1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's Marathon

These are the official results of the Women's Marathon competition at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The race was held on Sunday August 23, 1998.

Medalists

Gold	Manuela Machado Manuela Machado Maria Manuela Machado is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money... Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... (POR)
Silver	Madina Biktagirova Madina Biktagirova Madina Biktagirova is a former long-distance runner who competed for Belarus, then Russia.She represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 5th place. Biktagirova set her personal best in 1997, clocking 2:24:46. She also competed at the 1992 and the 1996 Summer... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)
Bronze	Maura Viceconte Maura Viceconte Maura Viceconte is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics. She is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary... Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... (ITA)

Abbreviations

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

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record	2:20:47	April 19, 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record	2:28:38	August 26, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
Broken records at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record	2:27:10	August 23, 1998	Budapest, Hungary

Final ranking

Rank	Time	Note
	2:27:10	CR
	2:28:01
	2:28:31
4	2:28:59
5	2:29:43
6	2:29:53
7	2:30:07
8	2:30:09
9	2:30:26
10	2:31:10
11	2:32:18
12	2:32:36
13	2:33:40
14	2:34:00
15	2:34:05
16	2:34:19
17	2:34:35
18	2:34:44
19	2:35:25
20	2:35:53
21	2:36:26
22	2:36:52
23	2:36:55
24	2:37:19
25	2:37:32
26	2:37:58
27	2:38:01
28	2:38:08
29	2:38:50
30	2:38:56
31	2:39:20
32	2:39:51
33	2:41:31
34	2:42:44
35	2:43:47
36	2:48:37
37	2:49:23
38	2:49:23
39	2:59:24
40	2:59:50
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
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