| 1998 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Dates | 15–17 May 1998 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 1998 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 13th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from May 15 to May 17, 1998.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −50 kg | Lee Hou-kun  Chinese Taipei | Mohammad Al-Hamed  Jordan | Kim Byung-tae South Korea |
| Trần Quang Vinh Vietnam | |||
| Flyweight −54 kg | Choi Man-yong South Korea | Nguyễn Duy Khương Vietnam | Nick Tsioulos  Australia |
Liu Huasheng  China | |||
| Bantamweight −58 kg | Kim Eui-chul South Korea | Meng Fan-an Chinese Taipei | Liu Chuang China |
S. Sinnathurai  Singapore | |||
| Featherweight −64 kg | Kang Nam-won South Korea | Mohammad Taghi Khazraei  Iran | Chen Shih-kai Chinese Taipei |
Sarawanan Subramaniam  Malaysia | |||
| Lightweight −70 kg | Kim Byung-uk South Korea | Chang Shih-lung Chinese Taipei | Vahid Abdollahi Iran |
| Mohammad Al-Ruz Jordan | |||
| Welterweight −76 kg | Ryu Keun-moo South Korea | Ali Tajik Iran | Chang Chu-tien Chinese Taipei |
| Mohammad Al-Fararjeh Jordan | |||
| Middleweight −83 kg | Kang Dong-kuk South Korea | Hussein Al-Tahleh Jordan | Robert  Indonesia |
Alessandro Lubiano  Philippines | |||
| Heavyweight +83 kg | Kim Je-kyoung South Korea | Khaled Al-Dosari  Saudi Arabia | Ibrahim Aqil Jordan |
Saleh Derghami  Qatar |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −43 kg | Jang Jung-eun South Korea | Khin Swee Oo  Myanmar | Huang Yu-hsin Chinese Taipei |
| Li Huang China | |||
| Flyweight −47 kg | Chi Shu-ju Chinese Taipei | Shim Hye-young South Korea | Juana Wangsa Putri Indonesia |
| Wong Liang Ming Singapore | |||
| Bantamweight −51 kg | Lee Ji-eun South Korea | Usa Sinlapajarn  Thailand | Umi Alifah Indonesia |
| Al-Yasar Matar Jordan | |||
| Featherweight −55 kg | Trần Hiếu Ngân Vietnam | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen Thailand | Jung Jae-eun South Korea |
| Xu Shen China | |||
| Lightweight −60 kg | Chen Yi-an Chinese Taipei | Nelia Sy Philippines | Lee Sun-hee South Korea |
| Zhang Huijing China | |||
| Welterweight −65 kg | Kim Mi-young South Korea | Chen Zhong China | Jasmin Strachan Philippines |
Yoriko Okamoto  Japan | |||
| Middleweight −70 kg | He Lumin China | Khúc Liễu Châu Vietnam | Oh Jeong-hee  South Korea |
| Hsieh Yen-chiu Chinese Taipei | |||
| Heavyweight +70 kg | Jung Myoung-sook South Korea | Kao Ching-yi Chinese Taipei | Lee Wan Yuen Malaysia |
| Hồ Thị Thanh Ơn Vietnam |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | China | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Jordan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Myanmar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 |  Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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