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.
| Women's marathon at the European Athletics Championships |
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Medalists
edit| Gold |  Manuela MachadoPortugal (POR) |
| Silver |  Madina BiktagirovaRussia (RUS) |
| Bronze |  Maura ViceconteItaly (ITA) |
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 |  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) |
2:20:47 | April 19, 1998 |  Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| Event Record | Rosa Mota (POR) |
2:28:38 | August 26, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
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| Broken records at the 1998 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Manuela Machado (POR) |
2:27:10 | August 23, 1998 |  Budapest, Hungary
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Final ranking
edit| 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 | |