Poland at the 1998 European Athletics Championships

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Poland at the
1998 European Athletics Championships
Flag of Poland.svg
IAAF codePOL
National federation Polish Athletic Association
Website www.pzla.pl
in Budapest
Competitors59
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
1
Total
8
European Athletics Championships appearances

Poland competed at the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 18 to 23 August 1998. A delegation of 59 athletes were sent to represent the country. [1]

Poland Republic in Central Europe

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.

1998 European Athletics Championships 1998 edition of the European Athletics Championships

The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.

Budapest Capital city in Hungary

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary.

Medals

MedalNameEvent [1]
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Paweł Januszewski Men's 400 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Robert Korzeniowski Men's 50 kilometres walk
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Artur Partyka Men's high jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Robert Maćkowiak Men's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Donata Jancewicz Women's high jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Urszula Włodarczyk Women's heptathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Tomasz Czubak
Piotr Haczek
Robert Maćkowiak
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marcin Krzywański
Marcin Nowak
Piotr Balcerzak
Ryszard Pilarczyk
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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References

  1. 1 2 "European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 9 August 2018.