Records
| Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 |  Talence, France |
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in the men's decathlon . One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where the competition started on August 18, 1998, and ended on August 19, 1998.
| Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8755 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | Uniondale, United States | 20/07/1998 | |
| 2 | 8694 | Chris Huffins (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | PB |
| 3 | 8672 |  Erki Nool (EST) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 4 | 8592 |  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 5 | 8589 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | |
| 6 | 8587 |  Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 7 | 8573 |  Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | NR |
| 8 | 8571 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | NR |
| 9 | 8566 |  Sebastian Chmara (POL) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | NR |
| 10 | 8526 |  Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | PB |
| 11 | 8490 |  Jagan Hames (AUS) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | NR |
| 12 | 8392 |  Dezső Szabó (HUN) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 13 | 8307 | Scott Ferrier (AUS) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | PB |
| 14 | 8236 |  Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 21/06/1998 | |
| 15 | 8231 | Frank Busemann (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 21/06/1998 | |
| 16 | 8228 |  Mike Smith (CAN) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 17 | 8214 | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | PB |
| 18 | 8183 | Ricky Barker (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 19 | 8179 | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | PB |
| 20 | 8177 |  Jack Rosendaal (NED) | Emmeloord, Netherlands | 17/05/1998 | |
| 21 | 8174 | Mike Maczey (GER) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 22 | 8140 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 23 | 8128 | Trafton Rodgers (USA) | Lubbock, United States | 09/08/1998 | PB |
| 24 | 8123 | Brian Brophy (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 25 | 8118 |  Raúl Duany (CUB) | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 16/08/1998 | |
| 26 | 8114 | Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | |
| 27 | 8103 | Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | |
| 28 | 8090 | Eugenio Balanqué (CUB) | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 16/08/1998 | |
| 29 | 8081 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 30 | 8081 |  Philipp Huber (SUI) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 31 | 8058 |  Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | |
| 32 | 8034 |  Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | 17/05/1998 | |
| 33 | 8011 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 34 | 8007 |  Doug Pirini (NZL) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | |
| 35 | 8000 | Marcel Dost (NED) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 17/05/1998 | |
| 36 | 7995 | Bart Bennema (NED) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | PB |
| 37 | 7981 | Nikolay Afanasyev (RUS) | Krasnodar, Russia | 20/05/1998 | |
| 38 | 7979 | Chiel Warners (NED) | Emmeloord, Netherlands | 24/05/1998 | |
| 39 | 7947 | Phillip McMullen (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 20/06/1998 | |
| 40 | 7946 | Rolf Schläfli (SUI) | Ibach, Switzerland | 30/08/1998 | |
| 41 | 7930 |  Henrik Dagård (SWE) | Budapest, Hungary | 20/08/1998 | |
| 42 | 7918 | Dirk-Achim Pajonk (GER) | Lubbock, Germany | 09/08/1998 | |
| 43 | 7890 | David Mewes (GER) | Vaterstetten, Germany | 30/08/1998 | |
| 44 | 7885 | Jirí Ryba (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 31/05/1998 | |
| 45 | 7882 | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Cartagena, Spain | 19/07/1998 | |
| 46 | 7872 | Christian Savoia (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 21/06/1998 | PB |
| 47 | 7872 | Pierre Salamand (FRA) | Tallinn, Estonia | 05/07/1998 | PB |
| 48 | 7868 | Rick Wassenaar (NED) | Jona, Switzerland | 26/07/1998 | |
| 49 | 7859 | Peter Banks (AUS) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18/09/1998 | |
| 50 | 7858 | Chad Smith (USA) | Lynchburg, United States | 12/05/1998 |
