| Sailing at the 1998 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Ao-dongtarn Jomtien Beach |
| Dates | 8–13 December 1998 |
| Competitors | 122 from 16 nations |
Sailing (as Yachting) was contested at the 1998 Asian Games from December 8 to December 13. Competition took place in various sailing disciplines at the Ao-dongtarn Jomtien Beach in Pattaya, Chonburi Province.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral light |
Arun Homraruen Thailand
|
Ted Huang Chinese Taipei
|
Li Mingdong China
|
| Mistral heavy |
Oka Sulaksana Indonesia
|
Motokazu Kenjo Japan
|
Kookiat Sakulfaeng Thailand
|
| Raceboard light |
Zhou Yuanguo China
|
Sam Wong Hong Kong
|
Ok Duck-pil South Korea
|
| Raceboard heavy |
Suhaimee Moohammadkasem Thailand
|
Chen Zhanying China
|
Hong A-ram South Korea
|
| Optimist |
Chae Bong-jin South Korea
|
Mohd Nazmi Sharif Malaysia
|
Roy Tay Singapore
|
| Laser |
Kim Ho-kon South Korea
|
Kevin Lim Malaysia
|
Cao Xiaobo China
|
| 420 |
 SingaporeSiew Shaw Her Colin Ng |
 South KoreaPark Jong-woo Kim Hyeong-tae |
 ThailandWiwat Poonpat Kitipong Khambang |
| 470 |
South Korea Kim Dae-young Jung Sung-ahn |
Japan Eiichiro Hamazaki Masato Takaki |
Singapore Tan Wearn Haw Charles Lim |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral |
Lee Lai Shan Hong Kong
|
Huang Ying China
|
Masako Imai Japan
|
| Optimist |
Kim Suk-kyong South Korea
|
Shen Xiaoying China
|
Prapawadee Damdangdee Thailand
|
| Europe |
Zhang Hong China
|
Aiko Saito Japan
|
Tracey Tan Singapore
|
| 420 |
Singapore Joan Huang Naomi Tan |
Thailand Wandee Vongtim Theeranoot Vongruck |
 Hong KongMou Lap Kam Lee Chun Yi |
| 470 |
 ChinaYang Xiaoyan Li Dongying |
Japan Chizuko Ijima Makiko Ikuta |
South Korea Kim Myoung-hwa Jung Eun-suk |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK |
Jin Hong-chul South Korea
|
Anthony Kiong Singapore
|
Prasertsak Moolprasert Thailand
|
| Super Moth |
Damrongsak Vongtim Thailand
|
Malik Sulaiman Malaysia
|
Zahid Rauf Pakistan
|
| Enterprise |
South Korea Chung Yoon-gil Lim Jin-young |
 PakistanMamoon Sadiq Munir Sadiq |
 Sri LankaLalin Jirasinha Krishan Janaka |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Singapore (SIN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
A total of 122 athletes from 16 nations competed in sailing at the 1998 Asian Games:
China (13) Chinese Taipei (3) Hong Kong (14)
India (7) Indonesia (3) Japan (11)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kuwait (2) Malaysia (3) Pakistan (10)
Philippines (3)
Qatar (1) Singapore (11) South Korea (15) Sri Lanka (4) Thailand (21)