1998 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Decathlon

The men's decathlon
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...

competition at the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, was held on 18 August and 19 August 1998. The event was one of the permit meetings of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge

1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge

The 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge was the first edition of the annual competition for decathletes and heptathletes, organised by the world's governing body IAAF.-Men's ranking:-References:*...

Medalists

Gold	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 Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies... (EST)
Silver	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 Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... (FIN)
Bronze	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 Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)

Schedule

18 August
1. 100 m
2. Long jump
3. Shot put
4. High jump
5. 400 m

19 August
2. 110 m hurdles
3. Discus throw
4. Pole vault
5. Javelin throw
6. 1,500 m

Records

World record Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...		8891	5 September 1992	Talence Talence Talence is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Event record Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...		8811	28 August 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

Results

Rank	Athlete	Decathlon										Points
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
		10.58	7.80	14.40	1.97	46.67	14.68	40.79	5.40	70.65	4:38.00	8667
		10.87	7.44	16.04	2.06	46.95	13.96	47.85	5.00	55.34	4:33.98	8587
		10.66	7.42	15.67	2.03	48.65	13.97	46.55	5.20	56.55	4:30.27	8571
4		10.60	7.39	16.03	1.97	46.49	14.12	39.34	5.10	63.99	4:32.23	8552
5		10.77	7.61	15.87	1.97	48.11	14.07	46.38	4.70	65.12	4:34.62	8506
6		10.73	7.60	14.90	2.09	48.28	14.27	42.57	4.90	62.82	4:35.21	8477
7		10.85	7.58	13.72	2.03	48.13	14.39	42.80	5.00	59.62	4:20.42	8392
8		11.16	7.29	13.77	2.06	49.82	14.41	42.46	4.90	63.27	4:26.82	8174
9		11.19	7.26	14.90	2.03	49.07	14.39	46.38	4.70	58.05	4:33.14	8140
9		11.03	7.42	15.22	1.79	48.29	14.50	51.28	4.60	61.65	4:37.95	8140
11		11.19	7.02	14.05	2.06	50.43	14.53	42.70	4.90	63.89	4:20.39	8135
12		10.94	7.12	14.42	1.85	47.87	14.74	44.66	4.90	58.57	4:23.27	8081
13		10.90	7.47	14.53	2.03	49.55	15.09	47.56	4.90	51.88	4:46.88	8030
14		10.92	7.26	14.73	1.91	48.45	14.79	41.09	4.60	68.22	4:43.21	8011
15		10.81	6.88	14.36	1.94	47.97	14.75	42.07	4.80	63.64	4:52.58	7930
16		11.27	6.56	14.17	2.18	49.62	15.59	42.22	4.50	62.90	4:23.54	7876
17		11.10	6.94	14.96	1.94	48.11	14.95	35.49	4.40	64.85	4:32.44	7778
18		11.04	7.20	13.07	2.03	49.55	15.04	41.33	4.40	57.85	4:45.49	7672
19		11.21	7.04	11.46	2.06	49.77	15.01	39.54	4.80	53.43	4:42.94	7549
20		11.18	7.05	15.31	2.06	50.41	15.12	45.17	4.60	59.48	DNF	7236

—		11.21	6.86	14.77	1.94	51.45	15.06	42.63	DNS	—	—	DNF
—		11.17	7.12	13.54	1.91	48.62	14.56	39.86	DNS	—	—	DNF
—		11.19	7.65	15.48	2.09	47.76	14.84	DNS	—	—	—	DNF
—		10.93	6.80	13.03	1.94	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—		10.77	7.03	13.54	1.97	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—		11.18	7.02	16.18	X	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

Medalists

Schedule

Records

Results

See also