The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, the capital city of Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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Track

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100 m

Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...  United Kingdom

10.04

Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...  United Kingdom

10.10

Haralabos Papadias  Greece

10.17

200 m

Douglas Walker Douglas Walker Douglas Walker , commonly known as Dougie Walker, is a former Scottish sprinter.Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, in 1998 he became European champion in both 200 metres and 4x100m relay. With 31.56s he is the European record holder in 300 metres, although this distance is rarely run...  United Kingdom

20.53

Doug Turner  United Kingdom

20.64

Julian Golding Julian Golding Julian Emmanuel Golding is an English sprinter.Julian Golding was born in Harlesden North West London. He enjoyed playing all sports before taking up athletics seriously in 1991...  United Kingdom

20.72

400 m

Iwan Thomas Iwan Thomas Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE is a sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 m, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is the current UK record holder at 400 m with a time of 44.36 seconds and is a former European and Commonwealth games champion...  United Kingdom

44.52

Robert Maćkowiak Robert Mackowiak Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...  Poland

45.04

Mark Richardson Mark Richardson (athlete) Mark Ashton Richardson is a British former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black...  United Kingdom

45.14

800 m

Nils Schumann Nils Schumann Nils Schumann is a former German athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, who retired in 2009...  Germany

1:44.89

André Bucher André Bucher André Bucher is a retired Swiss 800 metres runner. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in his event. Bucher also won the indoor bronze that same year....  Switzerland

1:45.04

Lukáš Vydra Lukáš Vydra Lukáš Vydra is a former Czech middle distance runner.He finished fourth in 1500 metres at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and won the bronze medal in 800 metres at the 1998 European Championships...  Czech Republic

1:45.23

1500 m

Reyes Estévez Reyes Estévez Reyes Estévez López is a Spanish 1500 metres runner. He won the European Championships' final 1998 in Budapest...  Spain

3:41.31

Rui Silva Rui Silva Rui Silva is a Portuguese athlete, who represents Sporting Clube de Portugal. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres as well. He is the national champion at 1500 m...  Portugal

3:41.84

Fermín Cacho Fermín Cacho Fermín Cacho Ruiz is a Spanish athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Ágreda, Spain, Cacho had an enviable competitive record in the 1500 m, but it wasn't until late in his career that he produced a time of corresponding quality.Cacho's first notable result came in...  Spain

3:42.43

5000 m

Isaac Viciosa Isaac Viciosa Isaac Viciosa is a former middle distance runner from Spain.Viciosa is European record holder at 3000m and the first European man under 7:30. He won European Championships 1998 for 5000m, and was 2nd for 1500m at European Championships 1994...  Spain

13:37.46

Manuel Pancorbo Manuel Pancorbo Manuel Pancorbo Chica is a retired track and field athlete. He competed in the middle distances.Pancorbo represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992...  Spain

13:38.03

Mark Carroll Mark Carroll (athlete) Mark Carroll is a former Irish runner that went to school in The North Monastery, who specialized in the 5000 metres...

13:38.15

10,000 m

António Pinto António Pinto António Coelho Pinto is a Portuguese long-distance runner.Pinto won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36...  Portugal

27:48.62

Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann is a former German athlete and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Blaustein, Germany , Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s...  Germany

27:56.75

Stéphane Franke Stéphane Franke Stéphane Franke was a long-distance runner representing Germany, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's 10.000 metres at the European Championships...  Germany

27:59.90

Marathon

Stefano Baldini Stefano Baldini Stefano Baldini is a retired Italian athlete and the 2004 Olympic and former European champion in the marathon....  Italy

2:12:01

Danilo Goffi Danilo Goffi Danilo Goffi is an Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics...  Italy

2:12:11

Vincenzo Modica Vincenzo Modica Vincenzo Modica is an Italian runner.-External links:...  Italy

2:12:53

110 metres hurdles

Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...  United Kingdom

13.02

Falk Balzer Falk Balzer Falk Balzer is a former German hurdler best known for winning the silver medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary....  Germany

13.12

Robin Korving Robin Korving Robin Korving is a former hurdler from the Netherlands, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He was Holland's leading hurdler in the 1990s, winning eight national titles in a row...  Netherlands

13.20

400 metres hurdles

Paweł Januszewski  Poland

48.18

Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in...  Russia

48.25

Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori is an Italian hurdler, best known for his gold medal at the 1999 World Championships. His personal best over 400 metres hurdles, which is also an Italian record, is 47.54 seconds, achieved at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy

