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
1998 World Year Ranking
Rank
Points
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
8755
Dan O'Brien (USA )
Uniondale, United States
20/07/1998
2
8694
Chris Huffins (USA )
New Orleans, United States
20/06/1998
PB
3
8672
Erki Nool (EST )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
4
8592
Tomáš Dvořák (CZE )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
5
8589
Roman Šebrle (CZE )
Tallinn, Estonia
05/07/1998
6
8587
Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
7
8573
Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
NR
8
8571
Lev Lobodin (RUS )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
NR
9
8566
Sebastian Chmara (POL )
Alhama de Murcia, Spain
17/05/1998
NR
10
8526
Francisco Javier Benet (ESP )
Alhama de Murcia, Spain
17/05/1998
PB
11
8490
Jagan Hames (AUS )
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18/09/1998
NR
12
8392
Dezső Szabó (HUN )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
13
8307
Scott Ferrier (AUS )
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18/09/1998
PB
14
8236
Klaus Isekenmeier (GER )
Ratingen, Germany
21/06/1998
15
8231
Frank Busemann (GER )
Ratingen, Germany
21/06/1998
16
8228
Mike Smith (CAN )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
17
8214
Sébastien Levicq (FRA )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
PB
18
8183
Ricky Barker (USA )
New Orleans, United States
20/06/1998
19
8179
Indrek Kaseorg (EST )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
PB
20
8177
Jack Rosendaal (NED )
Emmeloord, Netherlands
17/05/1998
21
8174
Mike Maczey (GER )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
22
8140
Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
23
8128
Trafton Rodgers (USA )
Lubbock, United States
09/08/1998
PB
24
8123
Brian Brophy (USA )
New Orleans, United States
20/06/1998
25
8118
Raúl Duany (CUB )
Maracaibo, Venezuela
16/08/1998
26
8114
Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA )
Tallinn, Estonia
05/07/1998
27
8103
Attila Zsivoczky (HUN )
Tallinn, Estonia
05/07/1998
28
8090
Eugenio Balanqué (CUB )
Maracaibo, Venezuela
16/08/1998
29
8081
Kip Janvrin (USA )
New Orleans, United States
20/06/1998
30
8081
Philipp Huber (SUI )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
31
8058
Ramil Ganiyev (UZB )
Alhama de Murcia, Spain
17/05/1998
32
8034
Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR )
Desenzano del Garda, Italy
17/05/1998
33
8011
Stefan Schmid (GER )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
34
8007
Doug Pirini (NZL )
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18/09/1998
35
8000
Marcel Dost (NED )
Alhama de Murcia, Spain
17/05/1998
36
7995
Bart Bennema (NED )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
PB
37
7981
Nikolay Afanasyev (RUS )
Krasnodar, Russia
20/05/1998
38
7979
Chiel Warners (NED )
Emmeloord, Netherlands
24/05/1998
39
7947
Phillip McMullen (USA )
New Orleans, United States
20/06/1998
40
7946
Rolf Schläfli (SUI )
Ibach, Switzerland
30/08/1998
41
7930
Henrik Dagård (SWE )
Budapest, Hungary
20/08/1998
42
7918
Dirk-Achim Pajonk (GER )
Lubbock, Germany
09/08/1998
43
7890
David Mewes (GER )
Vaterstetten, Germany
30/08/1998
44
7885
Jirí Ryba (CZE )
Götzis, Austria
31/05/1998
45
7882
Antonio Peñalver (ESP )
Cartagena, Spain
19/07/1998
46
7872
Christian Savoia (GER )
Ratingen, Germany
21/06/1998
PB
47
7872
Pierre Salamand (FRA )
Tallinn, Estonia
05/07/1998
PB
48
7868
Rick Wassenaar (NED )
Jona, Switzerland
26/07/1998
49
7859
Peter Banks (AUS )
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18/09/1998
50
7858
Chad Smith (USA )
Lynchburg, United States
12/05/1998
See also
References