1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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
	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

Marathon Cup

The team's time is given by the first three arrivals of each country, but awarded with the medal also the others athletes of the team that finished the race.^[1]^[2]

Rank	Athletes	Nationality	Mark
1	Stefano Baldini, Danilo Goffi, Vincenzo Modica. Giovanni Ruggiero, Ottaviano Andriani	Italy	6:37:05
2	José Ramón Rey, Alejandro Gómez, Antoni Peña	Spain	6:40:33
3	João Lopes, António Salvador, Paulo Catarino	Portugal	6:44:14
4	Hakim Bagy, Pascal Blanchard, Jean-Pierre Monciaux	France	6:48:37
5	Mukhamet Nazipov, Oleg Strizhakov, Eduard Tukhbatullin	Russia	6:52:41
6	Richard Nerurkar, Dave Buzza, Mark Hudspith	United Kingdom	6:53:28
7	Gergely Rezessy, Márton Lajtos, Zoltán Holba	Hungary	7:01:21

References

^ "1998 European Athletics Championships - European Marathon Cup Men - Final". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ "2018 European Athletics Championships - Team Manual" (PDF). european-athletics.org. p. 115. Retrieved 11 September 2018. 12.6.10 EUROPEAN MARATHON CUP SCORING AND TIE - The times of the first three finishing runners in each Team will be aggregated in order to determine the finishing order, the Team with the lowest aggregate time being the winner, and so on. A tie will be resolved in favour of the Team whose last scoring runner finishes nearest to first place. A Team finishing with fewer than three runners will not be classified in the Team result. All runners finishing the race will be classified individually and eligible for individual awards.

External links

[1] "1998 European Athletics Championships - European Marathon Cup Men - Final". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[2] "2018 European Athletics Championships - Team Manual" (PDF). european-athletics.org. p. 115. Retrieved 11 September 2018. 12.6.10 EUROPEAN MARATHON CUP SCORING AND TIE - The times of the first three finishing runners in each Team will be aggregated in order to determine the finishing order, the Team with the lowest aggregate time being the winner, and so on. A tie will be resolved in favour of the Team whose last scoring runner finishes nearest to first place. A Team finishing with fewer than three runners will not be classified in the Team result. All runners finishing the race will be classified individually and eligible for individual awards.

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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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

v t e Marathon and half marathon at the European Athletics Championships
Men's marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024
Men's half marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024
Women's marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024
Women's half marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024