48.71

3000 metres steeplechase

Damian Kallabis Damian Kallabis Damian Kallabis is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.In 1997 his personal best time was 8:37.35 minutes. The next year he sensationally won the European Championships, lowering his personal best time to 8:13.10 minutes...  Germany

8:13.10

Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.27 min...  Italy

8:16.70

Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy is an athlete from Fræna in Norway who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-External links:...  Norway

8:18.97

20 kilometres walk

Ilya Markov Ilya Markov Ilya Vladislavovich Markov is a Russian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...  Russia

1:21:10

Aigars Fadejevs Aigars Fadejevs Aigars Fadejevs is a Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk and marathon running.Fadejevs has competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in 20 km walk and in 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 50 km,2004 Olympic,50 km 11th,20 km 9th...  Latvia

1:21:29

Francisco Javier Fernández Francisco Javier Fernández Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez is a Spanish race walker. He specializes in the 20 km race walk....  Spain

1:21:39

50 kilometres walk

Robert Korzeniowski Robert Korzeniowski Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....  Poland

3:43:51

Valentin Kononen Valentin Kononen Valentin Kononen is a former Finnish race walker. His competitive accomplishments include winning several medals in major competitions, which ranks him as one of the top Finnish performer in his sport....  Finland

3:44:29

Andrey Plotnikov Andrey Plotnikov Andrey Plotnikov is a Russian race walker, who won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 1998 European Championships. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....  Russia

3:45:53

4x100 metres relay

Allyn Condon Allyn Condon Allyn Condon is an English former sprinter and current bobsleigher. At the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 he became the second person to have competed for Great Britain in both the summer and winter Olympic games having already competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000.-Athletics:Condon has been...   Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...   Douglas Walker Douglas Walker Douglas Walker , commonly known as Dougie Walker, is a former Scottish sprinter.Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, in 1998 he became European champion in both 200 metres and 4x100m relay. With 31.56s he is the European record holder in 300 metres, although this distance is rarely run...   Julian Golding Julian Golding Julian Emmanuel Golding is an English sprinter.Julian Golding was born in Harlesden North West London. He enjoyed playing all sports before taking up athletics seriously in 1991...  United Kingdom

38.52

Thierry Lubin Thierry Lubin Thierry Lubin is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Christophe Cheval, Frederic Krantz and Needy Guims...   Frédéric Krantz Frédéric Krantz Frédéric Krantz is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Christophe Cheval and Needy Guims...   Christophe Cheval Christophe Cheval Christophe Cheval is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he finished sixth in his main event and won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Frederic Krantz and Needy Guims... Needy Guims Needy Guims Needy Guims is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Frederic Krantz and Christophe Cheval...  Early Modern France

38.87

Marcin Krzywański  Marcin Nowak Marcin Andrzej Nowak Marcin Nowak is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.Nowak represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Marcin Jędrusiński, Dariusz Kuć and Łukasz Chyła... Piotr Balcerzak Piotr Balcerzak Piotr Balcerzak is a former Polish sprint athlete. He achieved the most success with the Polish 4 x 100 meters relay.He is married to another Polish sprinter, Joanna Niełacna.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor... Ryszard Pilarczyk Ryszard Pilarczyk Ryszard Pilarczyk is a former Polish athlete specializing in sprinting events.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outoors*100m 10.26 *200m 20.69 Indoors*60m 6.59...  Poland

38.98 >-

4x400 metres relay

Mark Hylton Mark Hylton Mark David Hylton is a former British 400 metres sprinter. Hylton won a silver medal in the relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....   Jamie Baulch Jamie Baulch James Steven Baulch , but raised by foster parents in Risca, near Newport, is a British sprint athlete and television presenter. He won the 400 metres gold medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. As a member of British 4 x 400 metres relay teams, he won a gold medal at the 1997 World... , Iwan Thomas Iwan Thomas Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE is a sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 m, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is the current UK record holder at 400 m with a time of 44.36 seconds and is a former European and Commonwealth games champion...   Mark Richardson Mark Richardson (athlete) Mark Ashton Richardson is a British former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black...    United Kingdom

2.58.68

Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Grzegorz Rysiukiewicz is a Polish sprinter who has won various medals for the Polish 4 x 400 metres relay team. He was a member of the best Polish relay 4 x 400 in the 1990s...   Tomasz Czubak Tomasz Czubak Tomasz Czubak is a former 400 metres runner from Poland. He won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 European Championships and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. Running in the 1999 individual contest, he set a personal best and a national record, with 44.62-External links:...   Piotr Haczek Piotr Haczek Piotr Haczek is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An outdoor and indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.-Personal bests:*100 metres -... Robert Maćkowiak Robert Mackowiak Robert Maćkowiak is a Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...  Poland

