# Judo at the 1998 Asian Games

The Judo competition at the 1998 Asian Games was contested in fourteen weight classes, seven each for men and women, held at the Thammasat University in Thailand.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 7th Mon | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 10th Thu |
| Men's 60 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 66 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 73 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Men's 81 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's 90 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's 100 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Men's +100 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Women's 48 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 52 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Women's 57 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Women's 70 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Women's 78 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Women's +78 kg | | | | | | | P | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra lightweight (−60 kg) details | Kazuhiko Tokuno Japan | Yang Bo China | Nurbol Suleimenov Kazakhstan |
| Extra lightweight (−60 kg) details | Kazuhiko Tokuno Japan | Yang Bo China | Hyun Seung-hoon South Korea |
| Half lightweight (−66 kg) details | Yukimasa Nakamura Japan | Ivan Baglayev Kazakhstan | Erdenebaataryn Uuganbayar Mongolia |
| Half lightweight (−66 kg) details | Yukimasa Nakamura Japan | Ivan Baglayev Kazakhstan | Arash Miresmaeili Iran |
| Lightweight (−73 kg) details | Khaliuny Boldbaatar Mongolia | Kenzo Nakamura Japan | Kim Dae-wook South Korea |
| Lightweight (−73 kg) details | Khaliuny Boldbaatar Mongolia | Kenzo Nakamura Japan | Andrey Shturbabin Uzbekistan |
| Half middleweight (−81 kg) details | Cho In-chul South Korea | Kwak Ok-chol North Korea | Kazem Sarikhani Iran |
| Half middleweight (−81 kg) details | Cho In-chul South Korea | Kwak Ok-chol North Korea | Ruslan Seilkhanov Kazakhstan |
| Middleweight (−90 kg) details | Yoo Sung-yeon South Korea | Yoshio Nakamura Japan | Kamol Muradov Uzbekistan |
| Middleweight (−90 kg) details | Yoo Sung-yeon South Korea | Yoshio Nakamura Japan | Dashzevegiin Pürevsüren Mongolia |
| Half heavyweight (−100 kg) details | Kosei Inoue Japan | Armen Bagdasarov Uzbekistan | Farhad Maabi Iran |
| Half heavyweight (−100 kg) details | Kosei Inoue Japan | Armen Bagdasarov Uzbekistan | Park Sung-keun South Korea |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Shinichi Shinohara Japan | Mahmoud Miran Iran | Ochiryn Odgerel Mongolia |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Shinichi Shinohara Japan | Mahmoud Miran Iran | Pan Song China |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra lightweight (−48 kg) details | Tomoe Makabe Japan | Cha Hyon-hyang North Korea | Gao Lijuan China |
| Extra lightweight (−48 kg) details | Tomoe Makabe Japan | Cha Hyon-hyang North Korea | Nuanchan Tangprapassorn Thailand |
| Half lightweight (−52 kg) details | Kye Sun-hui North Korea | Kim Hye-sook South Korea | Li Ying China |
| Half lightweight (−52 kg) details | Kye Sun-hui North Korea | Kim Hye-sook South Korea | Kazue Nagai Japan |
| Lightweight (−57 kg) details | Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od Mongolia | Shen Jun China | Kie Kusakabe Japan |
| Lightweight (−57 kg) details | Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od Mongolia | Shen Jun China | Jung Sung-sook South Korea |
| Half middleweight (−63 kg) details | Wang Xianbo China | Nami Kimoto Japan | Wu Mei-ling Chinese Taipei |
| Half middleweight (−63 kg) details | Wang Xianbo China | Nami Kimoto Japan | Kim Hwa-soo South Korea |
| Middleweight (−70 kg) details | Lim Jung-sook South Korea | Miki Amao Japan | Chen Chiu-ping Chinese Taipei |
| Middleweight (−70 kg) details | Lim Jung-sook South Korea | Miki Amao Japan | Song Jianfeng China |
| Half heavyweight (−78 kg) details | Tang Lin China | Varvara Massyagina Kazakhstan | Kang Min-jeong South Korea |
| Half heavyweight (−78 kg) details | Tang Lin China | Varvara Massyagina Kazakhstan | Sambuugiin Dashdulam Mongolia |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Yuan Hua China | Lee Hsiao-hung Chinese Taipei | Miho Ninomiya Japan |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Yuan Hua China | Lee Hsiao-hung Chinese Taipei | Paradawdee Pestonyee Thailand |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Mongolia (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |

## Participating nations

A total of 184 athletes from 25 nations competed in judo at the 1998 Asian Games:
* China (12)
* Chinese Taipei (10)
* Hong Kong (5)
* India (5)
* Indonesia (3)
* Iran (7)
* Japan (14)
* Jordan (3)
* Kazakhstan (11)
* Kuwait (4)
* Kyrgyzstan (9)
* Laos (2)
* Lebanon (2)
* Macau (6)
* Mongolia (13)
* North Korea (7)
* Palestine (5)
* Philippines (5)
* South Korea (14)
* Syria (3)
* Tajikistan (7)
* Thailand (14)
* Turkmenistan (10)
* Uzbekistan (9)
* Vietnam (4)