India at the 1998 Asian Games

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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.^[1]

India at the 1998 Asian Games

IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
in Bangkok
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 7 Silver 11 Bronze 17 Total 35
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Total	7	11	17	35
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

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

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Track & road events

Athletes	Event	Heats		Semifinal		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
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

Track & road events

Athletes	Event	Heats		Semifinal		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
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
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

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

Coach: Syed Nayeemuddin

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

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

Coach: S. Arumainayagam^[2]

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

^ "XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98)". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ "IOA finalises 22 disciplines for Asiad". The Indian Express. 11 November 1998. Retrieved 20 November 2020.