# Boxing at the 1998 Asian Games

The Boxing Tournament at the 1998 Asian Games was held at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand from 7 December to 18 December 1998.
The competition included only men's events.

## Schedule

| P | Round of 32 | R | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 17th Thu | 18th Fri |
| Men's 48 kg | R | | | ¼ | | | | ½ | | F | |
| Men's 51 kg | P | R | | | ¼ | | | | ½ | | F |
| Men's 54 kg | P | | R | | | ¼ | | ½ | | F | |
| Men's 57 kg | | R | | | | | ¼ | | ½ | | F |
| Men's 60 kg | | R | | ¼ | | | | ½ | | F | |
| Men's 63.5 kg | | | R | | ¼ | | | | ½ | | F |
| Men's 67 kg | R | | | | | ¼ | | ½ | | F | |
| Men's 71 kg | | | R | | | | ¼ | | ½ | | F |
| Men's 75 kg | | R | | ¼ | | | | ½ | | F | |
| Men's 81 kg | | | R | | ¼ | | | | ½ | | F |
| Men's 91 kg | | | | | | ¼ | | ½ | | F | |
| Men's +91 kg | | | | | | | ¼ | | ½ | | F |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight (48 kg) details | Suban Pannon Thailand | Yang Xiangzhong China | Pak Chun North Korea |
| Light flyweight (48 kg) details | Suban Pannon Thailand | Yang Xiangzhong China | Kim Sung-soo South Korea |
| Flyweight (51 kg) details | Pramuansak Phosuwan Thailand | Hermensen Ballo Indonesia | Haider Ali Pakistan |
| Flyweight (51 kg) details | Pramuansak Phosuwan Thailand | Hermensen Ballo Indonesia | Choi Jin-woo South Korea |
| Bantamweight (54 kg) details | Dingko Singh India | Timur Tulyakov Uzbekistan | Sontaya Wongprates Thailand |
| Bantamweight (54 kg) details | Dingko Singh India | Timur Tulyakov Uzbekistan | Marat Mazimbayev Kazakhstan |
| Featherweight (57 kg) details | Somluck Kamsing Thailand | Tulkunbay Turgunov Uzbekistan | Eric Canoy Philippines |
| Featherweight (57 kg) details | Somluck Kamsing Thailand | Tulkunbay Turgunov Uzbekistan | Norihisa Tomimoto Japan |
| Lightweight (60 kg) details | Pongsith Wiangwiset Thailand | Timur Suleymanov Uzbekistan | Shin Eun-chul South Korea |
| Lightweight (60 kg) details | Pongsith Wiangwiset Thailand | Timur Suleymanov Uzbekistan | Tümentsetsegiin Üitümen Mongolia |
| Light welterweight (63.5 kg) details | Muhammad Abdullaev Uzbekistan | Willem Papilaya Indonesia | Pongsak Rientuanthong Thailand |
| Light welterweight (63.5 kg) details | Muhammad Abdullaev Uzbekistan | Willem Papilaya Indonesia | Densmaagiin Enkhsaikhan Mongolia |
| Welterweight (67 kg) details | Parkpoom Jangphonak Thailand | Nurzhan Smanov Kazakhstan | Nariman Ataev Uzbekistan |
| Welterweight (67 kg) details | Parkpoom Jangphonak Thailand | Nurzhan Smanov Kazakhstan | Bae Ho-jo South Korea |
| Light middleweight (71 kg) details | Yermakhan Ibraimov Kazakhstan | Im Jung-bin South Korea | Komgrit Nanakon Thailand |
| Light middleweight (71 kg) details | Yermakhan Ibraimov Kazakhstan | Im Jung-bin South Korea | Batmönkhiin Enkhbayar Mongolia |
| Middleweight (75 kg) details | Vyacheslav Burba Kazakhstan | Dilshod Yarbekov Uzbekistan | Mohammad Kaddour Syria |
| Middleweight (75 kg) details | Vyacheslav Burba Kazakhstan | Dilshod Yarbekov Uzbekistan | Kim Ho-chul South Korea |
| Light heavyweight (81 kg) details | Sergey Mihaylov Uzbekistan | Lee Seung-bae South Korea | Gurcharan Singh India |
| Light heavyweight (81 kg) details | Sergey Mihaylov Uzbekistan | Lee Seung-bae South Korea | Shaukat Ali Pakistan |
| Heavyweight (91 kg) details | Ruslan Chagaev Uzbekistan | Muzaffar Iqbal Mirza Pakistan | Mohammad Abukhadijeh Jordan |
| Heavyweight (91 kg) details | Ruslan Chagaev Uzbekistan | Muzaffar Iqbal Mirza Pakistan | Rouhollah Hosseini Iran |
| Super heavyweight (+91 kg) details | Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Kazakhstan | Mohammad Reza Samadi Iran | Lazizbek Zokirov Uzbekistan |
| Super heavyweight (+91 kg) details | Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Kazakhstan | Mohammad Reza Samadi Iran | Shahid Hussain Pakistan |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |

## Participating nations

A total of 159 athletes from 27 nations competed in boxing at the 1998 Asian Games:
* Bangladesh (2)
* Cambodia (4)
* China (7)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* India (4)
* Indonesia (6)
* Iran (10)
* Japan (8)
* Jordan (3)
* Kazakhstan (10)
* Kuwait (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (9)
* Laos (6)
* Lebanon (2)
* Macau (2)
* Malaysia (3)
* Mongolia (9)
* Nepal (6)
* North Korea (7)
* Pakistan (8)
* Palestine (5)
* Philippines (7)
* South Korea (10)
* Syria (6)
* Thailand (10)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uzbekistan (10)