1998 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon
17th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's marathon |
city | Budapest |
place | Round trip through Budapest |
Attendees | 46 athletes from 15 countries |
Competition phase | August 22, 1998 |
Medalist | |
gold | Stefano Baldini ( ITA ) |
silver | Danilo Goffi ( ITA ) |
bronze | Vincenzo Modica ( ITA ) |
Marathon Cup (team ranking) without counting in the medal table |
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Rank 1 | Italy |
Rank 2 | Spain |
Rank 3 | Portugal |
The men's marathon at the 1998 European Athletics Championships took place in Budapest , Hungary on August 22, 1998 .
There was a three-way victory for Italy. Stefano Baldini won the race in 2:12:01 h. Vice European Champion was Danilo Goffi ahead of Vincenzo Modica .
As in 1994 , there was a team classification, the so-called Marathon Cup. For this, the times of the three best runners per nation were added up. However, the evaluation was not part of the official medal table. The team from Italy won ahead of Spain and Portugal.
Existing records / best performances
World record | Belayneh Dinsamo | 2:06:50 h | Rotterdam marathon 1988 | April 17, 1988 |
European best | Carlos Lopes | 2:07:12 h | Rotterdam Marathon 1985 | April 20, 1985 |
Championship record | Martín Fiz | 2:10:31 h | EM in Helsinki | August 14, 1994 |
Note:
At that time, records were not kept in marathon running and street walking because of the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.
Result
Result marathon cup
space | country | Athletes | Time (h) |
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1 | Italy |
Stefano Baldini Danilo Goffi Vincenzo Modica |
6:37:05 |
2 | Spain |
José Ramón Rey Alejandro Gómez Antoni Peña |
6:40:33 |
3 | Portugal |
João Lopes António Salvador Paulo Catarino |
6:44:14 |
4th | France |
Hakim Bagy Pascal Blanchard Jean-Pierre Monciaux |
6:48:37 |
5 | Russia |
Mukhamet Nazipov Oleg Strizhakov Eduard Tuchbatullin |
6:52:41 |
6th | Great Britain |
Richard Nerurkar David Buzza Mark Hudspith |
6:53:28 |
7th | Hungary |
Gergely Rezessy Márton Lajtos Zoltán Holba |
7:01:21 |
Web links and sources
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 at european-athletics.org, accessed February 15, 2019
- Men Marathon Athletics XVII European Championships 1998 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed February 15, 2019