European Athletics Indoor Championships 1998

25th European Indoor Athletics Championships
The Palacio Velódromo Luis Puig (2008)
city	Valencia , Spain
Stadion	Palacio Velódromo Luis Puig
opening	February 27, 1998
Final day	March 1, 1998
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The 25th European Indoor Athletics Championships took place from February 27 to March 1, 1998 in the Palacio Velódromo Luis Puig in Valencia .

Two world records were set during the competitions: by Anshela Balachonowa in the pole vault and by Ashia Hansen in the triple jump . In total, the athletes in Valencia set 17 national records.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Angelos Pavlakakis	GRE	6.55
2	Jason Gardener	GBR	6.59
3	Stéphane Cali	FRA	6.60
4th	Marcin Krzywański	POLE	6.61
5	Ryszard Pilarczyk	POLE	6.64
6th	Georgios Theodoridis	GRE	6.68
7th	Andrea Amici	ITA	6.70
8th	Patrik Lövgren	SWE	6.71

Date: February 28

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Serhiy Ossovych	UKR	20.40
2	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.65
3	Allyn Condon	GBR	20.68
4th	Julian Golding	GBR	20.84
5	Douglas Turner	GBR	21.51
6th	Prodromos Katsantonis	CYP	22.49

Date: March 1st

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	45.90
2	Ashraf Saber	ITA	45.99
3	Robert Maćkowiak	POLE	46.00
4th	Tomasz Czubak	POLE	47.18
5	Carlos Silva	POR	47.32
6th	Sean Baldock	GBR	50.05

Date: March 1st

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Nils Schumann	GER	1: 47.02
2	Marko Koers	NED	1: 47.20
3	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	1: 47.40
4th	James Nolan	IRL	1: 47.81
5	David Matthews	IRL	1: 48.37
6th	Ivan Komar	BLR	1: 50.94

Date: March 1st

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rui Silva	POR	3: 44.57
2	Squad Chekhamani	FRA	3: 44.89
3	Andrei Sadorozhni	RUS	3: 44.93
4th	Andrés Manuel Díaz	ESP	3: 45.18
5	Leszek Zblewski	POLE	3: 45.67
6th	Branko Zorko	CRO	3: 45.83
7th	Antonio Travassos	POR	3: 46.00
8th	José Antonio Redolat	ESP	3: 48.74

Date: February 28

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Mayock	GBR	7: 55.09
2	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	7: 55.23
3	Alberto García	ESP	7: 55.24
4th	Isaac Viciosa	ESP	7: 55.45
5	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	7: 55.62
6th	Ovidiu Olteanu	ROU	7: 56.09
7th	Massimo Pegoretti	ITA	7: 56.27
8th	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	7: 59.17

Date: March 1st

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Igors Kazanovs	LAT	7.54
2	Tomasz Ścigaczewski	POLE	7.56
3	Mike Fenner	GER	7.58
4th	Jonathan Nsenga	BEL	7.59
5	Dan Philibert	FRA	7.60
6th	Yevgeny Pechonkin	RUS	7.66
7th	Andy Tulloch	GBR	7.66
8th	Ronald Mehlich	POLE	7.68

Date: March 1st

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Artur Partyka	POLE	2.31
2	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.31
3	Tomáš Janků	CZE	2.29
4th	Jan Janků	CZE	2.26
5	Lambros papakostas	GRE	2.26
6th	Elvir Krehmic	BIH	2.22
	Dragutin Topić	YUG	2.22
8th	Dimitris Kokotis	GRE	2.22

Date: March 1st

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.80
2	Michael Stolle	GER	5.80
3	Daniel Ecker	GER	5.75
4th	Montxu Miranda	ESP	5.70
5	Javier García	ESP	5.60
6th	Martin Voss	THE	5.60
7th	Ilijan Efremov	BUL	5.60
8th	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.50
	Jean Galfione	FRA	5.50

