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1998 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1998 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Haile Gebrselassie
Marion Jones
Previous	1997
Next	1999

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Haile Gebrselassie Marion Jones

This page shows the main events during the 1998 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.

Major events

World

Regional

African Championships
Asian Championships
Asian Games
Balkan Games
CARIFTA Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
European Championships
European Cross Country Championships
European Indoor Championships
Ibero-American Championships
South American Junior Championships
South American Youth Championships

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Performance	Place	Date
1500 m	Hicham El Guerrouj	3:26.00	ITA Rome, Italy	14 July
5,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	12:39.36	FIN Helsinki, Finland	13 June
10,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	26:22.75	NED Hengelo, Netherlands	1 June
Half marathon	Paul Tergat	59.17	ITA Milan, Italy	4 April

Women

Event	Athlete	Performance	Place	Date
One hour run	Tegla Loroupe	18,340m	GER Borgholzhausen, Germany	7 August
Pole vault	Emma George	4.57 m	NZL North Shore, NZL	21 February
Pole vault	Emma George	4.58 m	AUS Melbourne, Australia	14 March
Pole vault	Emma George	4.59 m	AUS Brisbane, Australia	21 March
Hammer throw	Mihaela Melinte	73.14 m	ROU Poiana Brasov, Romania	16 July

Awards

Men

1998 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Haile Gebrselassie
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Haile Gebrselassie
European Athlete of the Year Award	Jonathan Edwards
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Wilson Kipketer

Women

1998 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones
European Athlete of the Year Award	Christine Arron
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Marion Jones

Men's Best Year Performances

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Bryan Bronson	47.03
2.	Angelo Taylor	47.90
3.	Joey Woody	47.97
4.	Stéphane Diagana	48.04
5.	Ken Harnden	48.05

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m Steeplechase]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Bernard Barmasai	8:00.67
2.	Wilson Boit Kipketer	8:01.05
3.	Moses Kiptanui	8:04.96
4.	Paul Kosgei	8:07.86
5.	Patrick Sang	8:08.01

[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Jeff Hartwig	6.01 m
2.	Dmitriy Markov	6.00 m
3.	Jean Galfione	5.97 m
4.	Maksim Tarasov	5.95 m
5.	Danny Ecker	5.93 m

[[Hammer Throw]]

Main article: 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 1998 Decathlon Year Ranking

Women's Best Year Performances

[[60 metres]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones	6.95
2.	Gail Devers	7.00
3.	Chioma Ajunwa	7.02
4.	Frédérique Bangué	7.11
5.	Melanie Paschke	7.14

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones	10.65
2.	Christine Arron	10.73
3.	Irina Privalova	10.83
4.	Ekateríni Thánou	10.87
5.	Chryste Gaines	10.89

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones	21.62
2.	Inger Miller	22.20
3.	Falilat Ogunkoya	22.22
4.	Beverly McDonald	22.24
5.	Zhanna Block	22.35

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Elana Meyer	1:07:29

[[Hurdling|60m Hurdles]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michelle Freeman	7.74
2.	Melissa Morrison	7.83
3.	Patricia Girard	7.85

[[Hurdling|100m Hurdles]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Glory Alozie	12.44
2.	Michelle Freeman	12.52
3.	Melissa Morrison	12.53
4.	Svetla Dimitrova	12.56
5.	Angie Vaughn	12.63
Olga Shishigina

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kim Batten	52.74
2.	Nezha Bidouane	52.96
3.	Deon Hemmings	53.03
4.	Ionela Târlea	53.37
5.	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	53.40

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m Steeplechase]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Daniela Petrescu	9:55.28
2.	Svetlana Rogova	9:57.62
3.	Luminita Gogârlea	10:00.50
4.	Lesley Lehane	10:08.29
5.	Alina Cucerzan	10:08.70

[[High jump|High Jump]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Venelina Veneva	2.03 m
2.	Monica Iagăr	2.02 m
3.	Yelena Gulyayeva	2.01 m
4.	Khristina Kalcheva	1.99 m
5.	Zuzana Hlavonová	1.98 m
Tisha Waller

[[Shot put|Shot Put]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Viktoriya Pavlysh	21.69 m
2.	Irina Korzhanenko	20.82 m
3.	Corrie de Bruin	18.87 m
4.	Daniela Curovic	18.86 m

[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Emma George	4.59 m
2.	Daniela Bártová	4.51 m
3.	Stacy Dragila	4.42 m
4.	Anzhela Balakhonova	4.40 m
5.	Yelena Belyakova	4.38 m

[[Hammer Throw]]

Main article: 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	1998 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Denise Lewis	6559
2.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	6502
3.	DeDee Nathan	6479
4.	Irina Belova	6466
5.	Kelly LaBounty	6465

Marathon

Men's Best Year Performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Ronaldo da Costa	2:06:05 WR	Berlin Marathon
2.	Ondoro Osoro	2:06:53	Chicago Marathon
3.	Khalid Khannouchi	2:07:19	Chicago Marathon
4.	Fabián Roncero	2:07:26	Rotterdam Marathon
5.	Josephat Kiprono	2:07:27	Berlin Marathon
6.	Moses Tanui	2:07:34	Boston Marathon
7.	Joseph Chebet	2:07:37	Boston Marathon
8.	Lee Bong-Ju	2:07:44	Rotterdam Marathon
9.	Gert Thys	2:07:45	Chicago Marathon
9.	Gert Thys	2:07:52	Boston Marathon

Women's Best Year Performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Tegla Loroupe	2:20:47	Rotterdam Marathon
2.	Naoko Takahashi	2:21:47	Bangkok Marathon
3.	Catherina McKiernan	2:22:23	Amsterdam Marathon
4.	Fatuma Roba	2:23:21	Boston Marathon
5.	Joyce Chepchumba	2:23:57	Chicago Marathon
6.	Franca Fiacconi	2:25:17	New York Marathon
7.	Katrin Dörre	2:25:21	Hamburg Marathon
8.	Marleen Renders	2:25:22	Berlin Marathon
9.	Sun Yingjie	2:25:45	Tianjin Marathon
10.	Naoko Takahashi	2:25:48	Nagoya Marathon

Deaths

April 6 — Ed Ablowich (84), American sprinter (b. 1913)
August 17 — Władysław Komar (58), Polish shot putter (b. 1940)
September 16 — John Systad (86), Norwegian long-distance runner (b. 1912)
December 2 — Mikio Oda (93), Japanese athlete (b. 1905)

References

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