# Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games

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

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Jiang Chengji China | 22.38 GR | Tomohiro Yamanoi Japan | 23.26 | Hirosuke Hamano Japan | 23.43 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Shunsuke Ito Japan | 51.29 | Shusuke Ito Japan | 52.07 | Zhao Lifeng China | 52.21 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Shunsuke Ito Japan | 51.29 | Shusuke Ito Japan | 52.07 | Huang Chih-yung Chinese Taipei | 52.21 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Shunsuke Ito Japan | 51.29 | Shusuke Ito Japan | 52.07 | Igor Sitnikov Kazakhstan | 52.21 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Yosuke Ichikawa Japan | 1:52.46 | Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand | 1:52.53 | Shusuke Ito Japan | 1:52.81 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand | 3:53.61 GR | Masato Hirano Japan | 3:54.13 | Mark Kwok Hong Kong | 4:00.44 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Masato Hirano Japan | 15:22.20 GR | Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand | 15:40.17 | Hisham Al-Masri Syria | 15:51.60 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Alex Lim Malaysia | 55.53 GR | Fu Yong China | 56.40 | Raymond Papa Philippines | 56.83 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Fu Yong China | 1:59.30 GR | Alex Lim Malaysia | 2:00.94 | Raymond Papa Philippines | 2:01.80 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Zeng Qiliang China | 1:02.32 | Akira Hayashi Japan | 1:02.55 | Elvin Chia Malaysia | 1:03.09 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Zhu Yi China | 2:16.26 | Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand | 2:16.47 | Yoshinobu Miyazaki Japan | 2:16.97 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Takashi Yamamoto Japan | 53.34 GR | Zhang Xiao China | 54.40 | Han Kyu-chul South Korea | 54.83 |
| 200 m butterfly details | 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 details | Xiong Guoming China | 2:03.34 GR | Jo Yoshimi Japan | 2:04.94 | Xie Xufeng China | 2:05.45 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Takahiro Mori Japan | 4:20.98 | Xiong Guoming China | 4:22.57 | Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand | 4:24.15 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Shan Ying China | 25.88 | Han Xue China | 26.04 | Sumika Minamoto Japan | 26.08 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Shan Ying China | 56.20 | Sumika Minamoto Japan | 56.39 | Shared silver | |
| 100 m freestyle details | Shan Ying China | 56.20 | Chao Na China | 56.39 | Shared silver | |
| 200 m freestyle details | Tsai Shu-min Chinese Taipei | 2:00.89 | Qin Caini China | 2:01.75 | Sachiko Yamada Japan | 2:03.14 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Chen Hua China | 4:12.31 GR | Sachiko Yamada Japan | 4:14.53 | Tsai Shu-min Chinese Taipei | 4:15.66 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Chen Hua China | 8:38.00 | Sachiko Yamada Japan | 8:39.21 | Eri Yamanoi Japan | 8:56.90 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Tomoko Hagiwara Japan | 1:01.84 | Mai Nakamura Japan | 1:02.11 | Choi Soo-min South Korea | 1:03.37 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Tomoko Hagiwara Japan | 2:12.25 | Mai Nakamura Japan | 2:14.79 | Shim Min-ji South Korea | 2:16.46 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Li Wei China | 1:08.95 GR | Xu Shan China | 1:10.00 | Masami Tanaka Japan | 1:10.30 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Masami Tanaka Japan | 2:28.44 | Qi Hui China | 2:28.71 | Junko Isoda Japan | 2:32.39 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Ayari Aoyama Japan | 59.44 | Ruan Yi China | 1:00.57 | Hitomi Kashima Japan | 1:00.87 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Cho Hee-yeon South Korea | 2:11.34 | Ruan Yi China | 2:12.51 | Hitomi Kashima Japan | 2:13.26 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Wu Yanyan China | 2:15.12 | Chen Yan China | 2:15.54 | Cho Hee-yeon South Korea | 2:15.95 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Yasuko Tajima Japan | 4:39.92 | Wu Yanyan China | 4:46.74 | Chen Yan China | 4:47.34 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 |
| 9 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 32 | 33 | 33 | 98 |