| Rugby union at the 1998 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Royal Thai Army Stadium |
| Dates | 7–18 December 1998 |
| Nations | 7 |
Rugby (Sevens and Union) was one of the many sports which was held at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 7 to December 18, 1998.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 7th Mon |
8th Tue |
9th Wed |
10th Thu |
11th Fri |
12th Sat |
13th Sun |
14th Mon |
15th Tue |
16th Wed |
17th Thu |
18th Fri | |
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| Men's union | P | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Men's sevens | P | ½ | F | ||||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men |
 South KoreaAn Jin-hwan Baek In-sung Choi Hyun-min Chun Jong-man Han Young-hoon Kang Dong-ho Kim Dong-sun Kim Hyung-ki Kim Jae-hyun Kim Jae-sung Kim Jin-heung Kim Kwang-jae Kim Kyung-woo Kim Sung-nam Kwak Chul-woong Lee Je-kil Lee Keun-wook Lim Sung-soo No Chul-ki Park Jin-bae Sung Hae-kyung Woo Tae-il Yong Hwan-myung Yoo Jung-hyen Yoo Min-oug Yoo Min-suk |
 JapanShin Hasegawa Takafumi Hirao Keiji Hirose Masami Horikoshi Daisuke Hoshikawa Takeomi Ito Tsuyoshi Kinoshita Atsushi Komura Masahiro Kunda Masahiro Kurokawa Tsutomu Matsuda Yukio Motoki Wataru Murata Ko Nakamura Naoto Nakamura Hideki Nanba Kohei Oguchi Katsuji Ohara Daisuke Ohata Masamitsu Oyabu Masaaki Sakata Yoshihiko Sakuraba Keisuke Sawaki Takayuki Sugata Hiroyuki Tanuma Osami Yatsuhashi |
 Chinese TaipeiChang Chung-wei Chen Chia-hsin Chen Wei-chie Cheng Chi-ho Cheng Chia-wen Cheng Yung-hui Chuang Shih-lung Ho Chang-lien Huang Chen-hua Huang Hung-lung Huang Yu-ming Hung Chi-hsiang Kuo Shan-pen Lin Fu-lung Lin Shu-kai Lin Yen-kuang Lin Yi-lung Lin Yi-te Lu Kuang-jung Mae Chyan-shuenn Tsai Yin-chan Tseng Chi-ming Wen Kuang-liang Wu Chih-hsien Wu Shih-chieh Yu Cheng-laing |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |
South Korea Chun Jong-man Kang Dong-ho Kim Hyung-ki Kim Jae-hyun Kim Jae-sung Kwak Chul-woong Lee Keun-wook Park Jin-bae Sung Hae-kyung Yong Hwan-myung Yoo Jung-hyen Yoo Min-suk |
Japan Takafumi Hirao Keiji Hirose Takeomi Ito Tsutomu Matsuda Yukio Motoki Wataru Murata Ko Nakamura Hideki Nanba Daisuke Ohata Keisuke Sawaki Hiroyuki Tanuma Osami Yatsuhashi |
 ThailandPhongchak Chakshuraksha Paisak Chueakomhod Jintawat Jeepetch Suwat Kaedkeaw Sorat Klinpirom Poj Laksanasompong Samak Marod Chatree Phaksoontorn Sahapol Polpathapee Chanchai Thaenkam Chartchai Thaipakdee Chatewut Watcharakhun |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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Further information: Rugby union at the 1998 Asian Games – Men |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 South Korea |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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Japan |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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 Chinese Taipei |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Sri Lanka |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Kazakhstan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Thailand |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Further information: Rugby sevens at the 1998 Asian Games – Men |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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South Korea |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Japan |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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Thailand |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