2:58.88

Antonio Andres  Juan Trull  Andrés Martinez David Canal David Canal David Canal Valero is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.53 s *200 metres - 20.68 s *400 metres - 45.01 s...  Spain

3:02.47

Field

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High jump	Artur Partyka Artur Partyka Artur Jerzy Partyka is a former Polish high jumper and two-time Olympic medalist. He won twelve national titles in a row, starting in 1989. He represented ŁKS Łódź....  Poland	2.34	Dalton Grant Dalton Grant Dalton Grant is a British high jumper, who has won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37 metres...  United Kingdom	2.34	Sergey Klyugin Sergey Klyugin Sergey Petrovich Klyugin is a Russian high jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2.35m, one centimetre behind his personal best jump from 1998. A bronze medal at 1998's European championships was his only other international medal.-Major achievements:-External links:...  Russia	2.32

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|Kirill Sosunov

Kirill Sosunov

Kirill Sosunov is a Russian long jumper. He is the 1998 European champion, and that year he also set his personal best jump with 8.38 metres. The previous year he had won World Championships medals both indoor and outdoor....

 Russia||8.28
|Bogdan Ţăruş

Bogdan Tarus

Gabriel Bogdan Ţăruş was a Romanian athlete who competed in long jump. According to the IAAF, he jumped an exceptional 7.53 at the age of twelve . He has, however, not had much success in World Championships or Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.29 metres, achieved in 1996...

 Kingdom of Romania||8.21
|Petar Dachev

Petar Dachev

Petar Dachev is a retired Bulgarian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships.His personal best was 8.30 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Nicosia. This ranks him fourth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov and Nikolay...

 Kingdom of Bulgaria||8.06
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|Pole vault

|Maksim Tarasov

Maksim Tarasov

Maksim Vladimirovich Tarasov is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. His personal best jump is 6.05 metres, which puts him third in the all-time performers list .- Achievements :-References: - IAAF...

 Russia||5.81
|Tim Lobinger

Tim Lobinger

Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...

 Germany||5.81
|Jean Galfione

Jean Galfione

Jean Galfione is a French athlete. In 1995 he won the bronze medal in the pole vault at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...

 Early Modern France||5.76
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|Triple jump

|Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (athlete)

Jonathan David Edwards, CBE, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995....

 United Kingdom||17.99
|Denis Kapustin

Denis Kapustin

Denis Viktorovich Kapustin is a retired male triple jumper from Russia. Best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he is also the 1994 European champion. His personal best jump is 17.65 metres, which he achieved in 1998....

 Russia||17.45
|Rostislav Dimitrov

Rostislav Dimitrov

Rostislav Dimitrov is a former triple jumper from Bulgaria, best known for his silver medal at the 1999 World Championships. He originally won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships the same year, but was disqualified for ephedrin use. His personal best was 17.49...

 Kingdom of Bulgaria||17.26
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|Shot put

|Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bagach born November 21, 1966 in Matusiv) is a former Ukrainian shot putter.During his career he won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Having originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships, he failed a drug test for ephedrine and lost the medal...

 Ukraine||21.17
|Oliver-Sven Buder

Oliver-Sven Buder

Oliver-Sven Buder is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal...

 Germany||20.98
|Yuriy Bilonoh

Yuriy Bilonoh

Yuriy Bilonoh is a Ukrainian shot putter. Born in Bilopillya, Sumy, he began athletics at a Children and Youth Sports School in Bilopillya, where his first trainer was Vladimir Belikov. Bilonoh won the gold medal in his event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics he had finished fifth....

 Ukraine||20.92
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|Discus throw

|Lars Riedel

Lars Riedel

Lars Riedel a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m....

 Germany||67.07
|Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field...

 Germany||66.69
|Virgilijus Alekna

Virgilijus Alekna

Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...

 Lithuania||66.46
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|Javelin throw

|Steve Backley

Steve Backley

Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...

 United Kingdom||89.72
|Mick Hill

Mick Hill (athlete)

Michael Christopher Hill is a former British javelin thrower, who won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics...

 United Kingdom||86.92
|Raymond Hecht

Raymond Hecht

Raymond Hecht is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented SC Magdeburg in former East Germany....

