European Athletics Championships 1998 / women's heptathlon

17th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Heptathlon
gender	Women
Attendees	19 athletes from 12 countries
venue	Budapest
Competition location	Népstadion
Competition phase	22./23. August
	Medalists
	Denise Lewis ( GBR )
	Urszula Włodarczyk ( POL )
	Natallja Sasanowitsch ( BLR )

Népstadion in Budapest

The heptathlon for women in the 1998 European Athletics Championships on 22 and 23 August 1998 at the Népstadion the Hungarian capital Budapest discharged.

European champion was the British Olympic third in 1996 and vice world champion in 1997 Denise Lewis . She won before the Polish European Championship third in 1994 Urszula Włodarczyk . The 1996 Olympic runner-up Natallja Sasanowitsch from Belarus won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	7291 P	United States Jackie Joyner	OS Seoul , South Korea	23/24 September 1988
European record	7007 P	Soviet Union Larissa Nikitina	Bryansk , Soviet Union , (now Russia )	10/11 June 1989
EM record	6717 P	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Anke Behmer	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	29./30. August 1986

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

execution

The seven disciplines of the heptathlon took place over two days.
Day 1 - August 22: 100-meter hurdles , high jump , shot put , 200-meter run
Day 2 - August 23: long jump , javelin , 800-meter run

The rating was based on the 1985 point table, which is still valid today.

Result

22./23. August 1998

space	Surname	nation	Points	100 m hurdles	High jump	Bullet poking	200 m	Status after day 1 (P)	Long jump	javelin throw	800 m
1	Denise Lewis	United Kingdom GBR	6559	13.59 s 1037 P.	1.83 m 1016 p	15.27 m 879 p	24.75 s 910 p	3999	6.59 m 1036 p	50.16 m 863 p	2: 20.38 min 818 p
2	Urszula Włodarczyk	Poland POLE	6460	13.42 s 1062 P.	1.80 m 978 P	14.48 m 826 p	24.33 s 949 p	3815	6.28 m 937 p	45.29 m 769 p	2: 11.75 min 939 p
3	Natallia Sasanovich	Belarus 1995 BLR	6410	13.40 s 1065 p	1.80 m 978 P	14.24 m 810 p	23.62 s 1017 P.	3870	6.50 m 1007 p	43.96 m 742 p	2: 22.51 min 790 p
4th	Remigija Nazarovienė	Lithuania 1989 LTU	6394	13.46 s 1056 P.	1.80 m 978 P	14.25 m 811 p	24.32 s 950 p	3795	6.25 m 927 p	45.23 m 768 P	2: 14.21 min 904 P.
5	Irina Belowa	Russia RUS	6375	13.59 s 1037 P.	1.80 m 978 P	12.81 m 715 p	24.16 s 965 p	3695	6.24 m 924 p	44.37 m 751 P.	2: 07.30 min 1005 p
6th	Sabine Braun	Germany GER	6259	13.52 s 1047 P.	1.80 m 978 P	14.11 m 801 P.	24.69 s 915 P.	3741	6.20 m 912 P	47.35 m 809 P.	2: 21.96 min 797 P.
7th	Karin Specht	Germany GER	6239	13.67 s 1026 P.	1.86 m 1054 p	13.11 m 735 p	24.60 s 924 p	3739	6.31 m 946 p	41.44 m 695 p	2: 17.43 min 859 P.
8th	Marie Collonvillé	France FRA	6218	13.83 s 1003 P.	1.83 m 1016 p	12.19 m 674 p	24.86 s 900 p	3809	6.13 m 890 p	47.28 m 807 P	2: 12.53 min 928 p
9	Natalia Roschtschupkina	Russia RUS	6122	14.11 s 963 P.	1.80 m 978 P	13.29 m 747 p	23.82 s 998 P.	3686	5.89 m 816 p	43.65 m 737 p	2: 15.72 min 883 P.
10	Gertrud Bacher	Italy ITA	6088	14.08 s 967 P.	1.77 m 941 p	12.97 m 725 p	24.56 s 928 P.	3561	5.93 m 828 p	43.20 m 729 P	2: 09.65 min 970 p
11	Tiia Hautala	Finland FIN	5851	14.10 s 961 P.	1.74 m 903 p	12.97 m 725 p	25.62 s 831 P.	3423	5.95 m 834 p	43.41 m 733 p	2: 17.24 min 861 P.
12	Kateřina Nekolná	Czech Republic CZE	5778	14.08 s 967 P.	1.68 m 830 p	12.46 m 692 p	24.97 s 880 p	3369	5.92 m 825 p	41.59 m 698 p	2: 16.20 min 876 P.
13	Enikõ Kiss	Hungary HUN	5762	14.16 s 956 P.	1.83 m 1016 p	11.39 m 621 P.	25.17 s 871 P.	3464	6.05 m 865 p	38.34 m 625 p	2: 21.86 min 798 P.
14th	Imma Clopés	Spain ESP	5645	14.31 s 935 p	1.71 m 867 p	12.88 m 719 p	25.65 s 828 P.	3349	5.82 m 795 p	42.45 m 714 p	2: 22.75 min, 787 P.
15th	Sophie Marrot	France FRA	5616	13.71 s 1020 p	1.68 m 830 p	11.56 m 632 p	24.90 s 896 p	3378	5.83 m 798 p	38.21 m 633 p	2: 21.23 min 807 P.
DNF	Elzbieta Lasota-Raczka	Poland POLE		14.58 s 898 P	1.74 m 903 p	12.01 m 662 p	26.07 s 791 P.	3254	5.75 m 774 p	42.26 m 711 p	DNF 0 P
	Maria Kamrowska-Nowak	Poland POLE		14.08 s 967 P.	1.68 m 830 p	15.05 m 864 p	25.65 s 828 P.	3489	5.76 m 777 p	41.07 m 688 p	DNF 0 P
	Diana Koritskaya	Russia RUS		13.79 s 1008 P.	1.68 m 830 p	12.96 m 725 p	24.43 s 940 p	3503	NM 0 P	DNS
	Nathalie Teppe	France FRA		14.61 s 894 P.	NM 0 P	DNS
DNS	Peggy Beer	Germany GER
DNS	Rita Ináncsi	Hungary HUN

European champion Denise Lewis won by Olympic bronze in 1996 and World Cup -Silber 1997 her first major title - later she was among other Olympic champion in 2000
Marie Collonvillé, nineteen in 1994 , finished eighth
Kateřina Nekolná - here as TV presenter in 2017 - took twelfth place

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 at european-athletics.org, accessed October 24, 2019
Women Heptathlon European Championship 1998 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed October 24, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1998 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed October 24, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Heptathlon European Championship 1998 Budapest, p. 479 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 24, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1998, heptathlon women on sportschau.de, accessed on October 24, 2019
17th European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on October 24, 2019

Video

Women's Heptathlon European Champs Budapest 1998 , published on February 10, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on October 24, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Heptathlon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on October 24, 2019
↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 73, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on October 24, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Heptathlon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on October 24, 2019

[2] Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 73, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on October 24, 2019