1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
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The Men's 50 km walk event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on Friday August 21, 1998.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Robert KorzeniowskiPoland (POL) |
| Silver |  Valentin KononenFinland (FIN) |
| Bronze |  Andrey PlotnikovRussia (RUS) |
Abbreviations edit
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Andrey Perlov (URS) |
3:37:41 | August 5, 1989 | Leningrad, Soviet Union
|
| Event Record |  Hartwig Gauder (GDR) |
3:40:55 | August 31, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
|
Final ranking edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Robert Korzeniowski (POL) |
3:43:51 | SB |
 |
Valentin Kononen (FIN) |
3:44:29 | SB |
 |
Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) |
3:45:53 | |
| 4 |  Mikel Odriozola (ESP) |
3:47:24 | PB |
| 5 | Tomasz Lipiec (POL) |
3:48:05 | |
| 6 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) |
3:48:17 | |
| 7 |  Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) |
3:48:49 | SB |
| 8 | Denis Trautmann (GER) |
3:49:46 | PB |
| 9 |  René Piller (FRA) |
3:51:03 | |
| 10 | Sylvain Caudron (FRA) |
3:54:43 | |
| 11 | Robert Ihly (GER) |
3:55:31 | |
| 12 |  Peter Tichy (SVK) |
3:55:37 | SB |
| 13 | Štefan Malík (SVK) |
3:57:35 | |
| 14 |  Spiridon Kastanis (GRE) |
3:58:28 | SB |
| 15 | Antero Lindman (FIN) |
3:58:45 | |
| 16 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) |
3:59:23 | |
| 17 |  José Magalhaes (POR) |
3:59:46 | |
| 18 |  Miloš Holuša (CZE) |
4:01:38 | |
| 19 |  Trond Nymark (NOR) |
4:02:33 | |
| 20 |  Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) |
4:02:43 | |
| 21 | Peter Korčok (SVK) |
4:04:17 | |
| 22 |  Ervin Leczky (HUN) |
4:04:54 | SB |
| 23 |  Jacob Sørensen (DEN) |
4:05:25 | |
| 24 | Zoltán Czukor (HUN) |
4:09:02 | |
| 25 | Klaus Jensen (DEN) |
4:15:49 | PB |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | Oleg Ishutkin (RUS) |
DSQ | |
| — |  Oleg Ginko (BLR) |
DSQ | |
| — | Axel Noack (GER) |
DSQ | |
| — | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) |
DSQ | |
| — | Peter Ferrari (SWE) |
DSQ | |
| — | Vitaliy Gordey (BLR) |
DSQ | |
| — | Gabor Lengyel (HUN) |
DSQ | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) |
DNF | |
| — |  Modris Liepiņš (LAT) |
DNF | |
| — | Jan Staaf (SWE) |
DNF | |
| — |  Pascal Charriere (SUI) |
DNF | |
| — | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) |
DNF | |
| — |  Aleksandar Raković (SCG) |
DNF | |
| — | Stanisław Stosik (POL) |
DNF | |
| — |  Daugvinas Zujus (LTU) |
DNF | |
| — | Alessandro Mistretta (ITA) |
DNF | |
| — | Thierry Toutain (FRA) |
DNF | |