Date: February 28

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Oleksiy Lukashevytsch	UKR	8.06
2	Carlos Calado	POR	8.05
3	Emmanuel Bangué	FRA	8.05
4th	Alexei Musichin	RUS	8.00
5	Yago Lamela	ESP	7.95
6th	Romuald Ducros	FRA	7.84
7th	Squad Klouchi	FRA	7.84
8th	Konstandinos Koukodimos	GRE	7.74

Date: February 28

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	17.43
2	Charles Friedek	GER	17.15
3	Serge Hélan	FRA	17.02
4th	Rogel Nachum	ISR	16.93
5	Raúl Chapado	ESP	16.87
6th	Yuri Ossypenko	UKR	16.86
7th	Vyacheslav Taranov	RUS	16.75
8th	Francis Agyepong	GBR	16.57

Date: March 1st

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	21.47
2	Mika Havari	FIN	20.59
3	Arsi Harju	FIN	20.53
4th	Dragan Peric	YUG	20.21
5	Roman Wirastyuk	UKR	20.19
6th	Manuel Martínez	ESP	20.09
7th	Oleksandr Bahach	UKR	19.89
8th	Michael Mertens	GER	20.17

Date: February 28

The originally sixth-placed Czech Miroslav Menc (20.17 m) was subsequently disqualified for doping.

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Sebastian Chmara	POLE	6415
2	Dezső Szabó	HUN	6249
3	Lev Lobodin	RUS	6226
4th	Tomáš Dvorák	CZE	6175
5	Jón Arnar Magnússon	ISL	6170
6th	Alexander Awerbuch	RUS	6144
7th	Indrek Kaseorg	EST	6055
8th	Javier Benet	ESP	6044

Date: February 28th and March 1st

The heptathlon consists of the disciplines 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Melanie Paschke	GER	7.14
2	Frédérique Bangué	FRA	7.18
3	Odiah Sidibé	FRA	7.22
4th	Ekaterini Thanou	GRE	7.23
5	Ekaterini Koffa	GRE	7.24
6th	Iryna Pucha	UKR	7.28
7th	Andrea Philipp	GER	7.28
8th	Alenka Bikar	SLO	7.40

Date: February 28

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Svetlana Goncharenko	RUS	22.46
2	Melanie Paschke	GER	22.50
3	Ekaterini Koffa	GRE	22.86
4th	Birgit Rockmeier	GER	23.24
5	Donna Fraser	GBR	23.53
6th	Natalia Voronova	RUS	24.29

Date: March 1st

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Grit Breuer	GER	50.45
2	Ionela Târlea	ROU	50.56
3	Helena Fuchsová	CZE	51.22
4th	Ester Goosens	NED	51.82
5	Irina Rossichina	RUS	52.73
6th	Hana Benešová	CZE	54.89

Date: March 1st

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ludmila Formanová	CZE	2: 02.30
2	Malin Ewerlöf	SWE	2: 03.61
3	Judit Varga	HUN	2: 03.81
4th	Stella Jongmans	NED	2: 01.50
5	Petya Straschilova	BUL	2: 05.74
6th	Stephanie Graf	AUT	2: 07.99

Date: March 1st

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Theresia Kiesl	AUT	4: 13.62
2	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 14.93
3	Violeta Szekely	ROU	4: 15.54
4th	Sylvia Kühnemund	GER	4: 15.64
5	Luminita Gogirlea	ROU	4: 16.68
6th	Maite Zúñiga	ESP	4: 18.41
7th	Brigitta Tusai	HUN	4: 18.44
8th	Frédérique Quentin	FRA	4: 18.94

Date: February 28

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	ROU	8: 49.96
2	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	8: 51.42
3	Marta Domínguez	ESP	8: 57.72
4th	Jeļena Čelnova	LAT	9: 00.78
5	Chrysostomia Iakovou	GRE	9: 01.06
6th	Zahia Dahmani	FRA	9: 02.77
7th	Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim	GER	9: 03.45
8th	Olga Yegorova	RUS	9: 05.74

