This page shows the main events during the 1998 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.
1998 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking.
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 16–21 September 1998. At the 1998 Goodwill Games, the athletics events were held at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, New York, United States from 19 to 22 July. The programme consisted of 44 track and field events, of which 22 were contested by male athletes and 22 by female athletes. With the introduction of the women's hammer throw and mile run, the men's and women's programmes achieved equivalent parity for the first time. The United States topped the athletics medal table for a third consecutive edition winning 17 gold medals and 55 medals in total. Russia were the next best performing nation, with 11 golds and 21 medals. Kenya, Cuba and Jamaica rounded out the top-five countries. The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the fourteenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 5 September at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. |
The 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 21/22, 1998. The races were held at the Menara district in Marrakech, Morocco. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF. The 8th IAAF World Cup in Athletics were held September 11–13, 1998 at the Johannesburg Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 27, 1998, in the city of Uster, Switzerland. A total of 236 athletes, 139 men and 97 women, from 54 countries took part. |
The 11th African Championships in Athletics were held in Dakar, Senegal, from August 18 to August 22 at the Stade Léopold Senghor. The athletics competition at the 1998 Asian Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand between 13 and 20 December. The 27th CARIFTA Games was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 11–13, 1998. |
The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. The 5th European Cross Country Championships were held at Ferrara in Italy on 13 December 1998. Serhiy Lebid took the title in the men's competition and Paula Radcliffe won the women's race. 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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1998 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS | ATHLETE |
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IAAF World Athlete of the Year | |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year | |
European Athlete of the Year Award | |
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award |
1998 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS | ATHLETE |
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IAAF World Athlete of the Year | |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year | |
European Athlete of the Year Award | |
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 47.03 | |
2. | 47.90 | |
3. | 47.97 | |
4. | 48.04 | |
5. | 48.05 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 8:00.67 | |
2. | 8:01.05 | |
3. | 8:04.96 | |
4. | 8:07.86 | |
5. | 8:08.01 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
---|---|---|
1. | 6.01 m | |
2. | 6.00 m | |
3. | 5.97 m | |
4. | 5.95 m | |
5. | 5.93 m |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 6.95 | |
2. | 7.00 | |
3. | 7.02 | |
4. | 7.11 | |
5. | 7.14 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 10.65 | |
2. | 10.73 | |
3. | 10.83 | |
4. | 10.87 | |
5. | 10.89 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 21.62 | |
2. | 22.20 | |
3. | 22.22 | |
4. | 22.24 | |
5. | 22.35 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 1:07:29 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 7.74 | |
2. | 7.83 | |
3. | 7.85 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 12.44 | |
2. | 12.52 | |
3. | 12.53 | |
4. | 12.56 | |
5. | 12.63 | |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 52.74 | |
2. | 52.96 | |
3. | 53.03 | |
4. | 53.37 | |
5. | 53.40 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 9:55.28 | |
2. | 9:57.62 | |
3. | 10:00.50 | |
4. | 10:08.29 | |
5. | 10:08.70 |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
---|---|---|
1. | 2.03 m | |
2. | 2.02 m | |
3. | 2.01 m | |
4. | 1.99 m | |
5. | 1.98 m | |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 21.69 m | |
2. | 20.82 m | |
3. | 18.87 m | |
4. | 18.86 m |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
---|---|---|
1. | 4.59 m | |
2. | 4.51 m | |
3. | 4.42 m | |
4. | 4.40 m | |
5. | 4.38 m |
RANK | 1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
---|---|---|
1. | 6559 | |
2. | 6502 | |
3. | 6479 | |
4. | 6466 | |
5. | 6465 |
RANK | NAME ATHLETE | TIME | EVENT |
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1. | 2:06:05WR | Berlin Marathon | |
2. | 2:06:53 | Chicago Marathon | |
3. | 2:07:19 | Chicago Marathon | |
4. | 2:07:26 | Rotterdam Marathon | |
5. | 2:07:27 | Berlin Marathon | |
6. | 2:07:34 | Boston Marathon | |
7. | 2:07:37 | Boston Marathon | |
8. | 2:07:44 | Rotterdam Marathon | |
9. | 2:07:45 | Chicago Marathon | |
9. | 2:07:52 | Boston Marathon |
RANK | NAME ATHLETE | TIME | EVENT |
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1. | 2:20:47 | Rotterdam Marathon | |
2. | 2:21:47 | Bangkok Marathon | |
3. | 2:22:23 | Amsterdam Marathon | |
4. | 2:23:21 | Boston Marathon | |
5. | 2:23:57 | Chicago Marathon | |
6. | 2:25:17 | New York Marathon | |
7. | 2:25:21 | Hamburg Marathon | |
8. | 2:25:22 | Berlin Marathon | |
9. | 2:25:45 | Tianjin Marathon | |
10. | 2:25:48 | Nagoya Marathon |
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