 Germany||86.63
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|Hammer throw

|Tibor Gécsek

Tibor Gécsek

Tibor Gécsek is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. Gécsek is of Hungarian Slovenian descent....

 Hungary||82.87
|Balázs Kiss

Balázs Kiss

Balázs Kiss is a retired Hungarian hammer thrower. He is the 1996 Olympic champion and the 1998 European Championships silver medalist, and has two fourth places from World Championships. His personal best throw was 83.00 metres, achieved during the 1998 Golden League circuit.-Early career:Kiss...

 Hungary||81.26
|Karsten Kobs

Karsten Kobs

Karsten Kobs is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber and Heinz Weis....

 Germany||80.13
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|Decathlon

|Erki Nool

Erki Nool

Erki Nool is an Estonian decathlete and politician.Nool is a winner of the gold medal for Decathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although Nool did not place first in any individual event, his total score was the highest...

 Estonia||8667
|Eduard Hämäläinen

Eduard Hämäläinen

Eduard Hämäläinen is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.-Biograpfhy:He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917...

 Finland||8587
|Lev Lobodin

Lev Lobodin

Lev Alekseyevich Lobodin is a male decathlete from Russia, having changed nationality from Ukraine at the end of 1996. His best achievement was the silver medal at the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.-Achievements:- Personal bests :...

 Russia||8571
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Track

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100 metres	Christine Arron  Early Modern France	10.73 ER	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...  Russia	10.83	Ekaterini Thanou  Greece	10.87
200 metres	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...  Russia	22.62	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block Zhanna Pintusevich-Block Zhanna Pintusevich-Block is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games....  Ukraine	22.74	Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...  Germany	22.78
400 metres	Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....  Germany	49.93	Helena Fuchsová Helena Fuchsová Helena Fuchsová, née Dziurová is a former Czech runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 m events...  Czech Republic	50.21	Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay...  Russia	50.38
800 metres	Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva was a Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. Her greatest achievements include a European title as well as a 1997 World Championships silver medal. The same year she achieved the time of 1:56.61 minutes in Zurich. Afanasyeva retired after the 2001 season.-Achievements:-...  Russia	1:58.50	Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden	1:59.61	Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf is a former Austrian middle distance runner.She finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current...  Austria	2:00.11
1500 metres	Svetlana Masterkova Svetlana Masterkova Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova is a Russian former middle distance runner and current world record holder for the mile. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in both the 800 and 1,500 metres....  Russia	4:11.91	Carla Sacramento Carla Sacramento Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH is a middle distance runner from Portugal.-Biography:Carla Sacramento has won medals at a variety of distances but her speciality is the 1500 m...  Portugal	4:12.62	Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann is a former middle distance runner from Switzerland.She won the 1998 Eurocross meeting. In the 1999 season she began with a win at the Belfast International Cross Country and went on to take the gold at the European Cross Country Championships.Weyermann retired from professional...  Switzerland	4:13.06
5000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...	15:06.50	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....  Kingdom of Romania	15:08.31	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...  Spain	15:10.54
10,000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...	31:29.33	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...  Portugal	31:32.42	Lidia Simon Lidia Simon Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon is a Romanian long-distance runner. She has represented Romania on four consecutive occasions at Olympic level and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics....  Kingdom of Romania	31:32.64
