# 1998 Hypo-Meeting

The 24th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 30 and May 31, 1998 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon event, was part of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge series of meetings.

## Men's Decathlon
### Schedule

    May 30
    100 mLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump400 m
    May 31
    110 m hurdlesDiscus ThrowPole VaultJavelin Throw1,500 m

### Records

| World Record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |
| Event Record | Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | 8735 | May 29, 1994 | Götzis, Austria |

### Results

| 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 |
| 1 | Erki Nool (EST) | 10,55 | 7.88 | 14.46 | 2.03 | 47,07 | 14,39 | 40.73 | 5.30 | 67.50 | 4.40,46 | 8672 |
| 2 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 10,67 | 7.58 | 15.50 | 2.00 | 48,04 | 13,84 | 45.95 | 4.70 | 70.64 | 4.41,19 | 8592 |
| 3 | Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | 10,74 | 7.60 | 16.03 | 2.03 | 47,66 | 14,24 | 47.82 | 5.10 | 59.77 | 4.46,43 | 8573 |
| 4 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 10,75 | 7.85 | 15.09 | 2.09 | 48,38 | 14,22 | 43.72 | 4.90 | 63.14 | 4.41,08 | 8538 |
| 5 | Lev Lobodin (RUS) | 10,75 | 7.73 | 15.43 | 2.03 | 48.55 | 13,97 | 45.85 | 5.00 | 52.61 | 4.40,72 | 8414 |
| 6 | Sebastian Chmara (POL) | 11,04 | 7.51 | 15.70 | 2.12 | 48,49 | 14,29 | 43.32 | 5.00 | 55.41 | 4.43,15 | 8332 |
| 7 | Michael Smith (CAN) | 11,08 | 7.22 | 16.68 | 1.97 | 49,35 | 14,88 | 47.70 | 4.80 | 69.84 | 4.56,17 | 8228 |
| 8 | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | 11,16 | 7.21 | 14.46 | 2.00 | 50.69 | 14,49 | 44.52 | 5.00 | 69.08 | 4.32,52 | 8214 |
| 9 | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) | 11,25 | 7.24 | 14.42 | 2.09 | 48,82 | 14,59 | 40.25 | 4.80 | 63.94 | 4.25,44 | 8179 |
| 10 | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | 11,06 | 7.39 | 15.58 | 1.94 | 48,72 | 14,45 | 44.94 | 4.50 | 64.12 | 4.38,73 | 8135 |
| 11 | Philipp Huber (SUI) | 10,99 | 7.49 | 13.54 | 1.85 | 48,19 | 14,64 | 42.37 | 5.00 | 59.35 | 4.30,52 | 8051 |
| 12 | Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) | 10,86 | 7.83 | 14.38 | 2.06 | 50,55 | 14,64 | 43.06 | 5.30 | 51.66 | 5.10,92 | 8045 |
| 13 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | 11,06 | 7.30 | 14.62 | 2.06 | 49,95 | 14,32 | 43.44 | 4.60 | 58.07 | 4.43,47 | 8002 |
| 14 | Bart Bennema (NED) | 10,69 | 7.57 | 14.84 | 2.00 | 48,65 | 13,99 | 40.58 | 4.50 | 53.19 | 4.52,60 | 7995 |
| 15 | Jiří Ryba (CZE) | 11,10 | 7.23 | 13.57 | 2.06 | 48,57 | 14,54 | 40.05 | 4.60 | 50.06 | 4.24,14 | 7885 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Averbukh (RUS) | 10,83 | 7.36 | 15.12 | 1.91 | 48,74 | 15,96 | 35.94 | 5.30 | 45.60 | 4.50,34 | 7658 |
| 17 | Thomas Weiler (AUT) | 11,31 | 7.10 | 12.92 | 2.03 | 50,98 | 14,65 | 38.50 | 4.30 | 47.57 | 4.44,11 | 7330 |

## Women's Heptathlon
### Schedule

    May 30
    100 m hurdlesHigh JumpShot Put200 m
    May 31
    Long JumpJavelin Throw800 m

### Records

| World Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7291 | September 24, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Event Record | Sabine Braun (GER) | 6985 | May 31, 1992 | Götzis, Austria |

### Results

| Rank | Athlete | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Points |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Points |
| 1 | Irina Belova (RUS) | 13.52 | 1.79 | 13.33 | 23.81 | 6.36 | 42.20 | 2:05.42 | 6466 |
| 2 | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 13.74 | 1.79 | 14.78 | 24.66 | 6.43 | 46.51 | 2:14.50 | 6423 |
| 3 | Peggy Beer (GER) | 13.34 | 1.79 | 13.17 | 24.28 | 6.38 | 46.45 | 2:15.30 | 6382 |
| 4 | Karin Ertl (GER) | 13.45 | 1.85 | 13.74 | 24.26 | 6.40 | 41.56 | 2:17.23 | 6366 |
| 5 | Nathalie Teppe (FRA) | 13.85 | 1.79 | 13.66 | 25.44 | 6.17 | 54.32 | 2:13.70 | 6341 |
| 6 | Irina Vostrikova (RUS) | 13.82 | 1.82 | 15.42 | 25.72 | 6.25 | 44.12 | 2:19.67 | 6220 |
| 7 | Marie Collonvillé (FRA) | 13.73 | 1.82 | 12.17 | 24.80 | 6.12 | 47.15 | 2:12.94 | 6211 |
| 8 | Astrid Retzke (GER) | 13.76 | 1.76 | 13.93 | 24.86 | 5.98 | 48.67 | 2:18.14 | 6156 |
| 9 | Kathleen Gutjahr (GER) | 13.85 | 1.76 | 13.69 | 24.79 | 6.02 | 46.73 | 2:15.50 | 6146 |
| 10 | Tiia Hautala (FIN) | 13.99 | 1.76 | 13.78 | 25.37 | 6.52 | 40.94 | 2:17.09 | 6102 |
| 11 | Saskia Meijer (NED) | 14.43 | 1.67 | 14.40 | 25.29 | 5.92 | 48.28 | 2:18.42 | 5914 |
| — | Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Sabine Braun (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |