# Badminton at the 1998 Asian Games

Badminton was contested at the 1998 Asian Games in Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand from December 8 to December 17.
Singles, doubles, and team events were contested for both men and women. Mixed doubles were also contested.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Dong Jiong China | Hendrawan Indonesia | Sun Jun China |
| Men's singles details | Dong Jiong China | Hendrawan Indonesia | Yong Hock Kin Malaysia |
| Men's doubles details | Indonesia Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Thailand Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool | China Liu Yong Yu Jinhao |
| Men's doubles details | Indonesia Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Thailand Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool | South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung |
| Men's team details | Indonesia Tony Gunawan Hendrawan Taufik Hidayat Tri Kusharjanto Rexy Mainaky Budi Santoso Ricky Subagja Candra Wijaya | China Chen Gang Dong Jiong Liu Yong Luo Yigang Sun Jun Yu Jinhao Zhang Jun Zhang Wei | South Korea Ahn Jae-chang Ha Tae-kwon Hwang Sun-ho Kang Kyung-jin Kim Dong-moon Lee Dong-soo Park Sung-woo Yoo Yong-sung |
| Men's team details | Indonesia Tony Gunawan Hendrawan Taufik Hidayat Tri Kusharjanto Rexy Mainaky Budi Santoso Ricky Subagja Candra Wijaya | China Chen Gang Dong Jiong Liu Yong Luo Yigang Sun Jun Yu Jinhao Zhang Jun Zhang Wei | Malaysia Chan Chong Ming Cheah Soon Thoe James Chua Jeremy Gan Roslin Hashim Pang Cheh Chang Wong Choong Hann Yong Hock Kin |
| Women's singles details | Kanako Yonekura Japan | Gong Zhichao China | Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn Thailand |
| Women's singles details | Kanako Yonekura Japan | Gong Zhichao China | Lee Joo-hyun South Korea |
| Women's doubles details | China Ge Fei Gu Jun | Indonesia Eliza Nathanael Deyana Lomban | South Korea Ra Kyung-min Chung Jae-hee |
| Women's doubles details | China Ge Fei Gu Jun | Indonesia Eliza Nathanael Deyana Lomban | China Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian |
| Women's team details | China Dai Yun Ge Fei Gong Zhichao Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian Ye Zhaoying Zhang Ning | South Korea Chung Jae-hee Kim Ji-hyun Kim Shin-young Lee Joo-hyun Lee Kyung-won Lee Soon-deuk Ra Kyung-min Yim Kyung-jin | Japan Takako Ida Saori Ito Yoshiko Iwata Haruko Matsuda Yasuko Mizui Kanako Yonekura |
| Women's team details | China Dai Yun Ge Fei Gong Zhichao Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian Ye Zhaoying Zhang Ning | South Korea Chung Jae-hee Kim Ji-hyun Kim Shin-young Lee Joo-hyun Lee Kyung-won Lee Soon-deuk Ra Kyung-min Yim Kyung-jin | Indonesia Mia Audina Carmelita Indarti Issolina Cindana Hartono Kusuma Deyana Lomban Meiluawati Eliza Nathanael Minarti Timur |
| Mixed doubles details | South Korea Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min | South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin | Indonesia Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur |
| Mixed doubles details | South Korea Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min | South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin | China Zhang Jun Qin Yiyuan |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

## Participating nations

A total of 132 athletes from 14 nations competed in badminton at the 1998 Asian Games:
* Cambodia (2)
* China (16)
* Chinese Taipei (16)
* Hong Kong (10)
* India (1)
* Indonesia (16)
* Iran (4)
* Japan (11)
* Malaysia (16)
* Pakistan (2)
* Philippines (4)
* South Korea (16)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Thailand (16)