97 | 46.49 | 14.12 | 39.34 | 5.10 | 63.99 | 4:32.23 | 8552 |
| 5 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 10.77 | 7.61 | 15.87 | 1.97 | 48.11 | 14.07 | 46.38 | 4.70 | 65.12 | 4:34.62 | 8506 |
| 6 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 10.73 | 7.60 | 14.90 | 2.09 | 48.28 | 14.27 | 42.57 | 4.90 | 62.82 | 4:35.21 | 8477 |
| 7 | Dezső Szabó (HUN) | 10.85 | 7.58 | 13.72 | 2.03 | 48.13 | 14.39 | 42.80 | 5.00 | 59.62 | 4:20.42 | 8392 |
| 8 | Mike Maczey (GER) | 11.16 | 7.29 | 13.77 | 2.06 | 49.82 | 14.41 | 42.46 | 4.90 | 63.27 | 4:26.82 | 8174 |
| 9= | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | 11.19 | 7.26 | 14.90 | 2.03 | 49.07 | 14.39 | 46.38 | 4.70 | 58.05 | 4:33.14 | 8140 |
| 9= | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | 11.03 | 7.42 | 15.22 | 1.79 | 48.29 | 14.50 | 51.28 | 4.60 | 61.65 | 4:37.95 | 8140 |
| 11 | Jack Rosendaal (NED) | 11.19 | 7.02 | 14.05 | 2.06 | 50.43 | 14.53 | 42.70 | 4.90 | 63.89 | 4:20.39 | 8135 |
| 12 | Philipp Huber (SUI) | 10.94 | 7.12 | 14.42 | 1.85 | 47.87 | 14.74 | 44.66 | 4.90 | 58.57 | 4:23.27 | 8081 |
| 13 | Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | 10.90 | 7.47 | 14.53 | 2.03 | 49.55 | 15.09 | 47.56 | 4.90 | 51.88 | 4:46.88 | 8030 |
| 14 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | 10.92 | 7.26 | 14.73 | 1.91 | 48.45 | 14.79 | 41.09 | 4.60 | 68.22 | 4:43.21 | 8011 |
| 15 | Henrik Dagård (SWE) | 10.81 | 6.88 | 14.36 | 1.94 | 47.97 | 14.75 | 42.07 | 4.80 | 63.64 | 4:52.58 | 7930 |
| 16 | Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | 11.27 | 6.56 | 14.17 | 2.18 | 49.62 | 15.59 | 42.22 | 4.50 | 62.90 | 4:23.54 | 7876 |
| 17 | Rolf Schläfli (SUI) | 11.10 | 6.94 | 14.96 | 1.94 | 48.11 | 14.95 | 35.49 | 4.40 | 64.85 | 4:32.44 | 7778 |
| 18 | Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA) | 11.04 | 7.20 | 13.07 | 2.03 | 49.55 | 15.04 | 41.33 | 4.40 | 57.85 | 4:45.49 | 7672 |
| 19 | Gaëtan Blouin (FRA) | 11.21 | 7.04 | 11.46 | 2.06 | 49.77 | 15.01 | 39.54 | 4.80 | 53.43 | 4:42.94 | 7549 |
| 20 | Jaime Peñas (ESP) | 11.18 | 7.05 | 15.31 | 2.06 | 50.41 | 15.12 | 45.17 | 4.60 | 59.48 | DNF | 7236 |
| — | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | 11.21 | 6.86 | 14.77 | 1.94 | 51.45 | 15.06 | 42.63 | DNS | — | — | DNF |
| — | Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) | 11.17 | 7.12 | 13.54 | 1.91 | 48.62 | 14.56 | 39.86 | DNS | — | — | DNF |
| — | Sebastian Chmara (POL) | 11.19 | 7.65 | 15.48 | 2.09 | 47.76 | 14.84 | DNS | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Georgios Andreou (CYP) | 10.93 | 6.80 | 13.03 | 1.94 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) | 10.77 | 7.03 | 13.54 | 1.97 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | 11.18 | 7.02 | 16.18 | X | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |