1998 Asian Games medal table

A total of 6,544 athletes from 41 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 376 events in 36 sports.

South Korean athletes claimed 164 medals in total (including 65 gold), earning second spot on the table.

Host nation Thailand improved its medal-table rank compared with the last Asian Games held in Hiroshima, where it finished twelfth.

A tie for first place in the pommel horse resulted in two gold medals, and thus no silver was awarded; a tie for third place in the horizontal bar, pommel horse, rings, women's vault and women's floor exercises meant that two bronzes were awarded for each event.

[21][22] *   Host nation (Thailand)After failing a drug test, Fakhruddin Abdulmajid Taher of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was stripped of his silver medal in the men's kumite event (60 kg category) of karate.

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Rajamangala Stadium (used for many football matches) hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games.
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Mahesh Bhupathi of India won a bronze in men's singles, a bronze with Nirupama Vaidyanathan in mixed doubles and another bronze as a member of the Indian men's team.
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Nicol David of Malaysia won a gold medal in women's singles squash .
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Ghader Mizbani of Iran won a gold in the men's road cycling individual time trial.