European Athletics Championships 1998 / Men's Decathlon

17th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Budapest
Competition location	Népstadion
Competition phase	19./20. August
	Medalist
	Erki Nool ( EST )
	Eduard Hämäläinen ( FIN )
	Lev Lobodin ( RUS )

Népstadion in Budapest

The men's decathlon at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held on August 19 and 20, 1998 in the Népstadion in the Hungarian capital, Budapest .

European champion was the Estonian Erki Nool . He won ahead of two-time Finnish runner-up ( 1995 / 1997 ) Eduard Hämäläinen . As in 1994, bronze went to the Russian Lev Lobodin .

Existing records

World record	8891 P	United States Dan O'Brien	Talence , France	4th / 5th September 1992
European record	8847 P	United Kingdom Daley Thompson	OS Los Angeles , USA	8/9 August 1984
Championship record	8811 P	United Kingdom Daley Thompson	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	27./28. August 1986

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

execution

The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days.

Day 1: August 19th - 100 m / long jump / shot put / high jump / 400 m
Day 2: August 20th - 110 m hurdles / discus throw / pole vault / javelin throw / 1500 m

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

Result

19./20. August 1998

space	Surname	nation	Points	100 m	Long jump	Bullet poking	High jump	400 m	Status after day 1 (P)	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Stabhoch- jump	javelin throw	1500 m
1	Erki Nool	Estonia Estonia	8667	10.58 s 956 P.	7.80 m 1010 p	14.40 m 753 P	1.97 m 776 p	46.67 s 975 p	4470 (3.)	14.68 s 889 P.	40.79 m 681 p	5.40 m 1031 p	70.65 m 899 p	4: 38.00 min 693 p
2	Eduard Hämäläinen	Finland Finland	8587	10.87 s 890 p	7.44 m 920 p	16.04 m 854 P.	2.06 m 859 P	46.95 s 961 P.	4503 (1.)	13.96 s 980 p	47.85 m 826 p	5.00 m 910 p	55.34 m 668 p	4: 33.98 min 719 P.
3	Lev Lobodin	Russia Russia	8571	10.66 s 938 P.	7.42 m 915 p	15.67 m 831 p	2.03 m 831 p	48.65 s 878 P.	4393 (7.)	13.97 s 978 P.	46.55 m 799 p	5.10 m 972 p	56.55 m 686 p	4: 30.27 min 743 P.
4th	Jon Arnar Magnusson	Iceland Iceland	8552	10.60 s 952 P.	7.39 m 908 P.	16.03 m 853 p	1.97 m 776 p	46.49 s 984 P.	4473 (2.)	14.12 s 959 P.	39.34 m 651 P.	5.10 m 941 p	63.99 m 798 P	4: 32.23 min 730 p
5	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8506	10.77 s 912 p	7.61 m 962 p	15.87 m 843 p	1.97 m 776 p	48.11 s 904 P.	4397 (6.)	14.07 s 965 p	46.38 m 795 p	4.70 m 819 p	65.12 m 815 p	4: 34.62 min 715 P.
6th	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8471	10.73 s 922 P.	7.60 m 960 p	14.90 m 784 p	2.09 m 887 p	48.28 s 896 P.	4449 (4.)	14.27 s 940 p	42.57 m 717 p	4.90 m 880 p	62.82 m 780 p	4: 35.21 min 711 P.
7th	Dezső Szabó	Hungary Hungary	8392	10.85 s 894 P.	7.58 m 955 p	13.72 m 711 p	2.03 m 831 p	48.13 s 903 P.	4294 (8.)	14.39 s 925 P.	42.80 m 722 p	5.00 m 910 p	59.62 m 732 p	4: 20.42 min 809 P.
8th	Mike Maczey	Germany Germany	8174	11.16 s 825 p	7.29 m 883 p	13.77 m 714 p	2.06 m 859 P	49.82 s 823 P.	4104 (12.)	14.41 s 922 P.	42.46 m 715 p	4.90 m 880 p	63.27 m 787 p	4: 26.82 min 766 P.
9	Klaus Isekenmeier	Germany Germany	8140	11.03 s 854 P.	7.42 m 915 p	15.22 m 803 P	1.79 m 619 p	48.29 s 825 p	4086 (15.)	14.50 s 911 P	51.28 m 897 p	4.60 m 790 p	61.65 m 763 P.	4: 37.95 min 693P
9	Zsolt Kürtösi	Hungary Hungary	8140	11.19 s 819 P.	7.26 m 876 P.	14.90 m 784 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.07 s 858 P.	4168 (10.)	14.39 s 925 P.	46.38 m 795 p	4.70 m 819 p	58.05 m 709 p	4: 33.14 min 724 P.
11	Jack Rosendaal	Netherlands Netherlands	8135	11.19 s 819 P.	7.02 m 818 p	14.05 m 731 p	2.06 m 859 P	50.43 s 795 P.	4022 (20.)	14.53 s 901 P.	42.70 m 720 p	4.90 m 880 p	63.89 m 797 p	4: 20.39 min 809 P.
12	Philipp Huber	Switzerland Switzerland	8081	10.94 s 874 P.	7.12 m 842 p	14.42 m 754 p	1.85 m 670 p	47.87 s 915 P.	4055 (18.)	14.74 s 881 P.	44.66 m 760 p	4.90 m 880 p	58.57 m 716 p	4: 23.27 min, 789 P.
13	Oleksandr Yurkov	Ukraine Ukraine	8030	10.90 s 883 P.	7.47 m 927 p	14.53 m 761 P.	2.03 m 831 p	49.55 s 835 p	4237 (9.)	15.09 s 839 p	47.56 m 820 p	4.90 m 880 p	51.8 m 616 p	4: 46.88 min 638 P.
