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

Swimming
at the 1998 Asian Games
VenueThammasat Aquatic Center
Dates7–12 December 1998
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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
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Jiang Chengji
  China
22.38
GR
Tomohiro Yamanoi
  Japan
23.26 Hirosuke Hamano
  Japan
23.43
100 m freestyle
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Shunsuke Ito
  Japan
51.29 Shusuke Ito
  Japan
52.07 Zhao Lifeng
  China
52.21
Huang Chih-yung
  Chinese Taipei
Igor Sitnikov
  Kazakhstan
200 m freestyle
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Yosuke Ichikawa
  Japan
1:52.46 Torlarp Sethsothorn
  Thailand
1:52.53 Shusuke Ito
  Japan
1:52.81
400 m freestyle
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Torlarp Sethsothorn
  Thailand
3:53.61
GR
Masato Hirano
  Japan
3:54.13 Mark Kwok
  Hong Kong
4:00.44
1500 m freestyle
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Masato Hirano
  Japan
15:22.20
GR
Torlarp Sethsothorn
  Thailand
15:40.17 Hisham Al-Masri
  Syria
15:51.60
100 m backstroke
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Alex Lim
  Malaysia
55.53
GR
Fu Yong
  China
56.40 Raymond Papa
  Philippines
56.83
200 m backstroke
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Fu Yong
  China
1:59.30
GR
Alex Lim
  Malaysia
2:00.94 Raymond Papa
  Philippines
2:01.80
100 m breaststroke
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Zeng Qiliang
  China
1:02.32 Akira Hayashi
  Japan
1:02.55 Elvin Chia
  Malaysia
1:03.09
200 m breaststroke
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Zhu Yi
  China
2:16.26 Ratapong Sirisanont
  Thailand
2:16.47 Yoshinobu Miyazaki
  Japan
2:16.97
100 m butterfly
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Takashi Yamamoto
  Japan
53.34
GR
Zhang Xiao
  China
54.40 Han Kyu-chul
  South Korea
54.83
200 m butterfly
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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
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Xiong Guoming
  China
2:03.34
GR
Jo Yoshimi
  Japan
2:04.94 Xie Xufeng
  China
2:05.45
400 m individual medley
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Takahiro Mori
  Japan
4:20.98 Xiong Guoming
  China
4:22.57 Ratapong Sirisanont
  Thailand
4:24.15
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
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  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
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  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
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  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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
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Shan Ying
  China
25.88 Han Xue
  China
26.04 Sumika Minamoto
  Japan
26.08
100 m freestyle
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Shan Ying
  China
56.20 Sumika Minamoto
  Japan
56.39 Shared silver
Chao Na
  China
200 m freestyle
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Tsai Shu-min
  Chinese Taipei
2:00.89 Qin Caini
  China
2:01.75 Sachiko Yamada
  Japan
2:03.14
400 m freestyle
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Chen Hua
  China
4:12.31
GR
Sachiko Yamada
  Japan
4:14.53 Tsai Shu-min
  Chinese Taipei
4:15.66
800 m freestyle
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Chen Hua
  China
8:38.00 Sachiko Yamada
  Japan
8:39.21 Eri Yamanoi
  Japan
8:56.90
100 m backstroke
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Tomoko Hagiwara
  Japan
1:01.84 Mai Nakamura
  Japan
1:02.11 Choi Soo-min
  South Korea
1:03.37
200 m backstroke
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Tomoko Hagiwara
  Japan
2:12.25 Mai Nakamura
  Japan
2:14.79 Shim Min-ji
  South Korea
2:16.46
100 m breaststroke
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Li Wei
  China
1:08.95
GR
Xu Shan
  China
1:10.00 Masami Tanaka
  Japan
1:10.30
200 m breaststroke
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Masami Tanaka
  Japan
2:28.44 Qi Hui
  China
2:28.71 Junko Isoda
  Japan
2:32.39
100 m butterfly
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Ayari Aoyama
  Japan
59.44 Ruan Yi
  China
1:00.57 Hitomi Kashima
  Japan
1:00.87
200 m butterfly
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Cho Hee-yeon
  South Korea
2:11.34 Ruan Yi
  China
2:12.51 Hitomi Kashima
  Japan
2:13.26
200 m individual medley
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Wu Yanyan
  China
2:15.12 Chen Yan
  China
2:15.54 Cho Hee-yeon
  South Korea
2:15.95
400 m individual medley
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Yasuko Tajima
  Japan
4:39.92 Wu Yanyan
  China
4:46.74 Chen Yan
  China
4:47.34
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
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  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
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  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
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  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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)15121037
2  China (CHN)1317333
3  Thailand (THA)1315
4  Malaysia (MAS)1113
5  South Korea (KOR)1078
6  Chinese Taipei (TPE)1045
7  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0033
8  Philippines (PHI)0022
9  Hong Kong (HKG)0011
  Syria (SYR)0011
Totals (10 entries)32333398

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