# India at the 1998 Asian Games

India competed at the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. India ranked 9th with 7 Gold medals, 11 Silver medals and 17 Bronze medals.

## Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| Cue Sports | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hockey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kabaddi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tennis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 |

## Medalists
### Gold (7)

| Sportsperson | Games | Event |
| Jyotirmoy Sikdhar | Athletics | 1500 m |
| Jyotirmoy Sikdhar | Athletics | 800 m |
| Geet Sethi and Ashok Shandilya | Billiards | Doubles |
| Ashok Shandilya | Billiards | Singles |
| Ngangom Dingko Singh | Boxing | 54 kg |
| Hockey team | Hockey | Men |
| Kabaddi team | Kabaddi | Men |

### Bronze (17)
## Athletics
### Men

Track & road events
| Athletes | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Paramjit Singh | 400 m | 46.68 | 1 Q | 46.37 | 2 Q | 45.93 | |
| Bahadur Prasad | 1500 m | 3:51.00 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:41.58 | |
| Bahadur Prasad | 5000 m | — | — | — | — | 14:48.85 | 8 |
| Gulab Chand | 5000 m | — | — | — | — | 13:59.20 | 4 |
| Gulab Chand | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | 29:10.53 | |
| Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Paramjit Singh Jata Shankar | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.86 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:02.62 SB | |
Field events
| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank |
| Anil Kumar | Discus Throw | 58.43 | |
| Ajit Bhaduria | Discus Throw | 54.03 | 6 |
| Shakti Singh | Shot Put | 18.81 | |
| Bahadur Singh Sagoo | Shot Put | 18.21 | 4 |
| Satbir Singh | Javelin Throw | 75.21 | 6 |
| Jagdish Bishnoi | Javelin Throw | 72.03 | 8 |

### Women

Track & road events
| Athletes | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Rachita Mistry | 100 m | 11.46 | 2Q | — | — | 11.41 | |
| P.T. Usha | 200 m | 24.27 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| P.T. Usha | 400 m | 54.63 | 4 Q | — | — | 54.37 | 6 |
| Rosa Kutty | 400 m | 54.06 | 1 Q | — | — | 54.55 | 4 |
| Rosa Kutty | 800 m | 2.05.77 | 1 Q | — | — | 2.03.00 | |
| Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | 800 m | 2:07.41 | 1 Q | — | — | 2.01.00 | |
| Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 4:12.81 | |
| Sunita Rani | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 4:13.66 | |
| Sunita Rani | 5000 m | — | — | — | — | 15:54.47 | |
| Rachita Mistry P.T. Usha Valdivel Jayalakshmi E.B. Shyla | 4 × 100 m Relay | — | — | — | — | 44.77 | 4 |
| Jincy Phillip Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Rosa Kutty K.M. Beenamol | 4 × 400 m Relay | — | — | — | — | 3:32.20 | |
Field events
| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank |
| Neelam Jaswant Singh | Discus Throw | 55.09 | |
| Swarnjeet Kaur | Discus Throw | 51.46 | 4 |
| Gurmeet Kaur | Javelin Throw | 59.00 | |
| Lekha Thomas | Triple Jump | 13.05 | 9 |

## Medal Tally

| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 9 | India | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 |

## Football
### Men
#### Team

Coach: Syed Nayeemuddin
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Juje Siddi | (1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 25) | Salgaocar |
| 2 | 2DF | K. V. Dhanesh | (1973-02-13)13 February 1973 (aged 25) | Kochin |
| 3 | 2DF | Franky Barreto | | East Bengal |
| 4 | 2DF | Roberto Fernandez | (1971-11-02)2 November 1971 (aged 27) | Salgaocar |
| 5 | 2DF | Jiju Jacob | (1967-12-25)25 December 1967 (aged 30) | State Bank of Travancore |
| 6 | 3MF | Shanmugam Venkatesh | (1978-11-21)21 November 1978 (aged 20) | Salgaocar |
| 7 | 3MF | Basudeb Mondal | (1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 24) | East Bengal |
| 8 | 4FW | Syed Sabir Pasha | (1972-11-05)5 November 1972 (aged 26) | Indian Bank |
| 9 | 4FW | Raman Vijayan | (1973-06-04)4 June 1973 (aged 25) | East Bengal |
| 10 | 4FW | I. M. Vijayan | (1969-04-25)25 April 1969 (aged 29) | Mohun Bagan |
| 11 | 3MF | Jo Paul Ancheri | (1975-08-02)2 August 1975 (aged 23) | Mohun Bagan |
| 12 | 3MF | Debjit Ghosh | (1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (aged 24) | Mohun Bagan |
| 13 | 1GK | Feroz Sherif | (1971-05-22)22 May 1971 (aged 27) | State Bank of Travancore |
| 14 | 3MF | Carlton Chapman | (1971-04-13)13 April 1971 (aged 27) | East Bengal |
| 15 | 4FW | Bhaichung Bhutia | (1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 21) | East Bengal |
| 16 | 2DF | Anit Ghosh | (1977-03-24)24 March 1977 (aged 21) | East Bengal |
| 17 | 4FW | Abdul Khalique | | Bengal Mumbai |
| 18 | 3MF | Tushar Rakshit | (1968-02-04)4 February 1968 (aged 30) | East Bengal |
| 19 | 3MF | Shamsi Reza | | Mahindra & Mahindra |
| 21 | 1GK | Hemanta Dora | (1973-12-04)4 December 1973 (aged 25) | Mohun Bagan |

#### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Nepal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

#### Second round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |

### Women

Coach: S. Arumainayagam
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) |
| 3MF | Bentla D'Coth | (1969-05-29)29 May 1969 (aged 29) |
| 1GK | Binshori Devi | |
| 2DF | Chaitali Devi | |
| 2DF | Chaoba Devi | |
| 2DF | Khambi Devi | |
| 2DF | Kumari Devi | |
| 4FW | Lokeshwari Devi | |
| 3MF | Oinam Bembem Devi | (1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 18) |
| 1GK | Rabita Devi | |
| 4FW | S. Rani Devi | |
| 4FW | Tababi Devi | |
| 2DF | Ezhilarasi | |
| 4FW | Sujata Kar | |
| 4FW | Gurmeet Kaur | |
| 3MF | Gracye Pereira | |
| 2DF | Maria Rebello | |
| 3MF | Sradhanjali Samantaray | (1978-06-20)20 June 1978 (aged 20) |
| 3MF | Alpana Sil | |

#### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 9 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 |