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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  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 September 5, 1992 France Talence, France

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

World best year performance in men's decathlon
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