1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

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

The women's 10,000 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 August.

Medalists

Gold	Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland
Silver	Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
Bronze	Lidia Șimon  Romania

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	31:29.33
	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	31:32.42
	Lidia Șimon	Romania	31:32.64
4	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	31:34.26	NR
5	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	31:36.51
6	Julia Vaquero	Spain	31:46.47
7	Annemari Sandell	Finland	32:22.50
8	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	32:30.67
9	María Luisa Larraga	Spain	32:37.10
10	Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russia	32:37.64
11	Maria Guida	Italy	32:39.16
12	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	33:09.87
13	Hilde Hovdenak	Norway	33:11.88
14	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	33:16.40
	Alla Zhilyaeva	Russia	DNF
	Lidiya Vasilevskaya	Russia	DNF
	Maria Abel	Spain	DNF

References

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