Date: March 1st

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Patricia Girard	FRA	7.85
2	Svetlana Lauchowa	RUS	8.01
3	Diane Allahgreen	GBR	8.02
4th	Anna Leszczyńska-Łazor	POLE	8.15
5	María José Mardomingo	ESP	8.16
6th	Caren Sonn	GER	8.24
7th	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	8.34
8th	Heike Blaßneck	GER	8.95

Date: March 1st

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Monica Iagăr	ROU	1.96
2	Alina Astafei	GER	1.94
3	Jelena Jelessina	RUS	1.94
4th	Elena Gulyayeva	RUS	1.92
5	Zuzana Kovačiková	CZE	1.92
6th	Susan Jones	GBR	1.92
7th	Pia Zinck	THE	1.89
8th	Marta Mendía	ESP	1.85

Date: February 28

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Anshela Balachonova	UKR	4.45
2	Daniela Bártová	CZE	4.40
3	Vala Flosadóttir	ISL	4.40
4th	Janine Whitlock	GBR	4.25
5	Nicole Rieger	GER	4.25
6th	Zsuzsanna Szabó	HUN	4.15
7th	Eszter Szemerédi	HUN	4.15
8th	Amandine Homo	FRA	4.05

Date: March 1st

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Fiona May	ITA	6.91
2	Tatiana Ter-Mesrobjan	RUS	6.72
3	Linda Ferga	FRA	6.67
4th	Magdalena Christowa	BUL	6.60
5	Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.55
6th	Monica Toth	ROU	6.39
7th	Olena Chlopotnova	UKR	6.38
8th	Claudia Gerhardt	GER	6.29

Date: March 1st

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ashia Hansen	GBR	15.16
2	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	14.76
3	Jelena Lebedenko	RUS	14.32
4th	Olga Vasdeki	GRE	14.29
5	Rodica Mateescu	ROU	14.27
6th	Betty Lise	FRA	14.26
7th	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	14.12
8th	Petra Lobinger	GER	14.02

Date:

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Irina Korschanenko	RUS	20.25
2	Wita Pavlysch	UKR	20.00
3	Corrie de Bruin	NED	18.97
4th	Krystyna Danilczyk	POLE	18.81
5	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.42
6th	Judy Oakes	GBR	18.42
7th	Svetla Mitkowa	BUL	18.35
8th	Mihaela Oana	ROU	18.08

Date: February 28

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	4808
2	Irina Belowa	RUS	4631
3	Karin Specht	GER	4523
4th	Tiia Hautala	FIN	4473
5	Marie Collonvillé	FRA	4300
6th	Helena Vinarová	CZE	4238
7th	Inma Clopés	ESP	4234
8th	Julia Bennett	GBR	4226

Date: February 27

The pentathlon consists of the disciplines 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Medal table

Medal table final after 26 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	5	4th	3	12
2	Russia	3	4th	4th	11
3	Poland	3	2	1	6th
4th	United Kingdom	3	1	2	6th
5	Ukraine	3	1	-	4th
6th	Romania	2	1	1	4th
7th	France	1	2	5	8th
8th	Czech Republic	1	2	2	5
9	Portugal	1	2	-	3
10	Italy	1	1	-	2
11	Greece	1	-	1	2
12	Latvia	1	-	-	1
12	Austria	1	-	-	1
14th	Spain	-	1	2	3
15th	Finland	-	1	1	2
15th	Netherlands	-	1	1	2
15th	Hungary	-	1	1	2
18th	Sweden	-	1	-	1
18th	Cyprus	-	1	-	1
20th	Iceland	-	-	1	1
20th	Norway	-	-	1	1

Web links

• European Indoor Championships - Result database on the European Athletic Association website
• Results on Maik Richter's website
• 25th European Indoor Championships 1998 , review by Alfons Juck on the EAA website