1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's marathon
# 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 Portugal (POR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Madina Biktagirova Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Maura Viceconte Italy (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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 2:20:47 | April 19, 1998 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Rosa Mota (POR) | 2:28:38 | August 26, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Broken records at the 1998 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Manuela Machado (POR) | 2:27:10 | August 23, 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Manuela Machado (POR) | 2:27:10 | CR |
| | Madina Biktagirova (RUS) | 2:28:01 | |
| | Maura Viceconte (ITA) | 2:28:31 | |
| 4 | Franca Fiacconi (ITA) | 2:28:59 | |
| 5 | Marleen Renders (BEL) | 2:29:43 | |
| 6 | Rocio Rios (ESP) | 2:29:53 | |
| 7 | Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) | 2:30:07 | |
| 8 | Yelena Razdrogina (RUS) | 2:30:09 | |
| 9 | Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) | 2:30:26 | |
| 10 | Claudia Dreher (GER) | 2:31:10 | |
| 11 | Renata Paradowska (POL) | 2:32:18 | |
| 12 | Sonja Oberem (GER) | 2:32:36 | |
| 13 | Maria Polyzou (GRE) | 2:33:40 | |
| 14 | Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN) | 2:34:00 | |
| 15 | Sylvia Renz (GER) | 2:34:05 | |
| 16 | Christine Mallo (FRA) | 2:34:19 | |
| 17 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 2:34:35 | |
| 18 | Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) | 2:34:44 | |
| 19 | Gigliola Borghini (ITA) | 2:35:25 | |
| 20 | Maria Munoz (ESP) | 2:35:53 | |
| 21 | Natalya Galushko (BLR) | 2:36:26 | |
| 22 | Nicole Leveque (FRA) | 2:36:52 | |
| 23 | Aurica Buia (ROM) | 2:36:55 | |
| 24 | Francesca Zanusso (ITA) | 2:37:19 | |
| 25 | Manuela Veith (GER) | 2:37:32 | |
| 26 | Adriana Barbu (ROM) | 2:37:58 | |
| 27 | Alena Mazouka (BLR) | 2:38:01 | |
| 28 | Yelena Vinitskaya (BLR) | 2:38:08 | |
| 29 | Halina Karnatsevich (BLR) | 2:38:50 | |
| 30 | Paola Vignati (ITA) | 2:38:56 | |
| 31 | Josetta Colomb-Janin (FRA) | 2:39:20 | |
| 32 | Spyridoula Souma (GRE) | 2:39:51 | |
| 33 | Evelyne Mura (FRA) | 2:41:31 | |
| 34 | Nuţa Olaru (ROM) | 2:42:44 | |
| 35 | Maryse le Gallo (FRA) | 2:43:47 | |
| 36 | Erika Csomor (HUN) | 2:48:37 | |
| 37 | Agnes Kiss (HUN) | 2:49:23 | |
| 38 | Ida Kovács (HUN) | 2:49:23 | |
| 39 | Katerina Pratsi (CYP) | 2:59:24 | |
| 40 | Eniko Feher (HUN) | 2:59:50 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Grete Kirkeberg (NOR) | DNF | |
| — | Alina Gherasim (ROM) | DNF | |
| — | Muickle Linsolas (FRA) | DNF | |
| — | Agnes Jakab (HUN) | DNF | |
| — | Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP) | DNF | |
| — | Vilija Birbalaitė (LTU) | DNF | |
| — | Patrizia Ritondo (ITA) | DNF | |
