Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games

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

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

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