European Athletics Championships 1998/100 m men

17th European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	45 athletes from 23 countries
venue	Budapest
Competition location	Népstadion
Competition phase	August 18th (preliminary / intermediate runs) August 19th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Darren Campbell ( GBR )   Dwain Chambers ( GBR )   Harálabos Papadiás ( GRE )

Népstadion in Budapest

The men's 100-meter run at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held on August 18 and 19, 1998 in the Népstadion in the Hungarian capital, Budapest .

On this short sprint route , there was a double victory for the British athletes. European champion was Darren Campbell . Second place went to Dwain Chambers . Bronze went to the Greek Harálabos Papadiás .

Records

Existing records

World record	9.85 s	Donovan Bailey	Olympic Games Atlanta , USA	July 27, 1996
European record	9.87 s	Linford Christie	WM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 15, 1993
Championship record	10.08 s		EM Helsinki , Finland	August 7, 1994

Record improvement

European champion Darren Campbell improved the existing championship record in the final on August 19th by four hundredths of a second to 10.04 seconds.  

Preliminary round

August 18, 1998

The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the eight fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marcin Nowak	Poland	10.34
2	Stefano Tilli	Italy	10.37
3	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.37
4th	Erlend Sæterstøl	Norway	10.45
5	Diego Moisés Santos	Spain	10.48
6th	Tamás Mezei	Israel	10.65
7th	Ivo Krsek	Czech Republic	10.78
8th	Ruslan Rusidze	Georgia	10.95

Forward 2

Wind: -0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	10.38
2	Stéphane Cali	France	10.57
3	Francesco Scuderi	Italy	10.59
4th	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.61
5	Harri Kivelä	Finland	10.63
6th	Marko Stor	Slovenia	10.88
7th	Mario Bonello	Malta	10.92

Forward 3

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Geir Moen	Norway	10.38
2	Needy Guims	France	10.47
3	Tero Ridanpää	Finland	10.47
4th	Urban Acman	Slovenia	10.48
5	Mario Barbosa	Portugal	10.55
6th	Yiannios Zisimides	Cyprus	10.58
7th	Frutos Feo	Spain	10.81

Forward 4

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.40
2	Marcin Krzywański	Poland	10.51
3	Aléxandros Yenovélis	Greece	10.52
4th	Anatoly Dowhal	Ukraine	10.58
5	Janne Haapasalo	Finland	10.58
6th	Luděk Bohman	Czech Republic	10.69
7th	Damjan Špur	Slovenia	10.74
8th	Dennis Tilburg	Netherlands	10.77

Forward 5

Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harálabos Papadiás	Greece	10.27
2	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	10.28
3	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.35
4th	Miklós Gyulai	Hungary	10.37
5	Ryszard Pilarczyk	Poland	10.41
6th	Andrea Amici	Italy	10.45
7th	Martin Briňarský	Slovakia	10.73
8th	Martin Frick	Liechtenstein	11.04

Forward 6

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dave Dollé	Switzerland	10.36
2	Gábor Dobos	Hungary	10.45
3	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.48
4th	Resat Oguz	Turkey	10.49
5	Ággelos Pavlakákis	Greece	10.50
6th	Frédéric Krantz	France	10.54
7th	Carlos Berlanga	Spain	10.59

Intermediate round

August 18, 1998

From the four intermediate rounds, the first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Intermediate run 1

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	10.28
2	Geir Moen	Norway	10.40
3	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.42
4th	Ággelos Pavlakákis	Greece	10.45
5	Anatoly Dowhal	Ukraine	10.57
6th	Mario Barbosa	Portugal	10.57
7th	Urban Acman	Slovenia	10.69
DNS	Stéphane Cali	France

Intermediate run 2

John Ertzgaard (here in 2017) missed the semi-finals by one place

Wind: -0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.26
2	Marcin Krzywański	Poland	10.36
3	Miklós Gyulai	Hungary	10.397
4th	Dave Dollé	Switzerland	10.41
5	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.48
6th	Andrea Amici	Italy	10.49
7th	Frédéric Krantz	France	10.57
8th	Resat Oguz	Turkey	10.58

Intermediate run 3

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	10.26
2	Marcin Nowak	Poland	10.29
3	Needy Guims	France	10.51
4th	Tero Ridanpää	Finland	10.51
5	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.56
6th	Francesco Scuderi	Italy	10.59
7th	Aléxandros Yenovélis	Greece	10.62
8th	Yiannios Zisimides	Cyprus	10.68

Intermediate run 4

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harálabos Papadiás	Greece	10.31
2	Ryszard Pilarczyk	Poland	10.34
3	Stefano Tilli	Italy	10.35
4th	Gábor Dobos	Hungary	10.39
5	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.41
6th	Diego Moisés Santos	Spain	10.41
7th	Erlend Sæterstøl	Norway	10.46
8th	Janne Haapasalo	Finland	10.56

Semifinals

August 19, 1998

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	10.15
2	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	10.21
3	Marcin Krzywański	Poland	10.27
4th	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.30
5	Ryszard Pilarczyk	Poland	10.35
6th	Dave Dollé	Switzerland	10.39
7th	Miklós Gyulai	Hungary	10.39
8th	Ággelos Pavlakákis	Greece	10.43

Semi-final run 2

Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.11
2	Harálabos Papadiás	Greece	10.21
3	Stefano Tilli	Italy	10.27
4th	Marcin Nowak	Poland	10.30
5	Geir Moen	Norway	10.35
6th	Needy Guims	France	10.50
7th	Tero Ridanpää	Finland	10.52
8th	Gábor Dobos	Hungary	29.10

final

European champion Darren Campbell won his first major international title

August 19, 1998

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.04 CR
2	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	10.10
3	Harálabos Papadiás	Greece	10.17
4th	Stefano Tilli	Italy	10.20
5	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	10.24
6th	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.29
7th	Marcin Krzywański	Poland	10.29
8th	Marcin Nowak	Poland	10.36

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  Vice European Champion Dwain Chambers

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  As the third best Briton, Marlon Devonish came in fifth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 at european-athletics.org, accessed October 2, 2019
• Men 100m European Championship 1998 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed October 6, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1998 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed October 6, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 100m European Championship 1998 Budapest, p. 470 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 6, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1998, 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 6, 2019
• 17th European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on October 6, 2019

Video

• Men's 100m Final European Champs Budapest 1998 on youtube.com (English), accessed on October 6, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m men , accessed October 6, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 7 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on October 6, 2019