1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Marathon competition at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The race was held on Saturday August 22, 1998. Italian runners, led by Stefano Baldini, swept the medals.

Medalists

Gold	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)
Silver	Danilo Goffi Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Vincenzo Modica Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Belayneh Densamo (ETH)	2:06:50	April 17, 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record	Martín Fiz (ESP)	2:10:31	August 14, 1994	Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:12:01
	Danilo Goffi (ITA)	2:12:11
	Vincenzo Modica (ITA)	2:12:53
4	Julio Rey (ESP)	2:13:17
5	Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	2:13:23
6	Antoni Peña (ESP)	2:13:53
7	Giovanni Ruggiero (ITA)	2:13:59
8	Richard Nerurkar (GBR)	2:14:02
9	João Lopes (POR)	2:14:19
10	António Salvador (POR)	2:14:28
11	Abdelhakim Bagy (FRA)	2:14:48
12	Antonio Serrano (ESP)	2:14:58
13	Muhhamed Mazipov (RUS)	2:15:12
14	Harri Hänninen (FIN)	2:15:13
15	Paulo Catarino (POR)	2:15:27
16	Henrique Crisostomo (POR)	2:15:38
17	Bjarne Thysell (SWE)	2:15:43
18	Oleg Strizhakov (RUS)	2:15:51
19	Michael Fietz (GER)	2:15:53
20	Ottaviano Andriani (ITA)	2:16:28
21	Nikolaos Pollias (GRE)	2:16:36
22	Pascal Blanchard (FRA)	2:16:38
23	Jean-Pierre Monciaux (FRA)	2:17:11
24	Stephan Freigang (GER)	2:17:24
25	Anders Szalkai (SWE)	2:17:40
26	Joaquim Silva (POR)	2:17:55
27	Gergely Rezessy (HUN)	2:17:58
28	David Buzza (GBR)	2:19:28
29	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	2:19:38
30	Mark Hudspith (GBR)	2:19:58
31	Martón Lajtos (HUN)	2:21:22
32	Eduard Tukhbatullin (RUS)	2:21:38
33	Zoltán Holbá (HUN)	2:22:01
34	Sergey Kaledin (RUS)	2:22:55
35	Bertrand Itsweire (FRA)	2:23:01
36	Andrey Shalagin (RUS)	2:23:05
37	Ferenc Sagi (HUN)	2:26:53
38	Valeriu Vlas (MDA)	2:27:28
39	Peter Jager (HUN)	2:29:49
40	Janos Szeman (HUN)	2:33:51
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Dominique Chauvelier (FRA)	DNF
—	Spyros Andriopoulos (GRE)	DNF
—	Giacomo Leone (ITA)	DNF
—	Philippe Rémond (FRA)	DNF
—	Diego Garcia (ESP)	DNF
—	José Manuel García (ESP)	DNF

See also

• 1998 European Marathon Cup

External links

• Results
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• marathonspiegel