# Bowling at the 1998 Asian Games

Bowling took place for the men's and women's individual, doubles, trios, and team events at the 1998 Asian Games in P.S. Bowl of the Mall Shopping Center Bangkapi, Bangkok, Thailand from December 9 to December 14.

## Schedule

| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 14th Mon |
| Men's singles | ● | | | | | | |
| Men's doubles | | ● | | | | | |
| Men's trios | | | ● | ● | | | |
| Men's team of 5 | | | ● | ● | | | |
| Men's masters | | | | | P | P | F |
| Women's singles | ● | | | | | | |
| Women's doubles | | ● | | | | | |
| Women's trios | | | ● | ● | | | |
| Women's team of 5 | | | ● | ● | | | |
| Women's masters | | | | | P | P | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Singles details | Wu Fu-lung Chinese Taipei | Kritchawat Jampakao Thailand | Virgilio Sablan Philippines |
| Doubles details | Chinese Taipei Wang Yu-jen Cheng Chao-yu | Thailand Prasert Panturat Kritchawat Jampakao | South Korea Kim Myung-jo Park Young-su |
| Trios details | Thailand Prasert Panturat Kritchawat Jampakao Seri Krausing | Chinese Taipei Wang Yu-jen Wu Fu-lung Cheng Chao-yu | United Arab Emirates Sultan Al-Marzouqi Mohammed Al-Qubaisi Hulaiman Al-Hameli |
| Team of 5 details | Chinese Taipei Wang Yu-jen Lin Han-chen Wu Fu-lung Chen Chun-fu Cheng Chao-yu Wang Tien-fu | South Korea Choi Byung-jae Byun Ho-jin Seo Kook Suh Bom-sok Kim Myung-jo Park Young-su | Japan Masaru Ito Osamu Hamada Kengo Tagata Shigeo Saito Kosei Wada Yoshio Koike |
| Masters details | Hui Cheung Kwok Hong Kong | Wu Fu-lung Chinese Taipei | Lin Han-chen Chinese Taipei |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Singles details | Lee Ji-yeon South Korea | Lee Mi-young South Korea | Sarah Yap Malaysia |
| Doubles details | South Korea Lee Ji-yeon Lee Mi-young | Thailand Butsaracum Poskrisana Supaporn Chuanprasertkit | Chinese Taipei Tseng Su-fen Chou Miao-lin |
| Trios details | Chinese Taipei Tseng Su-fen Chou Miao-lin Kuo Shu-chen | Thailand Wannasiri Duangdee Phetchara Kaewsuk Supaporn Chuanprasertkit | Singapore Jesmine Ho Alice Tay Grace Young |
| Team of 5 details | Chinese Taipei Chou Miao-lin Wang Yu-ling Tseng Su-fen Huang Chiung-yao Kuo Shu-chen Ku Hui-chin | South Korea Kim Yeau-jin Kim Hee-soon Lee Mi-young Lee Ji-yeon Kim Sook-young Cha Mi-jung | Japan Mari Kimura Ayano Katai Shima Washizuka Tomomi Shibata Tomie Kawaguchi Nachimi Itakura |
| Masters details | Chou Miao-lin Chinese Taipei | Jesmine Ho Singapore | Huang Chiung-yao Chinese Taipei |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Participating nations

A total of 133 athletes from 17 nations competed in bowling at the 1998 Asian Games:
* Bahrain (6)
* China (6)
* Chinese Taipei (12)
* Hong Kong (5)
* Japan (12)
* Jordan (1)
* Kuwait (6)
* Macau (5)
* Malaysia (12)
* Mongolia (5)
* North Korea (3)
* Philippines (12)
* Qatar (6)
* Singapore (12)
* South Korea (12)
* Thailand (12)
* United Arab Emirates (6)