European Championships Budapest 1998 (0)

June 07, 2026

The men's decathlon at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest featured one of the deepest fields in championship history, with six athletes scoring more than 8400 points. Estonia's Erki Nool captured the European title with 8667 points, finishing ahead of Finland's Eduard Hämäläinen (8587) and Russia's Lev Lobodin (8571) after a closely contested two-day competition.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Erki Nool	EST	8667	10,58 - 7.80 - 14.40 - 1.97 - 46,67 - 14,68 - 40.79 - 5.40 - 70.65 - 4.38,00
2	Eduard Hämäläinen	FIN	8587	10,87 - 7.44 - 16.04 - 2.06 - 46,95 - 13,96 - 47.85 - 5.00 - 55.34 - 4.33,98
3	Lev Lobodin	RUS	8571	10,66 - 7.42 - 15.67 - 2.03 - 48,65 - 13,97 - 46.55 - 5.20 - 56.55 - 4.30,27
4	Jon Arnar Magnusson	ISL	8552	10,60 - 7.39 - 16.03 - 1.97 - 46,49 - 14,12 - 39.34 - 5.10 - 63.99 - 4.32,23
5	Tomaš Dvorak	CZE	8506	10,77 - 7.61 - 15.87 - 1.97 - 48,11 - 14,07 - 46.38 - 4.70 - 65.12 - 4.34,62
6	Roman Šebrle	CZE	8477	10,73 - 7.60 - 14.90 - 2.09 - 48,28 - 14,27 - 42.57 - 4.90 - 62.82 - 4.35,21
7	Dezső Szabó	HUN	8392	10,85 - 7.58 - 13.72 - 2.03 - 48,13 - 14,39 - 42.80 - 5.00 - 59.62 - 4.20,42
8	Mike Maczey	GER	8174	11,16 - 7.29 - 13.77 - 2.06 - 49,82 - 14,41 - 42.46 - 4.90 - 63.27 - 4.26,82
9	Klaus Isekenmeier	GER	8140	11,03 - 7.42 - 15.22 - 1.79 - 48,29 - 14,50 - 51.28 - 4.60 - 61.65 - 4.37,95
10	Zsolt Kürtösi	HUN	8140	11,19 - 7.26 - 14.90 - 2.03 - 49,07 - 14,39 - 46.38 - 4.70 - 58.05 - 4.33,98
11	Jack Rosendaal	NED	8135	11,19 - 7.02 - 14.05 - 2.06 - 50,43 - 14,53 - 42.70 - 4.90 - 63.89 - 4.20,39
12	Philipp Huber	SUI	8081	10,94 - 7.12 - 14.42 - 1.85 - 47,87 - 14,74 - 44.66 - 4.90 - 58.57 - 4.23,27
13	Oleksandr Yurkov	UKR	8030	10,90 - 7.47 - 14.53 - 2.03 - 49.55 - 15,09 - 47.56 - 4.90 - 51.88 - 4.46,88
14	Stefan Schmid	GER	8011	10,92 - 7.26 - 14.73 - 1.91 - 48,45 - 14,79 - 41.09 - 4.60 - 68.22 - 4.43,21
15	Henrik Dagard	SWE	7930	10,81 - 6.88 - 14.36 - 1.94 - 47,97 - 14,75 - 42.07 - 4.80 - 63.64 - 4.52,58
16	Attila Zsivoczky	HUN	7876	11,27 - 6.56 - 14.17 - 2.18 - 49,62 - 15,59 - 42.22 - 4.50 - 62.90 - 4.23,54
17	Rolf Schläfli	SUI	7778	11,10 - 6.94 - 14.96 - 1.94 - 48,11 - 14,95 - 35.49 - 4.40 - 64.85 - 4.32,44
18	Wilfrid Boulineau	FRA	7672	11,04 - 7.20 - 13.07 - 2.03 - 49,55 - 15,04 - 41.33 - 4.40 - 57.85 - 4.45,49
19	Gaetan Blouin	FRA	7549	11,21 - 7.04 - 11.46 - 2.06 - 49,77 - 15,01 - 39.54 - 4.80 - 53.43 - 4.42,94
20	Jaime Penas	ESP	7236	11,18 - 7.05 - 15.31 - 2.06 - 50,41 - 15,12 - 45.14 - 4.60 - 59.48 - DNF

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