title: 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
text: # 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
  
  The women's 100 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 and 19 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Christine Arron France |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Irina Privalova Russia |
  | Bronze | Ekaterini Thanou Greece |
  
  ## Results
  
  | KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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  ### Round 1
  
  Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 11.04 | Q, NR |
  | 2 | 1 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine | 11.06 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Christine Arron | France | 11.12 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.17 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.22 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.24 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.25 | Q, PB |
  | 8 | 4 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 11.35 | q, PB |
  | 9 | 1 | Oksana Ekk | Russia | 11.39 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.41 | Q |
  | 11 | 4 | Sanna Kyllönen | Finland | 11.42 | q |
  | 12 | 1 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.47 | q |
  | 13 | 2 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.49 | Q |
  | 14 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 11.50 | q |
  | 15 | 2 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.53 | |
  | 16 | 3 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus | 11.55 | Q |
  | 17 | 3 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 11.59 | Q |
  | 18 | 4 | Saša Prokofjev | Slovenia | 11.65 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Marit Nyberg-Birknes | Norway | 11.67 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 11.68 | |
  | 21 | 3 | Natalya Ignatova | Russia | 11.73 | |
  | 22 | 2 | Iryna Pukha | Ukraine | 11.74 | |
  | 23 | 3 | Pavlina Vostatkova | Czech Republic | 11.80 | |
  | 24 | 2 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 11.85 | |
  | 24 | 3 | Silke Lichtenhagen | Germany | 11.85 | |
  | 24 | 4 | Rahela Markt | Croatia | 11.85 | |
  | 27 | 1 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 11.92 | |
  | 28 | 3 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.94 | |
  | 29 | 2 | Vukosava Đapić | FR Yugoslavia | 11.95 | |
  | 30 | 1 | Tamara Shanidze | Georgia | 12.04 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Christine Arron | France | 10.81 | Q, CR |
  | 2 | 2 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 10.92 | Q, NR |
  | 3 | 1 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine | 11.00 | Q, SB |
  | 4 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.02 | Q, SB |
  | 5 | 1 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.16 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.16 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.20 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Oksana Ekk | Russia | 11.21 | PB |
  | 9 | 2 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 11.23 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.23 | PB |
  | 11 | 2 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus | 11.32 | |
  | 12 | 2 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.33 | |
  | 13 | 1 | Sanna Kyllönen | Finland | 11.45 | |
  | 14 | 1 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 11.49 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.49 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 11.50 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Christine Arron | France | 10.73 | ER |
  | | Irina Privalova | Russia | 10.83 | SB |
  | | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 10.87 | NR |
  | 4 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine | 10.92 | SB |
  | 5 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.07 | SB |
  | 6 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.12 | PB |
  | 7 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 11.16 | PB |
  | 8 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.27 | |
  