Marathon	Manuela Machado Manuela Machado Maria Manuela Machado is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money...  Portugal	2:27:10	Madina Biktagirova Madina Biktagirova Madina Biktagirova is a former long-distance runner who competed for Belarus, then Russia.She represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 5th place. Biktagirova set her personal best in 1997, clocking 2:24:46. She also competed at the 1992 and the 1996 Summer...  Russia	2:28:01	Maura Viceconte Maura Viceconte Maura Viceconte is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics. She is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary...  Italy	2:28:31
100 metres hurdles	Svetla Dimitrova Svetla Dimitrova Svetla Stefanova Dimitrova was a Bulgarian athlete who started out competing in heptathlon, and later specialized as a sprint hurdler....  Kingdom of Bulgaria	12.56	Brigita Bukovec Brigita Bukovec Brigita Bukovec is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won a surprising Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds....  Slovenia	12.65	Irina Korotya Irina Shevchenko Irina Shevchenko, née Korotya is a Russian hurdler.Her personal best time is 12.67 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Tula. She equalled this time in the 2004 Olympic semi final...  Russia	12.85
400 metres hurdles	Ionela Târlea  Kingdom of Romania	53.37	Tetyana Tereshchuk  Ukraine	54.07	Silvia Rieger Silvia Rieger Silvia Rieger is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg...  Germany	54.45
10 kilometres walk	Annarita Sidoti Annarita Sidoti Annarita Sidoti is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:**...  Italy	42:49	Erica Alfridi Erica Alfridi Erica Alfridi is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy	42:54	Susana Feitor Susana Feitor Susana Paula de Jesus Feitor, DamIH is a Portuguese racewalker. She was born in Alcobertas, Médio Tejo.-Achievements:-References:...  Portugal	42:55
4x100 metres relay	Katia Benth Katia Benth Katia Benth is a retired sprinting athlete from French Guyana, who represented France in the international competitions.-Achievements:-References:... Frédérique Bangué Frédérique Bangué Frederique Bangue is a French sprinter who competed in the 100 metres. Her personal best being 11.16 seconds, she never reached a world-level final individually. However, when competing in the shorter distance of 60 metres or relay races, she has won medals...   Sylviane Félix Sylviane Felix Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....   Christine Arron   Early Modern France	42.59	Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...   Gabi Rockmeier Gabi Rockmeier Gabrielle Rockmeier is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.Her personal best time is 22.68 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart.She is the twin sister of Birgit Rockmeier....   Birgit Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Her personal best time is 22.90 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart. Since 1999 she represents the sports club LG Olympia Dortmund.... Andrea Philipp Andrea Philipp Andrea Philipp is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 22.25 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 1999 World Championships in Seville...    Germany	42.68	Olga Ekk  Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics...   Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova  Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...  Russia	42.73
4x400 metres relay	Anke Feller Anke Feller Anke Feller is a retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.82 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt.-Achievements:-References:...   Uta Rohländer Uta Rohländer Uta Rohländer, married Fromm is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rücker and Grit Breuer.Her personal best time is 50.33 seconds, achieved in...   Silvia Rieger Silvia Rieger Silvia Rieger is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg...   Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....  Germany	3:23.03	Natalya Khrushcheleva  Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the bronze medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics....   Yekaterina Bakhvalova  Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay...    Russia	3:23.56	Donna Fraser Donna Fraser Donna Karen Fraser in Thornton Heath, Croydon is an English athlete who mainly competed in the 200 and 400 metres.-Career:...   Vikki Jamison  Katharine Merry Katharine Merry Katharine Merry is a former English female sprinter.-Career:A member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club, Merry won a bronze medal in the 400 metre sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Merry had a career that spanned 20 years. Aged 12 she topped the UK Under 13 Rankings in...   Allison Curbishley Allison Curbishley Allison Curbishley is a former British athlete from Teesside but who represented Scotland. She specialised in the 400m. A play scheme in the summer holiday when she was ten years old got Curbishley interested in sport and although athletics was the sport she eventually chose she also reached...    United Kingdom	3:25.66

