The men's decathlon competition at the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, was held on 18 August and 19 August 1998. The event was one of the permit meetings of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Erki NoolEstonia (EST) |
| Silver |  Eduard HämäläinenFinland (FIN) |
| Bronze |  Lev LobodinRussia (RUS) |
Schedule edit
- 18 August
- 100 m
- Long jump
- Shot put
- High jump
- 400 m
- 19 August
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus throw
- Pole vault
- Javelin throw
- 1,500 m
Records edit
| World record |  Dan O'Brien (USA) |
8891 | 5 September 1992 |  Talence, France
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| Event record |  Daley Thompson (GBR) |
8811 | 28 August 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
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Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Decathlon | Points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
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Erki Nool (EST) |
10.58 | 7.80 | 14.40 | 1.97 | 46.67 | 14.68 | 40.79 | 5.40 | 70.65 | 4:38.00 | 8667 |
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Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) |
10.87 | 7.44 | 16.04 | 2.06 | 46.95 | 13.96 | 47.85 | 5.00 | 55.34 | 4:33.98 | 8587 |
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Lev Lobodin (RUS) |
10.66 | 7.42 | 15.67 | 2.03 | 48.65 | 13.97 | 46.55 | 5.20 | 56.55 | 4:30.27 | 8571 |
| 4 |  Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) |
10.60 | 7.39 | 16.03 | 1.97 | 46.49 | 14.12 | 39.34 | 5.10 | 63.99 | 4:32.23 | 8552 |
| 5 |  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) |
10.77 | 7.61 | 15.87 | 1.97 | 48.11 | 14.07 | 46.38 | 4.70 | 65.12 | 4:34.62 | 8506 |
| 6 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) |
10.73 | 7.60 | 14.90 | 2.09 | 48.28 | 14.27 | 42.57 | 4.90 | 62.82 | 4:35.21 | 8477 |
| 7 |  Dezső Szabó (HUN) |
10.85 | 7.58 | 13.72 | 2.03 | 48.13 | 14.39 | 42.80 | 5.00 | 59.62 | 4:20.42 | 8392 |
| 8 | Mike Maczey (GER) |
11.16 | 7.29 | 13.77 | 2.06 | 49.82 | 14.41 | 42.46 | 4.90 | 63.27 | 4:26.82 | 8174 |
| 9 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) |
11.19 | 7.26 | 14.90 | 2.03 | 49.07 | 14.39 | 46.38 | 4.70 | 58.05 | 4:33.14 | 8140 |
| 9 | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) |
11.03 | 7.42 | 15.22 | 1.79 | 48.29 | 14.50 | 51.28 | 4.60 | 61.65 | 4:37.95 | 8140 |
| 11 |  Jack Rosendaal (NED) |
11.19 | 7.02 | 14.05 | 2.06 | 50.43 | 14.53 | 42.70 | 4.90 | 63.89 | 4:20.39 | 8135 |
| 12 |  Philipp Huber (SUI) |
10.94 | 7.12 | 14.42 | 1.85 | 47.87 | 14.74 | 44.66 | 4.90 | 58.57 | 4:23.27 | 8081 |
| 13 |  Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) |
10.90 | 7.47 | 14.53 | 2.03 | 49.55 | 15.09 | 47.56 | 4.90 | 51.88 | 4:46.88 | 8030 |
| 14 | Stefan Schmid (GER) |
10.92 | 7.26 | 14.73 | 1.91 | 48.45 | 14.79 | 41.09 | 4.60 | 68.22 | 4:43.21 | 8011 |
| 15 |  Henrik Dagård (SWE) |
10.81 | 6.88 | 14.36 | 1.94 | 47.97 | 14.75 | 42.07 | 4.80 | 63.64 | 4:52.58 | 7930 |
| 16 | Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) |
11.27 | 6.56 | 14.17 | 2.18 | 49.62 | 15.59 | 42.22 | 4.50 | 62.90 | 4:23.54 | 7876 |
| 17 | Rolf Schläfli (SUI) |
11.10 | 6.94 | 14.96 | 1.94 | 48.11 | 14.95 | 35.49 | 4.40 | 64.85 | 4:32.44 | 7778 |
| 18 | Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA) |
11.04 | 7.20 | 13.07 | 2.03 | 49.55 | 15.04 | 41.33 | 4.40 | 57.85 | 4:45.49 | 7672 |
| 19 | Gaëtan Blouin (FRA) |
11.21 | 7.04 | 11.46 | 2.06 | 49.77 | 15.01 | 39.54 | 4.80 | 53.43 | 4:42.94 | 7549 |
| 20 |  Jaime Peñas (ESP) |
11.18 | 7.05 | 15.31 | 2.06 | 50.41 | 15.12 | 45.17 | 4.60 | 59.48 | DNF | 7236 |
| — | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) |
11.21 | 6.86 | 14.77 | 1.94 | 51.45 | 15.06 | 42.63 | DNS | — | — | DNF |
| — | Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) |
11.17 | 7.12 | 13.54 | 1.91 | 48.62 | 14.56 | 39.86 | DNS | — | — | DNF |
| — |  Sebastian Chmara (POL) |
11.19 | 7.65 | 15.48 | 2.09 | 47.76 | 14.84 | DNS | — | — | — | DNF |
| — |  Georgios Andreou (CYP) |
10.93 | 6.80 | 13.03 | 1.94 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — |  Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) |
10.77 | 7.03 | 13.54 | 1.97 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) |
11.18 | 7.02 | 16.18 | X | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |