Spain competed at the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 18–23 August 1998.
Medals
| Medal | Name | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Reyes Estevez | Men's 1500 m | 20 August |
| Gold |
Isaac Viciosa | Men's 5000 m | 22 August |
 Silver |
Manuel Pancorbo | Men's 5000 m | 22 August |
 Bronze |
Paquillo Fernández | Men's 20 km walk | 18 August |
| Bronze |
Fermín Cacho | Men's 1500 m | 20 August |
| Bronze |
Marta Domínguez | Women's 5000 m | 23 August |
| Bronze |
Juan Vicente Trull, Antonio Andrés, Andrés Martinez, David Canal | Men's 4 × 400 m | 23 August |
Results
- Men
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Carlos Berlanga | 100 m | 10.59 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| Diego Santos | 10.49 | 20 q | 10.41 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| Frutos Feo | 10.81 | 41 | Did not advance | ||||
| Javier Navarro | 200 m | 21.22 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Antonio Andrés | 400 m | 46.27 PB | 11 q | 46.59 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| David Canal | 45.20 PB | 1 Q | 45.29 | 4 Q | 45.93 | 7 | |
| José Antonio Redolat | 800 m | 1:49.86 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
| Roberto Parra | 1:46.91 PB | 5 q | 1:49.26 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| Fermín Cacho | 1500 m | 3:38.52 | 1 Q | — | 3:42.13 |
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| Andrés Díaz | 3:38.65 | 2 Q | 3:46.99 | 11 | |||
| Reyes Estévez | 3:41.53 | 9 Q | 3:41.31 |
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| Alberto García | 5000 m | — | 13:45.58 | 10 | |||
| Manuel Pancorbo | 13:38.03 |
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| Isaac Viciosa | 13:37.46 |
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| Enrique Molina | 10,000 m | — | 28:19.54 | 6 | |||
| Julio Rey | DNF | ||||||
| Bruno Toledo | 28:15.17 | 5 | |||||
| Hipólito Montesinos | 110 m hurdles | 14.30 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| Iñigo Monreal | 400 m hurdles | 50.94 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Eliseo Martín | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:27.35 | 6 q | — | 8:26.60 | 7 | |
| Luis Miguel Martín | 8:27.31 | 5 Q | 8:20.54 PB | 4 | |||
| Ramiro Morán | 8:27.46 SB | 7 Q | 8:24.06 PB | 6 | |||
| Javier Navarro Frutos Feo Diego Santos Carlos Berlanga |
4 × 100 m | DNF | — | Did not advance | |||
| Juan Vicente Trull Antonio Andrés Andrés Martinez David Canal |
4 × 400 m | 3:05.63 SB | 6 q | — | 3:02.47 NR |
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| José Manuel García | Marathon | — | DNF | ||||
| Alejandro Gómez | 2:13:23 | 5 | |||||
| Diego García | DNF | ||||||
| Julio Rey | 2:13:17 | 4 | |||||
| Antonio Serrano | 2:14:58 | 12 | |||||
| Antoni Peña | 2:13:53 | 6 | |||||
| Valentí Massana | 20 km walk | — | 1:23:36 | 9 | |||
| Daniel Plaza | DQ | ||||||
| Paquillo Fernández | 1:21:39 |
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| Santiago Pérez | 50 km walk | — | 3:48:17 | 6 | |||
| Mikel Odriozola | 3:47:24 PB | 4 | |||||
| Jesús Ángel García | DQ | ||||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Yago Lamela | Long jump | 7.77 | 12 q | 7.93 | 8 |
| Raúl Fernández | 7.56 | 30 | Did not advance | ||
| Ignacio Pérez | High jump | 2.15 | =18 | Did not advance | |
| Manuel Martínez | Shot put | 19.54 | 8 q | 20.02 SB | 7 |
- Combined events – Decathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Peñas | Result | 11.18 | 7.05 | 15.31 | 2.06 | 50.41 | 15.12 | 45.17 | 4.60 | 59.48 | DNF | 7236 | 20 |
| Points | 821 | 826 | 809 | 859 | 796 | 835 | 770 | 790 | 730 | 0 | |||
| Antonio Peñalver | Result | 11.18 | 7.02 | 16.18 | NM | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Points | 821 | 818 | 962 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Francisco Javier Benet | Result | 11.17 | 7.12 | 13.54 | 1.91 | 48.62 | 14.56 | 39.86 | DNS | — | — | DNF | |
| Points | 823 | 842 | 700 | 723 | 879 | 903 | 662 | — | — | — | |||
- Women
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Pilar Barreiro | 800 m | 2:01.60 | 14 | Did not advance | |||
| Nuria Fernández | 2:04.89 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ana Menéndez | 2:01.63 | 15 | Did not advance | ||||
| Maite Zúñiga | 1500 m | 4:08.93 | 8 q | — | 4:15.10 | 8 | |
| Marta Domínguez | 5000 m | — | 15:10.54 |
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| Teresa Recio | 15:40.54 | 8 | |||||
| Estíbaliz Urrutia | 16:02.81 | 13 | |||||
| María Abel | 10,000 m | — | DNF | ||||
| María Luisa Larraga | 32:37.10 | 9 | |||||
| Julia Vaquero | 31:46.47 | 6 | |||||
| María José Mardomingo | 100 m hurdles | 13.66 | 18 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Elena Córcoles Arantxa Iglesias Susana Martín Carme Blay |
4 × 100 m | 44.64 | 9 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Ana Isabel Alonso | Marathon | — | DNF | ||||
| María Luisa Muñoz | 2:35:53 | 20 | |||||
| Rocío Ríos | 2:29:53 | 6 | |||||
| Celia Marcen | 10 km walk | — | 45:34 | 16 | |||
| Encarna Granados | DNF | ||||||
| María Vasco | 43:02 NR | 5 | |||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Dana Cervantes | Pole vault | 4.15 NR | =1 Q | 4.05 | 11 |
| Mar Sánchez | 4.00 | =11 q | 4.05 | 10 | |
| Margarita Ramos | Shot put | 16.41 | 18 | Did not advance | |
| Dolores Pedrares | Hammer throw | 54.34 | 23 | Did not advance | |
- Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imma Clopés | Result | 14.31 | 1.71 | 12.88 | 25.65 | 5.82 | 42.45 | 2:22.75 | 5645 | 14 |
| Points | 935 | 867 | 719 | 828 | 795 | 714 | 787 |