Field

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High jump	Monica Dinescu Monica Iagar Monica Dinescu-Iagăr is a Romanian athlete competing in high jump. Her personal best jump is 2.02 metres....  Kingdom of Romania	1.97	Donata Jancewicz Donata Jancewicz Donata Jancewicz is a retired female high jumper from Poland, who set her personal best on August 23, 1998, jumping 1.95 metres at the European Championships in Budapest where she won silver medal. She is a four-time Polish national indoor champion...  Poland	1.95	Alina Astafei Alina Astafei Alina Astafei is a German and formerly Romanian track and field athlete. In the 1990s she was one of the world's best high jumpers.-Career:...  Germany	1.95
Long jump	Heike Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...  Germany	7.16	Fiona May Fiona May Fiona May was an athlete who competed for the Great Britain and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals...  Italy	7.11	Lyudmila Galkina Lyudmila Galkina Lyudmila Galkina is a Russian athlete. She won the European Junior Championships in 1991 as a triple jumper, but thereafter later focused on the long jump. Her greatest achievement was taking the World Championship title in 1997, with a personal best jump of 7.05 metres.-Achievements:- External...  Russia	7.06
Pole vault	Anzhela Balakhonova Anzhela Balakhonova Anzhela Balakhonova is a female pole vaulter from Ukraine who won the silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. She held the European record, and formerly held the world indoor record. She finished 6th at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-External links:...  Ukraine	4.31	Nicole Humbert Nicole Humbert Nicole Humbert, née Rieger is a retired German pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.51 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca. This ranks her seventh among German pole vaulters, behind Annika Becker, Yvonne Buschbaum, Carolin Hingst, Anastasija Reiberger, Silke Spiegelburg and Julia Hütter...  Germany	4.31	Yvonne Buschbaum Balian Buschbaum Balian Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter.Buschbaum's personal best is 4.70 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Ulm. This ranks Buschbaum second among German pole vaulters, only behind Annika Becker...  Germany	4.31
Triple jump	Olga Vasdeki Olga Vasdeki Olga Vasdeki is a Greek triple jumper.She was the most successful Greek triple jumper and Greek record holder until 1998, when she won the gold medal at the European Championships in Budapest, being at the time just the second female Greek athlete to be crowned European Champion after Anna Verouli...  Greece	14.55	Šárka Kašpárková Šárka Kašpárková Šárka Kašpárková is a former Czech track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.She attended her first Summer Olympics in 1992, participating in the high jump...  Czech Republic	14.53	Tereza Marinova Tereza Marinova Tereza Moncheva Marinova is a Bulgarian athlete who competed in long jump and triple jump. In her younger days she became both European and World Junior champion, and she still holds the world junior record at triple jump. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal with a personal best...  Kingdom of Bulgaria	14.50
Shot put	Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put....  Ukraine	21.69	Irina Korzhanenko Irina Korzhanenko Irina Korzhanenko is a former Russian shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships...  Russia	19.71	Yanina Karolchik  Belarus	19.23
Discus throw	Franka Dietzsch Franka Dietzsch Franka Dietzsch is a German discus thrower best known for winning gold medals at three World Championships in Athletics...  Germany	67.49	Natalya Sadova Natalya Sadova Natalya Ivanovna Sadova , née Koptyukh is a Russian discus thrower who has competed in many Olympiads.She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 2004, as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and placed fourth in 2000 Summer...  Russia	66.94	Nicoleta Grasu Nicoleta Grasu Lenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu....  Kingdom of Romania	65.94
Javelin throw	Tanja Damaske Tanja Damaske Tanja Damaske is a former female javelin thrower from Germany, best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. A year earlier she gained the bronze medal at the World Championships. A five-time German champion in the women's javelin throw, she retired...  Germany	69.10	Tatyana Shikolenko Tatyana Shikolenko Tatyana Shikolenko is a retired Russian javelin thrower whose greatest success was World Championship two silver medals. Her personal best throw of 67.20 metres was achieved in 2000...  Russia	66.92	Mikaela Ingberg Mikaela Ingberg Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg is a female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 64.03 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Berlin. She was nicknamed "Mikke" during her career....  Finland	64.92
Hammer throw	Mihaela Melinte Mihaela Melinte Mihaela Melinte is a Romanian hammer thrower. She holds the world junior record, and with 76.07 metres she held the world record until Tatyana Lysenko beat it in July 2005...  Kingdom of Romania	71.17	Olga Kuzenkova Olga Kuzenkova Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova is a Russian athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters.She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.-Notes:...  Russia	69.28	Kirsten Münchow Kirsten Klose Kirsten Klose is a female hammer thrower from Germany, who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000 with a personal best throw of 69.28 metres....  Germany	65.61
Heptathlon	Denise Lewis Denise Lewis Denise Lewis OBE is a retired British athlete who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.-2000 Olympics:...  United Kingdom	6559	Urszula Włodarczyk  Poland	6460	Natallia Sazanovich Natallia Sazanovich Natallia Sazanovich is a former Belarusian heptathlete. She won two Olympic medals, and achieved her personal best score of 6563 points at the 1996 Olympics. Sazanovich is also the 2001 World Indoor champion. She also competed at the 2004 Olympics, but withdrew after two...  Belarus	6410

Medals table

1	United Kingdom	9	4	3	16
2	Germany	8	7	8	23
3	Russia	6	9	7	22
4	Poland	3	4	1	8
5	Kingdom of Romania	3	2	2	7
6	Ukraine	3	2	1	6
7	Italy	2	4	3	9
8	Portugal	2	3	1	6
9	Spain	2	1	4	7
10	Early Modern France	2	1	1	4
11		2	0	1	3
12	Hungary	1	1	0	2
13	Kingdom of Bulgaria	1	0	3	4
14	Greece	1	0	2	3
15	Estonia	1	0	0	1
16	Czech Republic	0	2	1	3
16	Finland	0	2	1	3
18	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
19	Latvia	0	1	0	1
19	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
19	Sweden	0	1	0	1
22	Belarus	0	0	2	2
23	Austria	0	0	1	1
23	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
23	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
23	Norway	0	0	1	1
26	Total	46	46	46	138