Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games

Swimming was contested from December 7 to December 19 at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Aquatic Center
Dates	7–12 December 1998

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Jiang Chengji  China	22.38 GR	Tomohiro Yamanoi  Japan	23.26	Hirosuke Hamano  Japan	23.43
100 m freestyle	Shunsuke Ito  Japan	51.29	Shusuke Ito  Japan	52.07	Zhao Lifeng  China	52.21
					Huang Chih-yung  Chinese Taipei
					Igor Sitnikov  Kazakhstan
200 m freestyle	Yosuke Ichikawa  Japan	1:52.46	Torlarp Sethsothorn  Thailand	1:52.53	Shusuke Ito  Japan	1:52.81
400 m freestyle	Torlarp Sethsothorn  Thailand	3:53.61 GR	Masato Hirano  Japan	3:54.13	Mark Kwok  Hong Kong	4:00.44
1500 m freestyle	Masato Hirano  Japan	15:22.20 GR	Torlarp Sethsothorn  Thailand	15:40.17	Hisham Al-Masri  Syria	15:51.60
100 m backstroke	Alex Lim  Malaysia	55.53 GR	Fu Yong  China	56.40	Raymond Papa  Philippines	56.83
200 m backstroke	Fu Yong  China	1:59.30 GR	Alex Lim  Malaysia	2:00.94	Raymond Papa  Philippines	2:01.80
100 m breaststroke	Zeng Qiliang  China	1:02.32	Akira Hayashi  Japan	1:02.55	Elvin Chia  Malaysia	1:03.09
200 m breaststroke	Zhu Yi  China	2:16.26	Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand	2:16.47	Yoshinobu Miyazaki  Japan	2:16.97
100 m butterfly	Takashi Yamamoto  Japan	53.34 GR	Zhang Xiao  China	54.40	Han Kyu-chul  South Korea	54.83
200 m butterfly	Takashi Yamamoto  Japan	1:56.75 GR	Xie Xufeng  China	1:59.67	Han Kyu-chul  South Korea	2:00.46
200 m individual medley	Xiong Guoming  China	2:03.34 GR	Jo Yoshimi  Japan	2:04.94	Xie Xufeng  China	2:05.45
400 m individual medley	Takahiro Mori  Japan	4:20.98	Xiong Guoming  China	4:22.57	Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand	4:24.15
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan Hirosuke Hamano Shunsuke Ito Tomohiro Yamanoi Shusuke Ito	3:25.53	China Wang Chuan Deng Qingsong Zhang Qiang Zhao Lifeng	3:25.86	Kazakhstan Igor Sitnikov Sergey Borisenko Pavel Sidorov Andrey Kvassov	3:28.53
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan Yosuke Ichikawa Shusuke Ito Shunsuke Ito Hideaki Hara	7:30.53	China Wang Chuan Du Jie Xiong Guoming Deng Qingsong	7:34.11	South Korea Kim Bang-hyun Woo Chul Koh Yun-ho Han Kyu-chul	7:36.07
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Atsushi Nishikori Akira Hayashi Takashi Yamamoto Shunsuke Ito	3:41.98	China Fu Yong Zeng Qiliang Zhang Xiao Deng Qingsong	3:44.40	Kazakhstan Pavel Sidorov Alexandr Savitskiy Andrey Gavrilov Igor Sitnikov	3:51.13

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Shan Ying  China	25.88	Han Xue  China	26.04	Sumika Minamoto  Japan	26.08
100 m freestyle	Shan Ying  China	56.20	Sumika Minamoto  Japan	56.39	Shared silver
			Chao Na  China
200 m freestyle	Tsai Shu-min  Chinese Taipei	2:00.89	Qin Caini  China	2:01.75	Sachiko Yamada  Japan	2:03.14
400 m freestyle	Chen Hua  China	4:12.31 GR	Sachiko Yamada  Japan	4:14.53	Tsai Shu-min  Chinese Taipei	4:15.66
800 m freestyle	Chen Hua  China	8:38.00	Sachiko Yamada  Japan	8:39.21	Eri Yamanoi  Japan	8:56.90
100 m backstroke	Tomoko Hagiwara  Japan	1:01.84	Mai Nakamura  Japan	1:02.11	Choi Soo-min  South Korea	1:03.37
200 m backstroke	Tomoko Hagiwara  Japan	2:12.25	Mai Nakamura  Japan	2:14.79	Shim Min-ji  South Korea	2:16.46
100 m breaststroke	Li Wei  China	1:08.95 GR	Xu Shan  China	1:10.00	Masami Tanaka  Japan	1:10.30
200 m breaststroke	Masami Tanaka  Japan	2:28.44	Qi Hui  China	2:28.71	Junko Isoda  Japan	2:32.39
100 m butterfly	Ayari Aoyama  Japan	59.44	Ruan Yi  China	1:00.57	Hitomi Kashima  Japan	1:00.87
200 m butterfly	Cho Hee-yeon  South Korea	2:11.34	Ruan Yi  China	2:12.51	Hitomi Kashima  Japan	2:13.26
200 m individual medley	Wu Yanyan  China	2:15.12	Chen Yan  China	2:15.54	Cho Hee-yeon  South Korea	2:15.95
400 m individual medley	Yasuko Tajima  Japan	4:39.92	Wu Yanyan  China	4:46.74	Chen Yan  China	4:47.34
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	China Shan Ying Qian Min Han Xue Chao Na	3:45.51 GR	Japan Kaori Yamada Ayari Aoyama Sumika Minamoto Junko Nakatani	3:47.65	Chinese Taipei Tsai Shu-min Chiang Tzu-ying Lin Chi-chan Lin Meng-chieh	3:51.42
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	China Chen Hua Yang Lina Qian Min Qin Caini	8:08.00 GR	Japan Eri Yamanoi Yasuko Tajima Sachiko Yamada Junko Nakatani	8:12.06	Chinese Taipei Tsai Shu-min Kuan Chia-hsien Lin Chi-chan Chiang Tzu-ying	8:18.92
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Tomoko Hagiwara Masami Tanaka Ayari Aoyama Sumika Minamoto	4:06.70 GR	China Wu Yanyan Li Wei Ruan Yi Shan Ying	4:08.54	South Korea Shim Min-ji Kye Yoon-hee Cho Hee-yeon Lee Bo-eun	4:15.03

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	15	12	10	37
2	China (CHN)	13	17	3	33
3	Thailand (THA)	1	3	1	5
4	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	1	3
5	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	7	8
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	4	5
7	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	3	3
8	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	2	2
9	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		32	33	33	98

References

• XIII Sadec Online: Asian Games in Bangkok
• SWIMNEWS ONLINE: ASIAN GAMES Bangkok, Thailand - December 7 - 12, 1998 (50 M)

External links

• 13th Asian Games Bangkok 1998