1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships
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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
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Luis Puig Palace
Luis Puig Palace is an arena in Valencia, Spain. It is primarily used for indoor sports and hosted the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The arena also hosts a painted concrete cycling track which played host to the 1992 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It has a capacity of 6,500 people....
, Valencia, Spain
Spain
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Men
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| 60 m | Angelos Pavlakakis Angelos Pavlakakis Angelos Pavlakakis is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, the gold medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and the 1998 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor... , GRE 6.55 |
Jason Gardener Jason Gardener Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in... , GBR 6.59 |
Stéphane Cali, FRA 6.60 |
| 200 m | Serhiy Osovych, UKR 20.40 (NR) | Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides is a retired Cypriot sprinter who specialized in 100 and 200 metre races... , CYP 20.65 |
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... , GBR 20.68 |
| 400 m | 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... , RUS 45.90 |
Ashraf Saber Ashraf Saber Ashraf Saber is an Italian athlete who competes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-External links:*... , ITA 45.99 |
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... , POL 46.00 |
| 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... , GER 1:47.02 |
Marko Koers Marko Koers Marko Ewout Koers is a retired middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He competed in the 800 and 1500 metres... , NED 1:47.20 |
Vebjørn Rodal Vebjørn Rodal Vebjørn Rodal is a Norwegian former middle distance athlete, his career high point coming when he won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Biography:... , NOR 1:47.40 |
| 1500 m | 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... , POR 3:44.57 |
Abdelkader Chékhémani, FRA 3:44.89 | Andrey Zadorozhniy Andrey Zadorozhniy Andrey Zadorozhniy is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He finished third at the 1998 European Indoor Championships, eighth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.His personal best time is... , RUS 3:44.93 |
| 3000 m | John Mayock John Mayock John Paul Mayock is a British middle distance runner. He has competed at three Olympic Games, at the 1996 games in Atlanta and the 2000 games in Sydney in the 1500 m and at the 2004 games in Athens in the 5000 m... , GBR 7:55.09 |
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... , ESP 7:55.23 |
Alberto García Alberto García Alberto García is a Spanish long-distance and cross-country runner.-Career:Garcia's top-level athletic career took off when he was already approaching his thirties. He first came to prominence with a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the Mediterranean Games at Bari in 1997... , ESP 7:55.24 |
| 60 m hurdles | Igors Kazanovs Igors Kazanovs Igors Kazanovs is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Latvia. He was a soldier in the Soviet army, but is best remembered for his achievements as a hurdler. His personal time was 13.26s, achieved at the 1993 World Championships where he finished 6th... , LAT 7.54 |
Tomasz Ścigaczewski Tomasz Scigaczewski Tomasz Ścigaczewski is a Polish hurdler.His personal best time for the 110 m hurdles is 13.29 seconds, achieved in June 1999 in Oslo. This ranks him second among Polish 110 m hurdlers, only behind Artur Kohutek.... , POL 7.56 |
Mike Fenner Mike Fenner Mike Fenner is a retired German hurdler.His personal best is 13.06 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Scheeßel. This ranks him second among German 110 m hurdlers, only behind Florian Schwarthoff. -Achievements:... , GER 7.58 |
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
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.... , POL 2.31 |
Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin is a Russian athlete, who specializes in the high jump.Voronin is a World Champion and European Indoor Champion . His personal best is 2.40 metres, set in London in August 2000. He competed in Athens 2004 and Helsinki 2005, but did not win medals in either... , RUS 2.31 |
Tomáš Janků Tomáš Janku Tomáš Janků is a Czech high jumper.His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. In 2010, he married a former Czech pole vaulter Kateřina Baďurová. His older brother Jan Janků is also a prominent high jumper.-Achievements:-References:... , CZE 2.29 |
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
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... , GER 5.80 |
Michael Stolle Michael Stolle Michael Stolle is a German pole vaulter.His personal best was 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Monaco. This ranks him third among German pole vaulters, only behind Tim Lobinger and Andrei Tivontchik.... , GER 5.80 |
Daniel Ecker, GER 5.75 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Alexey Lukashevich, UKR 8.06 | Carlos Calado Carlos Calado Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado is an athlete from Portugal and S.L. Benfica, who specialises in the long jump.... , POR 8.05 |
Emmanuel Bangué Emmanuel Bangué Emmanuel Bangué is a French long jumper, best known for finishing fourth at the 1996 Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.25 metres, achieved in September 1996 in Tomblaine.-Achievements:-External links:... , FRA 8.05 |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
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.... , GBR 17.43 |
Charles Friedek Charles Friedek Charles Michael Friedek is a German triple jumper who became world champion in 1999 with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres.... , GER 17.15 |
Serge Hélan Serge Hélan Serge Hélan is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.55 metres, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. This was a French record as well... , FRA 17.02 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
