# Campionati del mondo di triathlon long distance del 1998

I Campionati del mondo di triathlon long distance del 1998 (V edizione) si sono tenuti sull'isola di Sado, Giappone in data 5 settembre 1998.
Tra gli uomini ha vinto per la seconda volta consecutiva il belga Luc Van Lierde, mentre la gara femminile è andata all'australiana Rina Hill.

## Risultati
### Élite uomini

| Pos. | Nome | Paese | Nuoto | Bici | Corsa | Totale |
| | Luc Van Lierde | Belgio | 00:38:54 | 03:20:00 | 01:44:08 | 05:44:05 |
| | Rob Barel | Paesi Bassi | 00:38:55 | 03:21:33 | 01:50:45 | 05:52:31 |
| | Peter Sandvang | Danimarca | 00:41:22 | 03:19:23 | 01:50:31 | 05:52:33 |
| 4 | Timothy DeBoom | Stati Uniti | 00:38:59 | 03:24:05 | 01:50:06 | 05:55:03 |
| 5 | Jason Shortis | Australia | 00:42:12 | 03:24:30 | 01:47:28 | 05:55:42 |
| 6 | Rolf Lautenbacher | Germania | 00:42:23 | 03:25:49 | 01:46:51 | 05:56:33 |
| 7 | Péter Kropkó | Ungheria | 00:40:04 | 03:31:39 | 01:43:16 | 05:57:18 |
| 8 | Gilles Reboul | Francia | 00:39:26 | 03:27:53 | 01:51:40 | 06:00:07 |
| 9 | Xavier Galea | Francia | 00:38:56 | 03:33:05 | 01:48:31 | 06:02:10 |
| 10 | Cyrille Neveu | Francia | 00:41:15 | 03:26:15 | 01:54:54 | 06:03:33 |
| 11 | Massimo Guadagni | Italia | 00:42:18 | 03:34:12 | 01:46:47 | 06:05:01 |
| 12 | Felix Martinez | Spagna | 00:47:47 | 03:30:35 | 01:46:25 | 06:06:25 |
| 13 | Jamie Cleveland | Canada | 00:41:11 | 03:29:52 | 01:54:04 | 06:06:59 |
| 14 | Shingo Tani | Giappone | 00:42:18 | 03:32:31 | 01:51:52 | 06:07:43 |
| 15 | Dan Dethier | Lussemburgo | 00:45:28 | 03:27:46 | 01:53:51 | 06:08:30 |
| 16 | Bryan Rhodes | Nuova Zelanda | 00:38:43 | 03:31:32 | 01:57:36 | 06:09:04 |
| 17 | Torbjørn Sindballe | Danimarca | 00:42:18 | 03:27:34 | 01:58:09 | 06:09:41 |
| 18 | Eduardo Arenal | Spagna | 00:47:47 | 03:37:11 | 01:45:10 | 06:11:51 |
| 19 | Nobuo Kitazato | Giappone | 00:42:18 | 03:30:30 | 01:58:36 | 06:12:58 |
| 20 | Damion Angus | Australia | 00:42:08 | 03:30:30 | 01:58:36 | 06:13:17 |
| 21 | Rodney Gordon | Nuova Zelanda | 00:45:17 | 03:33:52 | 01:51:55 | 06:13:32 |
| 22 | Allan Mansson | Danimarca | 00:39:04 | 03:31:54 | 02:02:41 | 06:15:20 |
| 23 | Yuji Fujiwara | Giappone | 00:47:28 | 03:38:44 | 01:48:23 | 06:15:44 |
| 24 | Francisco Zurob | Cile | 00:42:19 | 03:35:40 | 01:59:45 | 06:19:03 |
| 25 | Jani Tomsic | Slovenia | 00:43:39 | 03:29:46 | 02:03:02 | 06:19:11 |
| 26 | Alejandro Santamaria Perez | Spagna | 00:45:24 | 03:40:15 | 01:52:55 | 06:19:45 |
| 27 | Pim Veeger | Paesi Bassi | 00:48:09 | 03:30:26 | 02:00:23 | 06:20:54 |
| 28 | Rolf Kristian Roll | Norvegia | 00:45:13 | 03:34:53 | 01:59:27 | 06:21:04 |
| 29 | Yannick Bourseaux | Francia | 00:41:16 | 03:32:11 | 02:06:45 | 06:21:31 |
| 30 | Glen Gore | Sudafrica | 00:38:50 | 03:54:12 | 01:46:57 | 06:21:38 |
| 31 | Josef Neuhauser | Austria | 00:45:22 | 03:33:54 | 02:02:41 | 06:23:31 |
| 32 | Kazuo Sudo | Giappone | 00:42:20 | 03:48:40 | 01:56:23 | 06:28:25 |
| 33 | Yoshinori Tamura | Giappone | 00:45:25 | 03:43:22 | 01:58:48 | 06:29:05 |
| 34 | Mika Luoto | Finlandia | 00:42:16 | 03:58:17 | 01:49:04 | 06:32:48 |
| 35 | Georg Partlic | Austria | 00:42:16 | 03:58:17 | 02:05:49 | 06:47:46 |

### Élite donne

| Pos. | Nome | Paese | Nuoto | Bici | Corsa | Totale |
| | Rina Hill | Australia | 00:42:29 | 03:53:06 | 0 | 06:32:09 |
| | Lena Wahlqvist | Svezia | 00:42:58 | 03:53:01 | 02:00:24 | 06:37:50 |
| | Megumi Shigaki | Giappone | 00:47:38 | 03:54:56 | 01:56:45 | 06:40:40 |
| 4 | Marijke Zeekant | Paesi Bassi | 00:44:08 | 03:51:39 | 02:07:17 | 06:44:32 |
| 5 | Lisa Bentley | Canada | 00:44:18 | 03:55:42 | 02:04:37 | 06:46:23 |
| 6 | Agnes Eppers | Bolivia | 00:53:33 | 03:56:17 | 02:06:19 | 06:57:40 |
| 7 | Yoko Hori | Giappone | 00:52:15 | 03:56:44 | 02:08:38 | 06:59:04 |
| 8 | Ann Eldegard | Norvegia | 00:44:21 | 03:58:07 | 02:17:28 | 07:01:19 |
| 9 | Kerstin Weule | Stati Uniti | 00:44:22 | 04:02:08 | 02:15:26 | 07:03:12 |
| 10 | Chiharu Uehara | Giappone | 00:47:34 | 04:10:43 | 02:04:13 | 07:04:03 |
| 11 | Junko Takeuchi | Giappone | 00:53:34 | 04:05:49 | 02:03:14 | 07:04:50 |
| 12 | Veronica Roldan | Spagna | 00:44:19 | 04:02:18 | 02:19:26 | 07:07:51 |
| 13 | Sari Rairama | Finlandia | 00:47:33 | 04:05:44 | 02:14:48 | 07:09:42 |
| 14 | Belinda Smith | Australia | 00:47:29 | 03:55:03 | 02:27:48 | 07:10:21 |
| 15 | Jacqueline Van Vliet | Paesi Bassi | 00:52:24 | 04:03:16 | 02:19:17 | 07:14:58 |
| 16 | Kim Isherwood | Regno Unito | 00:55:34 | 04:00:15 | 02:20:18 | 07:16:17 |
| 17 | Sonja Terblanche | Sudafrica | 00:53:47 | 04:05:09 | 02:33:24 | 07:24:11 |