The specification for Round 7 is:

Coresize	8000
Max processes	8000
Duration	80000 cycles
Max entry length	100
Min distance between warriors	100
Rounds fought	200
Instruction set	Redcode '94 Draft
Battle method	One-on-one all fights all (without self fights)
Scoring method	Win: 1 points Tie: 0 point Loss: 0 points

The deadline for entries was Mon 30 Mar 1998 23:59:59 BST (GMT+1).

Name	Author	Points	Score
Three Musketeers	Robert Macrae	2012	100.0
Recycled Bits--	David Moore	1936	96.2
Probe	John K Wilkinson	1850	91.9
Smarty	Ilmari Karonen	1839	91.4
Spring Tides	Ian Oversby	1814	90.2
Alladin's Ring	Paul Kline	1759	87.4
qbomber v .569	Ryan Coleman	1703	84.6
Interlaced 0	Planar	1670	83.0
Tornado 4	Beppe Bezzi	1658	82.4
cute	John K Lewis	1654	82.2
LeatherNeck	Robert Hale	1643	81.7
Invisigoth	Anders Rosendal	1631	81.1
Ghost in the Core	Edgar	1376	68.4
5p beta 2.3 lp	Björn Günzel	1122	55.8
MegaBunnies	WolfWings	1058	52.6
LP-Paper 4	George Eadon	871	43.3
Best of the best	Compudemon	840	41.7
Kobald Killer	Simon Wainwright	631	31.4
Bubbles	John Metcalf	627	31.2
(disqualified)	Josh Yeager	0	0.0

Name	Score
David Moore	651.3
Robert Macrae	643.2
John K Wilkinson	622.1
Beppe Bezzi	617.4
Paul Kline	549.0
Planar	538.3
Ilmari Karonen	528.8
Robert Hale	507.4
Ryan Coleman	493.3
John K Lewis	457.7
Edgar	399.5
Compudemon	292.3
Björn Günzel	285.8
George Eadon	217.1
John Metcalf	215.5
Wolfwings	189.6
Ian Oversby	171.3
Anders Rosendal	137.4
Simon Wainwright	131.5
Josh Yeager	28.3

For the fourth successive round, David Moore was in second place, but this time the winner's spot was taken by Robert Macrae with Three Musketeers, closing the gap at the top of the leaderboard to under ten points. The battle for the Tournament now looks like a straight fight between these two.