1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships

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	Note
	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

See also

• 1998 European Marathon Cup

References

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.

External links

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