# Weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games

The weightlifting competition took place from December 7 to December 14 at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok Land Sports Complex, Bangkok, Thailand.

## Schedule

| A | Group A |
| Event↓/Date → | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon |
| Men's 56 kg | A | | | | | | | |
| Men's 62 kg | | A | | | | | | |
| Men's 69 kg | | | A | | | | | |
| Men's 77 kg | | | | A | | | | |
| Men's 85 kg | | | | | A | | | |
| Men's 94 kg | | | | | | A | | |
| Men's 105 kg | | | | | | | A | |
| Men's +105 kg | | | | | | | | A |
| Women's 48 kg | A | | | | | | | |
| Women's 53 kg | | A | | | | | | |
| Women's 58 kg | | | A | | | | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | | A | | | | |
| Women's 69 kg | | | | | A | | | |
| Women's 75 kg | | | | | | A | | |
| Women's +75 kg | | | | | | | A | |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Lan Shizhang China | Wang Shin-yuan Chinese Taipei | Mehdi Panzvan Iran |
| 62 kg details | Le Maosheng China | Dmitriy Lomakin Kazakhstan | Hiroshi Ikehata Japan |
| 69 kg details | Kim Hak-bong South Korea | Wan Jianhui China | Kim Myong-jung North Korea |
| 77 kg details | Zhan Xugang China | Mohammad Hossein Barkhah Iran | Sergey Filimonov Kazakhstan |
| 85 kg details | Shahin Nassirinia Iran | Yuan Aijun China | Bakhtiyor Nurullaev Uzbekistan |
| 94 kg details | Andrey Makarov Kazakhstan | Kourosh Bagheri Iran | Chun Yong-sung South Korea |
| 105 kg details | Cui Wenhua China | Anatoly Khrapaty Kazakhstan | Choi Jong-kun South Korea |
| +105 kg details | Kim Tae-hyun South Korea | Igor Khalilov Uzbekistan | Hossein Rezazadeh Iran |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Liu Xiuhua China | Kay Thi Win Myanmar | Sri Indriyani Indonesia |
| 53 kg details | Yang Xia China | Li Feng-ying Chinese Taipei | Swe Swe Win Myanmar |
| 58 kg details | Chen Yanqing China | Ri Song-hui North Korea | Khassaraporn Suta Thailand |
| 63 kg details | Lei Li China | Karnam Malleswari India | Chen Jui-lien Chinese Taipei |
| 69 kg details | Sun Tianni China | Win Win Maw Myanmar | Wu Mei-yi Chinese Taipei |
| 75 kg details | Wei Xiangying China | Kim Soon-hee South Korea | Aye Mon Khin Myanmar |
| +75 kg details | Ding Meiyuan China | Aye Aye Aung Myanmar | Chen Hsiao-lien Chinese Taipei |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Participating nations

A total of 163 athletes from 25 nations competed in weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games:
* Bangladesh (2)
* China (15)
* Chinese Taipei (15)
* India (7)
* Indonesia (5)
* Iran (8)
* Japan (15)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (10)
* Kuwait (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (4)
* Lebanon (3)
* Malaysia (2)
* Myanmar (7)
* Nepal (4)
* North Korea (10)
* Pakistan (2)
* Philippines (4)
* Qatar (3)
* South Korea (13)
* Syria (5)
* Thailand (15)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Vietnam (1)