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.

Records Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field World Record 8891 September 5, 1992 Talence, France

1998 World Year Ranking RankPointsAthleteVenueDateNote 1 8755 Uniondale, United States 20/07/1998 2 8694 New Orleans, United States 20/06/1998 PB 3 8672 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 4 8592 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 5 8589 Tallinn, Estonia 05/07/1998 6 8587 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 7 8573 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 NR 8 8571 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 NR 9 8566 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 17/05/1998 NR 10 8526 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 17/05/1998 PB 11 8490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18/09/1998 NR 12 8392 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 13 8307 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18/09/1998 PB 14 8236 Ratingen, Germany 21/06/1998 15 8231 Ratingen, Germany 21/06/1998 16 8228 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 17 8214 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 PB 18 8183 New Orleans, United States 20/06/1998 19 8179 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 PB 20 8177 Emmeloord, Netherlands 17/05/1998 21 8174 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 22 8140 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 23 8128 Lubbock, United States 09/08/1998 PB 24 8123 New Orleans, United States 20/06/1998 25 8118 Maracaibo, Venezuela 16/08/1998 26 8114 Tallinn, Estonia 05/07/1998 27 8103 Tallinn, Estonia 05/07/1998 28 8090 Maracaibo, Venezuela 16/08/1998 29 8081 New Orleans, United States 20/06/1998 30 8081 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 31 8058 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 17/05/1998 32 8034 Desenzano del Garda, Italy 17/05/1998 33 8011 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 34 8007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18/09/1998 35 8000 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 17/05/1998 36 7995 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 PB 37 7981 Krasnodar, Russia 20/05/1998 38 7979 Emmeloord, Netherlands 24/05/1998 39 7947 New Orleans, United States 20/06/1998 40 7946 Ibach, Switzerland 30/08/1998 41 7930 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 42 7918 Lubbock, Germany 09/08/1998 43 7890 Vaterstetten, Germany 30/08/1998 44 7885 Götzis, Austria 31/05/1998 45 7882 Cartagena, Spain 19/07/1998 46 7872 Ratingen, Germany 21/06/1998 PB 47 7872 Tallinn, Estonia 05/07/1998 PB 48 7868 Jona, Switzerland 26/07/1998 49 7859 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18/09/1998 50 7858 Lynchburg, United States 12/05/1998

See also 1998 Hypo-Meeting

References decathlon2000 apulanta IAAF Year Ranking digilander