1998 Asian Games medal table

none 1998 Asian Games medal table File:Ngangom Dingko Singh at the 13th Asian Games.jpg Ngangom Dingko Singh of India shows his gold medal to photographers during the awarding ceremony for the 54kg class boxing final in the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok. Singh defeated Timur Tulyakov of Uzbekistan. Indian boxer Ngangom Dingko Singh wearing a white India kit and smiling as he holds up his gold medal at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok. Bangkok, Thailand Most gold medals China 129 Most total medals China 274 Medalling NOCs 33 1994 Asian Games medal table 2002 right|thumb|250px|alt=A stadium with green field for football, an athletic track, sitting area and floodlights; a football match is in progress|Rajamangala Stadium (used for many football matches) hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games. The 1998 Asian Games (officially known as the 13th Asian Games) was a multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to December 20, 1998. A total of 6,544 athletes from 41 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 376 events in 36 sports.http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=17 Asian Games – Bangkok 1998 ocasia.org Olympic Council of Asia April 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101107080036/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=17 November 7, 2010 dead mdy-all This edition of the Games marked the addition of three sports—squash, rugby union and cue sports—to the list of Asian Games sports; squash was included after seven years of lobbying by the Asian Squash Federation.http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/13th_Asian_Games.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090903142053/http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/13th_Asian_Games.htm dead September 3, 2009 XIII Asian Games sports.gov.pk Pakistan Sports Board June 3, 2011 http://www.worldsquash.org.uk/2009docs/WorldChampResults/AsianGames.pdf World Championship Results – Asian Games worldsquash.org World Squash Federation June 4, 2011 May 23, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200523184059/http://www.worldsquash.org.uk/2009docs/WorldChampResults/AsianGames.pdf/ dead Athletes from 33 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 23 of these NOCs secured at least one gold; contingents from eight NOCs did not win any medals.http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/AsianGames/daily/daily20.html#1 Cleanest Asian Games Rings Down Curtain 2018-06-30 2018-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20180630133136/http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/AsianGames/daily/daily20.html#1 dead China won the most gold medals (129) and the most medals overall (274), topping the medal table. South Korean athletes claimed 164 medals in total (including 65 gold), earning second spot on the table. Japan finished third with a total of 181 medals, including 52 gold. Host nation Thailand improved its medal-table rank compared with the last Asian Games held in Hiroshima, where it finished twelfth. In this Games Thailand ranked fourth in the medal table, with 24 gold and 90 medals overall.http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=16&GCode=1 Over all medal standings – Hiroshima 1994 ocasia.org Olympic Council of Asia June 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142754/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=16&GCode=1 March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all Medal table 210px|right|thumb|alt=A man with blue T-shirt, black cap and tennis racquet in right hand|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. 210px|right|thumb|alt=A woman in a black T-shirt and a sunglasses on her head, smiling|Nicol David of Malaysia won a gold medal in women's singles squash. 210px|right|thumb|alt=A man with parrot-green color athlete's attire, sunglasses on his head and a flower garland around his neck|Ghader Mizbani of Iran won a gold in the men's road cycling individual time trial. The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=17&GCode=1 Over all medal standings – Bangkok 1998 ocasia.org Olympic Council of Asia April 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20100616235841/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=17&GCode=1 June 16, 2010 dead mdy-all Johnson Ian https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121856271893833843?mod=psp_free_today&mg=com-wsj#printMode Who's on First in Medals Race The Wall Street Journal August 13, 2008 June 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604204831/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121856271893833843.html?mod=psp_free_today&mg=com-wsj 4 June 2011 live A total of 1,225 medals (378 gold, 380 silver and 467 bronze) were awarded. The total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals because two bronze medals were awarded per event in ten sports: badminton,http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Badminton_HR.aspx?id=BD https://web.archive.org/web/20070104042716/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Badminton_HR.aspx?id=BD January 4, 2007 Badminton – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 28, 2006 usurped June 3, 2011 boxing,http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Boxing_HR.aspx?id=BX https://web.archive.org/web/20070104050253/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Boxing_HR.aspx?id=BX January 4, 2007 Boxing – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 28, 2006 usurped June 5, 2011 judo,http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event19.html XIII Asian Games, Bangkok – Judo Sadec Asia Pacific sadec.com June 3, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110928032817/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event19.html September 28, 2011 karate (except men's and women's individual kata),http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Karate_HR.aspx?id=KR https://web.archive.org/web/20070104044918/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Karate_HR.aspx?id=KR January 4, 2007 Karate – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 28, 2006 usurped June 3, 2011 wushu (sanshou event only),http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event36.html#Day11 Wushu sadec.com Sadec Asia Pacific June 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715223801/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event36.html#Day11 15 July 2011 dead