These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes. The final was held on 23 August 1998, two days after the qualification round where the mark was set at 82.00 metres. Title defender Steve Backley from Great Britain won the title for a third time in a row, setting a new championship record in the final round: 89.72 metres.

Medalists Gold Steve BackleyGreat Britain (GBR)Silver Mick HillGreat Britain (GBR)Bronze Raymond HechtGermany (GER)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B21.08.1998 – 10:00h21.08.1998 – 11:40hFinal Round23.08.1998 – 18:00h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships World Record 98.48 m May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany Event Record 85.20 m August 8, 1994 Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships Event Record 89.72 m August 23, 1998 Budapest, Hungary

Competitors European list as of August 17, 1998, just before the start of the competition RankAthleteSeason BestPersonal Best 1 90.88 87.48 2 89.89 91.46 3 89.21 90.44 4 88.13 89.22 5 88.08 92.60 6 86.99 88.12 7 86.96 88.22 8 85.67 80.92 9 85.64 88.86 10 85.28 87.82 11 85.15 89.10 12 84.46 85.06 13 84.38 88.24 14 84.23 85.32 15 84.17 85.60 16 83.94 86.94 17 83.37 84.26 18 83.08 86.98 19 82.44 74.90 20 81.89 83.00 21 81.89 85.42 22 81.86 76.08 23 81.75 76.88 24 81.18 78.46 25 80.56 79.04 26 80.53 73.96

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 3 75.96 75.45 83.41 83.41 m 2 6 80.98 X — 80.98 m 3 8 X 80.65 X 80.65 m 4 9 80.28 80.47 77.54 80.47 m 5 11 79.86 78.42 77.16 79.86 m 6 12 74.46 79.63 X 79.63 m 7 15 77.74 76.80 X 77.74 m 8 16 77.54 X X 77.54 m 9 19 74.82 75.66 74.47 75.66 m 10 20 X X 75.14 75.14 m 11 24 70.77 71.78 70.18 71.78 m 12 25 69.95 X 65.53 69.95 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 87.45 — — 87.45 m 2 2 83.71 — — 83.71 m 3 4 76.21 83.32 — 83.32 m 4 5 79.02 81.01 — 81.01 m 5 7 72.32 X 80.94 80.94 m 6 10 X X 80.14 80.14 m 7 13 79.14 79.06 76.66 79.14 m 8 14 78.98 X X 78.98 m 9 17 77.49 X X 77.49 m 10 18 75.40 74.73 77.37 77.37 m 11 21 74.27 X X 74.27 m 12 22 72.86 X X 72.86 m 13 23 72.82 72.71 72.76 72.82 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 89.72 X 83.03 85.69 84.87 84.17 89.72 m CR 83.80 79.07 83.41 85.77 86.92 85.72 86.92 m 85.68 83.51 86.63 — — — 86.63 m 4 86.45 80.47 80.86 — — 79.83 86.45 m 5 84.78 X X X X 77.72 84.78 m 6 80.41 79.38 83.64 84.15 77.42 X 84.15 m 7 83.66 78.65 X 77.20 76.87 X 83.66 m 8 82.59 X 79.33 80.77 X X 82.59 m 9 X 82.30 81.84 82.30 m 10 81.44 81.75 73.72 81.75 m 11 79.53 74.79 79.77 79.77 m 12 79.73 X — 79.73 m

See also 1993 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart) 1995 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg) 1996 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta) 1997 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens) 1999 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville) 2000 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney) 2001 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Edmonton)

References Results todor66 koti.welho