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... , GER 21.47 |
Mika Halvari Mika Halvari Mika Kristian Halvari is a Finnish shot putter who has quit active competition. When competing, he represented Kemin Kunto and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, weighing in at 140 kg on his 190 cm frame.... , FIN 20.59 |
Arsi Harju Arsi Harju Arsi Ilari Harju is a Finnish shot putter with the team Perhon kiri. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a distance of 21.29 metres. His personal best is 21.39, which he put in the qualifiers for the same Olympics. Due to his success in the Olympics and elsewhere that year,... , FIN 20.53 |
| Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:... |
Sebastian Chmara Sebastian Chmara Sebastian Chmara is a former decathlete from Poland who became world indoor champion in 1999 and European indoor champion in 1998 .-Personal bests:... , POL 6415 |
Dezső Szabó, HUN 6249 (NR) | 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 :... , RUS 6226 |
Women
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| 60 m | 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... , GER 7.14 |
Frederique Bangue 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... , FRA 7.18 |
Odiah Sidibé Odiah Sidibé Odiah Sidibé is a French sprint athlete of Guinean descent.- Achievements :* 2002 European Championships in Athletics - gold medal * 2002 European Championships in Athletics - seventh place... , FRA 7.22 |
| 200 m | 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.... , RUS 22.46 |
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... , GER 22.50 |
Ekaterini Koffa, GRE 22.86 |
| 400 m | Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events.... , GER 50.45 |
Ionela Târlea, ROM 50.56 | Helena Fuchsová Helena Fuchsová Helena Fuchsová, née Dziurová is a former Czech runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 m events... , CZE 51.22 |
| 800 m | Ludmila Formanová Ludmila Formanová Ludmila Formanová is a former Czech middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.In 1999 she broke Maria de Lurdes Mutola's running streak at the World Indoor Championships, and won in a championship record of 1:56.90... , CZE 2:02.30 |
Malin Ewerlöf, SWE 2:03.61 | Judit Varga Judit Varga Judit Varga is a Hungarian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... , HUN 2:03.81 |
| 1500 m | Theresia Kiesl Theresia Kiesl Theresia Kiesl is a retired Austrian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.75 min *1500 metres - 4:03.02 min - Austrian record... , AUT 4:13.62 |
Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.... , POL 4:14.93 |
Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres... , ROM 4:15.54 |
| 3000 m | 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.... , ROM 8:49.96 |
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.-... , POR 8:51.42 |
Marta Dominguez 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... , ESP 8:57.72 |
| 60 m hurdles | Patricia Girard-Léno Patricia Girard-Léno Patricia Girard is a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre Hurdles.... , FRA 7.85 |
Svetlana Laukhova, RUS 8.01 | Diane Allahgreen Diane Allahgreen Diane Allahgreen is a former British Olympic sprint hurdler.She won a bronze medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia and represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics and England at the 2002 Commonwealth GamesShe retired from competition in... , GBR 8.02 |
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Monica Iagar Monica Iagar Monica Dinescu-Iagăr is a Romanian athlete competing in high jump. Her personal best jump is 2.02 metres.... , ROM 1.96 |
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:... , GER 1.94 |
Yelena Yelesina Yelena Yelesina Yelena Borisovna Yelesina is a female high jumper from Russia. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01m, one centimetre behind her personal best jump. She also has several minor medals from major championships.-Achievements:... , RUS 1.94 |
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
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:... , UKR 4.45 (WR) |
Daniela Bártová Daniela Bártová Daniela Bártová-Břečková is a retired Czech athlete. She was born in Ostrava. Originally a gymnast, her coach persuaded her to be a pole vaulter. She set nine world records in the mid-1990s, but she lost it on 4 November 1995 to Sun Caiyun and was unable to recapture it... , CZE 4.40 |
Vala Flosadóttir Vala Flosadóttir Vala Flosadóttir is an Icelandic athlete competing in the pole vault.She saw her heyday in the late nineties, when she set five world junior records and two world indoor records... , ISL 4.40 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
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... , ITA 6.91 |
Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan is a Russian long jumper. Her personal best is 7.06 metres, achieved in May 2002 in St-Peterburg.-Achievements:-External links:... , RUS 6.72 |
Linda Ferga, FRA 6.67 |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Ashia Hansen Ashia Hansen Ashia Hansen, MBE was a British triple jumper who competed internationally from 1994-2008.-Early life:... , GBR 15.16 (WR) |
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... , CZE 14.76 |
Yelena Lebedenko Yelena Lebedenko Yelena Lebedenko is a retired Russian heptathlete and triple jumper.In the heptathlon she won the bronze medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships, finished eighteenth at the 1995 World Championships and seventeenth at the 1996 Olympic Games.... , RUS 14.32 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
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... , RUS 20.25 |
Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put.... , UKR 20.00 |
Corrie de Bruin Corrie de Bruin Corrie de Bruin is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia... , NED 18.97 |
| Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games... |
Urszula Włodarczyk, POL 4808 | Irina Belova, RUS 4631 | Karin Specht, GER 4523 |
Medal table
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
External links
- Results - Athletix