1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships

1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Host venue in Valencia
Host city	Valencia Spain
Date(s)	27 February – 1 March
Main stadium	Palace of Luis Puig
Participation	484 athletes from 39 nations
Events	26
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The 25th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 27 February to Sunday, 1 March 1998 at the Palace of Luis Puig, Valencia, Spain.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Angelos Pavlakakis Greece	6.55	Jason Gardener Great Britain	6.59	Stéphane Cali France	6.60
200 metres	Serhiy Osovych Ukraine	20.40 NR	Anninos Marcoullides Cyprus	20.65	Allyn Condon Great Britain	20.68
400 metres	Ruslan Mashchenko Russia	45.90	Ashraf Saber Italy	45.99	Robert Maćkowiak Poland	46.00
800 metres	Nils Schumann Germany	1:47.02	Marko Koers Netherlands	1:47.20	Vebjørn Rodal Norway	1:47.40
1500 metres	Rui Silva Portugal	3:44.57	Abdelkader Chékhémani France	3:44.89	Andrey Zadorozhniy Russia	3:44.93
3000 metres	John Mayock Great Britain	7:55.09	Manuel Pancorbo Spain	7:55.23	Alberto García Spain	7:55.24
60 m hurdles	Igors Kazanovs LAT	7.54	Tomasz Ścigaczewski Poland	7.56	Mike Fenner Germany	7.58
High jump	Artur Partyka Poland	2.31	Vyacheslav Voronin Russia	2.31	Tomáš Janků Czech Republic	2.29
Pole vault	Tim Lobinger Germany	5.80	Michael Stolle Germany	5.80	Daniel Ecker Germany	5.75
Long jump	Alexey Lukashevich Ukraine	8.06	Carlos Calado Portugal	8.05	Emmanuel Bangué France	8.05
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain	17.43	Charles Friedek Germany	17.15	Serge Hélan France	17.02
Shot put	Oliver-Sven Buder Germany	21.47	Mika Halvari FIN	20.59	Arsi Harju FIN	20.53
Heptathlon	Sebastian Chmara Poland	6415	Dezső Szabó Hungary	6249 NR	Lev Lobodin Russia	6226

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Melanie Paschke Germany	7.14	Frederique Bangue France	7.18	Odiah Sidibé France	7.22
200 metres	Svetlana Goncharenko Russia	22.46	Melanie Paschke Germany	22.50	Ekaterini Koffa Greece	22.86
400 metres	Grit Breuer Germany	50.45	Ionela Târlea Romania	50.56	Helena Fuchsová Czech Republic	51.22
800 metres	Ludmila Formanová Czech Republic	2:02.30	Malin Ewerlöf Sweden	2:03.61	Judit Varga Hungary	2:03.81
1500 metres	Theresia Kiesl Austria	4:13.62	Lidia Chojecka Poland	4:14.93	Violeta Szekely Romania	4:15.54
3000 metres	Gabriela Szabo Romania	8:49.96	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal	8:51.42	Marta Dominguez Spain	8:57.72
60 m hurdles	Patricia Girard-Léno France	7.85	Svetlana Laukhova Russia	8.01	Diane Allahgreen Great Britain	8.02
High jump	Monica Iagar Romania	1.96	Alina Astafei Germany	1.94	Yelena Yelesina Russia	1.94
Pole vault	Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine	4.45 WR	Daniela Bártová Czech Republic	4.40	Vala Flosadóttir Iceland	4.40
Long jump	Fiona May Italy	6.91	Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Russia	6.72	Linda Ferga France	6.67
Triple jump	Ashia Hansen Great Britain	15.16 WR	Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic	14.76	Yelena Lebedenko Russia	14.32
Shot put	Irina Korzhanenko Russia	20.25	Vita Pavlysh Ukraine	20.00	Corrie de Bruin Netherlands	18.97
Pentathlon	Urszula Włodarczyk Poland	4808	Irina Belova Russia	4631	Karin Specht Germany	4523

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	4	3	11
2	Russia	3	4	4	11
3	Poland	3	2	1	6
4	United Kingdom	3	1	2	6
5	Ukraine	3	1	0	4
6	Romania	2	1	1	4
7	France	1	2	5	8
8	Czech Republic	1	2	2	5
9	Portugal	1	2	0	3
10	Italy	1	1	0	2
11	Greece	1	0	1	2
12	Austria	1	0	0	1
13	Latvia	1	0	0	1
14	Spain	0	1	2	3
15	Finland	0	1	1	2
	Hungary	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
18	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
20	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

3

See also

• 1998 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results - Athletix