sepak takraw (except men's and women's circle),http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Sepaktakraw_HR.aspx?id=SE https://web.archive.org/web/20070105194642/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Sepaktakraw_HR.aspx?id=SE January 5, 2007 Sepaktakraw – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 28, 2006 usurped June 3, 2011 squash,http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Squash_HR.aspx?id=SQ https://web.archive.org/web/20070105150001/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Squash_HR.aspx?id=SQ January 5, 2007 Squash – Past Medals November 28, 2006 June 4, 2011 Wayback Machine usurped doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) table tennis,http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/TableTennis_HR.aspx?id=TT https://web.archive.org/web/20070104043036/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/TableTennis_HR.aspx?id=TT January 4, 2007 Table tennis – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 26, 2006 usurped June 3, 2011 taekwondohttp://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Taekwondo_HR.aspx?id=TK https://web.archive.org/web/20070104042735/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Taekwondo_HR.aspx?id=TK January 4, 2007 Taekwondo – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 26, 2006 usurped June 3, 2011 and tennis.http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Tennis_HR.aspx?id=TE https://web.archive.org/web/20070104050304/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Tennis_HR.aspx?id=TE January 4, 2007 Tennis – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 28, 2006 usurped June 3, 2011 In swimming there was a three-way tie in the men's 100 m freestyle event, and three bronze medals were awarded; a tie for second place in the women's 100 m freestyle event meant that no bronze was awarded.http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Swimming_HR.aspx?id=SW https://web.archive.org/web/20070105150236/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Swimming_HR.aspx?id=SW Swimming – Past Medals Wayback Machine doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website) November 26, 2006 June 4, 2011 usurped January 5, 2007 In athletics, two bronze medals were awarded in the men's high jump event.http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event2.html Athletics – Men's High Jump (Finals) sadec.com Sadec Asia Pacific June 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715223411/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event2.html 15 July 2011 deadhttp://www.olympic.org.my/web/gamesrecords/asean/Malaysian_Medal_Winners_at_Asian_Games_1958_-_2006.pdf Malaysian Medal Winners at Asian Games 1958 – 2006 olympic.org.my Olympic Council of Malaysia June 5, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120522220313/http://www.olympic.org.my/web/gamesrecords/asean/Malaysian_Medal_Winners_at_Asian_Games_1958_-_2006.pdf May 22, 2012 In wushu, a tie for the silver-medal position in the men's changquan event (taolu discipline) resulted in no bronze being awarded; a three-way tie in the men's nanquan event (also taolu discipline) resulted in three bronze medals being awarded. In gymnastics, many shared medals were awarded. 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. A four-way tie for second position in the parallel bars meant that no bronze medal was awarded.http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/aagm.html Medalists from previous – All Asian Games  – Artistic Gymnastics Men gymnasticsresults.com Gymnastics Results June 4, 2011 Azawi, Salih al https://web.archive.org/web/20120919024226/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/aagm.html September 19, 2012 dead mdy-all http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/aagw.html Medalists from previous – All Asian Games – Artistic Gymnastics Women gymnasticsresults.com Gymnastics Results June 4, 2011 Azawi, Salih al https://web.archive.org/web/20120919024034/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/aagw.html September 19, 2012 dead mdy-all THA flagIOC2team 1998 Asian Games Remaining 10 129 78 67 65 46 53 52 61 68 24 26 40 yes 24 24 30 19 17 41 10 11 13 7 14 12 7 11 17 6 22 12 6 10 11 5 10 14 5 6 6 4 6 4 3 0 3 2 4 9 2 3 9 2 3 3 2 2 10 1 6 4 1 5 12 1 5 11 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 2 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Changes in medal standings Ruling dateSportEventNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal23 December 1998KarateMen's 75 kgUAE 1998 Asian Games –1 –1 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.http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981223/35750644.html OCA in quandary over re-allocation of silver medal Indian Express December 23, 1998 June 3, 2011 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080218125611/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981223/35750644.html February 18, 2008 This disqualification left the UAE with only a single bronze medal, placing the country joint-last in the medal table with four other nations. The silver medal was not awarded to any other athlete.A a a Notes A a a Initially the Olympic Council of Asia decided to give silver medals to Nepal and Syria, bronze medalists of the event. However, the decision was never carried out as both the nations were never promoted in the medal table.http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Karate+fails+to+end+12-year+medal+drought+&NewsID=267189 Karate fails to end 12-year medal drought The Himalayan Times November 26, 2010 June 3, 2011 Chapagain, Rajendra April 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130416034416/http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Karate+fails+to+end+12-year+medal+drought+&NewsID=267189 dead http://dlamatyasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/1-Influences-of-Cast-and-Ethnic-on-Nepalese-Sports-Development.pdf Influence of Caste and Ethnic Groups On Nepalese Sports – Nepal in Asian Games dlamatyasports.com June 3, 2011 Amatya, Diwakar Lal dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110814185016/http://dlamatyasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/1-Influences-of-Cast-and-Ethnic-on-Nepalese-Sports-Development.pdf August 14, 2011 References 30em External links Official Website of the Olympic Council of Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20180906180838/http://www.ocasia.org/ 2018-09-06 Category:1998 Asian Games Category:Asian Summer Games medal tables