14th	Stefan Schmid	Germany Germany	8011	10.92 s 878 P.	7.26 m 876 P.	14.73 m 773 p	1.91 m 723 p	48.45 s 887 P.	4097 (14.)	14.79 s 875 p	41.09 m 687 p	4.60 m 790 p	68.22 m 862 p	4: 43.21 min P660
15th	Henrik Dagård	Sweden Sweden	7930	10.81s 903 P.	6.88 m 785 p	14.36 m 750 p	1.94 m 749 p	47.94 s 911 P	4098 (13.)	14.75 s 880P	42.07 m 707 p	4.80 m 849 p	63.64 m P	4: 52.58 min 603 P.
16	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary Hungary	7876	11.27 s 801 P.	6.56 m 711 P.	14.17 m 739 p	2.18 m 973 p	49.62 s 832 p	4056 (17.)	15.59 s 780 p	42.22 m 710 p	4.50 m 760 p	62.90 m 782 p	4: 23.54 min, 788 P.
17th	Rolf Schläfli	Switzerland Switzerland	7778	11.10 s 838 p	6.94 m 799 p	14.96 m 787 p	1.94 m 740 p	48.11 s 904 P.	4077 (16.)	14.95 s 856 P.	35.49 m 574 p	4.40 m 731 P	64.85 m 811 p	4: 32.44 min, 729 P.
18th	Wilfrid Boulineau	France France	7672	11.04 s 852 P.	7.20 m 862 p	13.07 m 672 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.55 s 835 p	4052 (19.)	15.04 s 845 p	41.33 m 692 p	4.40 m 731 P	57.85 m 706 P.	4: 45.49 min 646 P.
19th	Gaëtan Blouin	France France	7549	11.21 s 814 P.	7.04 m 823 p	11.46 m 574 p	2.06 m 859 P	49.77 s 825 p	3895 (22.)	15.01 s 848 p	39.54 m 655 p	4.80 m 849 p	53.43 m 640 p	4: 42.94 min 662 P.
20th	Jaime Peñas	Spain Spain	7234	11.18 s 821 P.	7.05 m 826 p	15.31 m 809 P.	2.06 m 859 P	50.41 s 796 P.	4111 (11.)	15.12 s 835 p	45.17 m 770 p	4.60 m 790 p	59.48 m 730 p	DNF 0 P
DNF	Sébastien Levicq	France France		11.21 s 814 P.	6.86 m 781 P.	14.77 m 776 p	1.94 m 749 p	51.45 s 749 P.	3869 (23.)	15.06 s 842 p	42.63 m 842 p	DNS
	Francisco Benet	Spain Spain		11.17 s 823 P.	7.12 m 842 p	13.54 m 700 p	1.91 m 723 p	48.62 s 879 P.	3967 (21.)	14.56 s 903 P.	39.86 m 662 p	DNS
	Sebastian Chmara	Poland Poland		11.19 s 819 P.	7.65 m 972 p	15.48 m 819 p	2.09 m 887 p	47.76 s 921 P.	4418 (5.)	14.84 s 869 P.	DNS
	Georgios Andréou	Cyprus 1960 Cyprus		10.93 s 876 P.	6.80 m 767 P	13.03 m 669 p	1.94 m 749	DNS
	Pródromos Korkízoglou	Greece Greece		10.77 s 912 p	7.03 m 821 p	13.54 m 700 p	1.97 m 776 p	DNS
	Antonio Peñalver	Spain Spain		11.18 s 821 P.	7.02 m 818 p	16.18 m 862 p	ogV 0 P	DNS

European champion Erki Nool - in 2000 he became Olympic champion, 2001 vice world champion
Tomáš Dvořák, 1996 Olympic third and 1997 champion, reached number five - 1999 he conquered the world record, then he was twice world champion ( 1999 / 2001 )
Roman Šebrle came to sixth place - 2001 he was the first decathlete, the more than 9000 points reached, and he was Olympic champion ( 2004 ), World Champion ( 2007 ) and twice European champion ( 2002 / 2006 )
Sebastian Chmara finished the decathlon after the fourth exercise, the high jump

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 at european-athletics.org, accessed October 14, 2019
Men Decathlon European Championship 1998 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed October 14, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1998 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 14, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Decathlon Men European Championship 1998 Budapest, p. 474 (PDF, 13,363 kB), English, on european-athletics.org, accessed on October 14, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1998, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 14, 2019
17th European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on October 14, 2019

Video

European Championships EM 1994 Helsinki Decathlon Decathlon Part 3 , published on November 9, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on October 14, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed October 14, 2019
↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Decathlon , p. 39 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on October 14, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed October 14, 2019

[2] Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Decathlon , p. 39 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on October 14, 2019