| Cycling at the 1998 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Khao Yai Rimthan Resort Phahonyothin Road Huamark Velodrome |
| Dates | 7–19 December 1998 |
Cycling was contested at the 1998 Asian Games in Thailand from December 7 to December 19. Road bicycle racing was held at the Highway No 1 and No 2 from Saraburi Province to Nakhon Ratchasima Province, while track cycling was contested at Huamark Velodrome in Bangkok and mountain biking was contested in Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. [1]
| Q | Qualification | E | Elimination rounds | 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 | 19th Sat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | ||||||||||||||
| Men's cross-country | F | |||||||||||||
| Men's downhill | F | |||||||||||||
| Women's cross-country | F | |||||||||||||
| Women's downhill | F | |||||||||||||
| Road | ||||||||||||||
| Men's road race | F | |||||||||||||
| Men's individual time trial | F | |||||||||||||
| Women's road race | F | |||||||||||||
| Women's individual time trial | F | |||||||||||||
| Track | ||||||||||||||
| Men's sprint | Q | E | F | |||||||||||
| Men's 1 km time trial | F | |||||||||||||
| Men's individual pursuit | Q | E | F | |||||||||||
| Men's points race | F | |||||||||||||
| Men's team pursuit | Q | E | F | |||||||||||
| Women's sprint | Q | E | F | |||||||||||
| Women's individual pursuit | Q | E | F | |||||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country | Akihito Udagawa  Japan | Surajit Jirojwong  Thailand | Li Fuyu  China |
| Downhill | Phannarong Kongsamut Thailand | Takashi Tsukamoto Japan | Brian Cook  Hong Kong |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country | Ma Yanping China | Kanako Kobayashi Japan | Chantana Singupatham Thailand |
| Downhill | Sachiko Kamakura Japan | Mami Masuda Japan | Chen Ju-miao  Chinese Taipei |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | Wong Kam Po Hong Kong | Makoto Iijima Japan | Victor Espiritu  Philippines |
| Individual time trial | Ghader Mizbani  Iran | Dmitriy Fofonov  Kazakhstan | Pavel Nevdakh Kazakhstan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | Banna Kamfoo Thailand | Kaori Sakashita Japan | Wang Shuqing China |
| Individual time trial | Zhao Haijuan China | Ma Huizhen China | Ayumu Otsuka Japan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Yuichiro Kamiyama Japan | Noriaki Mabuchi Japan | Hyun Byung-chul  South Korea |
| 1 km time trial | Ji Sung-hwan South Korea | Takanobu Jumonji Japan | Chen Keng-hsien Chinese Taipei |
| Individual pursuit | Vadim Kravchenko Kazakhstan | Noriyuki Iijima Japan | Eugen Wacker  Kyrgyzstan |
| Points race | Sergey Lavrenenko Kazakhstan | Cho Ho-sung South Korea | Amir Zargari Iran |
| Team pursuit |  South Korea Hong Suk-hwan Noh Young-shik Ji Sung-hwan Cho Ho-sung |  Kazakhstan Vadim Kravchenko Dmitriy Muravyev Vladimir Bushanskiy Valeriy Titov |  China Wang Zhengquan Shi Guijun Pan Guangchun Ma Yajun |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Wang Yan China | Jiang Cuihua China | Fang Fen-fang Chinese Taipei |
| Individual pursuit | Wang Qingzhi China | Zhao Haijuan China | Kim Yong-mi South Korea |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Thailand (THA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
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