India at the 1998 Asian Games

India at the 1998 Asian Games
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
in Bangkok
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 7 Silver 11 Bronze 17 Total 35
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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India competed at the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. India ranked 9th with 7 Gold medals, 11 Silver medals and 17 Bronze medals. ^[1]

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	2	6	7	15
Cue Sports	2	1	1	4
Boxing	1	0	1	2
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Hockey	1	1	0	2
Kabaddi	1	0	0	1
Rowing	0	0	2	2
Shooting	0	2	1	3
Tennis	0	0	4	4
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Total	7	11	17	35

Medalists

Gold (7)

Medal	Sportsperson	Games	Event
	Jyotirmoy Sikdhar	Athletics	1500 m
	Jyotirmoy Sikdhar	Athletics	800 m
	Geet Sethi and Ashok Shandilya	Billiards	Doubles
	Ashok Shandilya	Billiards	Singles
	Ngangom Dingko Singh	Boxing	54 kg
	Hockey team	Hockey	Men
	Kabaddi team	Kabaddi	Men

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athletes	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paramjit Singh	400 m	46.68	1 Q	46.37	2 Q	45.93
Bahadur Prasad	1500 m	3:51.00	3 Q	—N/a		3:41.58
	5000 m	—N/a				14:48.85	8
Gulab Chand						13:59.20	4
	10000 m	—N/a				29:10.53
Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Paramjit Singh Jata Shankar	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.86	2 Q	—N/a		3:02.62 SB

Field events

Athletes	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Anil Kumar	Discus Throw	58.43
Ajit Bhaduria		54.03	6
Shakti Singh	Shot Put	18.81
Bahadur Singh Sagoo		18.21	4
Satbir Singh	Javelin Throw	75.21	6
Jagdish Bishnoi		72.03	8

Women

Track & road events

Athletes	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rachita Mistry	100 m	11.46	2Q	—N/a		11.41
P.T. Usha	200 m	24.27	4	did not advance
	400 m	54.63	4 Q	—N/a		54.37	6
Rosa Kutty		54.06	1 Q			54.55	4
	800 m	2.05.77	1 Q	—N/a		2.03.00
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar		2:07.41	1 Q			2.01.00
	1500 m	—N/a				4:12.81
Sunita Rani						4:13.66
	5000 m	—N/a				15:54.47
Rachita Mistry P.T. Usha Valdivel Jayalakshmi E.B. Shyla	4 × 100 m Relay	—N/a				44.77	4
Jincy Phillip Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Rosa Kutty K.M. Beenamol	4 × 400 m Relay	—N/a				3:32.20

Field events

Athletes	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Neelam Jaswant Singh	Discus Throw	55.09
Swarnjeet Kaur		51.46	4
Gurmeet Kaur	Javelin Throw	59.00
Lekha Thomas	Triple Jump	13.05	9

Medal Tally

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
9	India	7	11	17	35

Football

Men

Team

Coach: Syed Nayeemuddin

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Juje Siddi	(1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 25)	Salgaocar
2	2 DF	K. V. Dhanesh	(1973-02-13)13 February 1973 (aged 25)	Kochin
3	2 DF	Franky Barreto		East Bengal
4	2 DF	Roberto Fernandez	(1971-11-02)2 November 1971 (aged 27)	Salgaocar
5	2 DF	Jiju Jacob	(1967-12-25)25 December 1967 (aged 30)	State Bank of Travancore
6	3 MF	Shanmugam Venkatesh	(1978-11-21)21 November 1978 (aged 20)	Salgaocar
7	3 MF	Basudeb Mondal	(1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 24)	East Bengal
8	4 FW	Syed Sabir Pasha	(1972-11-05)5 November 1972 (aged 26)	Indian Bank
9	4 FW	Raman Vijayan	(1973-06-04)4 June 1973 (aged 25)	East Bengal
10	4 FW	I. M. Vijayan	(1969-04-25)25 April 1969 (aged 29)	Mohun Bagan
11	3 MF	Jo Paul Ancheri	(1975-08-02)2 August 1975 (aged 23)	Mohun Bagan
12	3 MF	Debjit Ghosh	(1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (aged 24)	Mohun Bagan
13	1 GK	Feroz Sherif	(1971-05-22)22 May 1971 (aged 27)	State Bank of Travancore
14	3 MF	Carlton Chapman	(1971-04-13)13 April 1971 (aged 27)	East Bengal
15	4 FW	Bhaichung Bhutia	(1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 21)	East Bengal
16	2 DF	Anit Ghosh	(1977-03-24)24 March 1977 (aged 21)	East Bengal
17	4 FW	Abdul Khalique		Bengal Mumbai
18	3 MF	Tushar Rakshit	(1968-02-04)4 February 1968 (aged 30)	East Bengal
19	3 MF	Shamsi Reza		Mahindra & Mahindra
21	1 GK	Hemanta Dora	(1973-12-04)4 December 1973 (aged 25)	Mohun Bagan

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
2	India	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Nepal	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

3 December

15:30

Japan	1–0	India
Fukuda 55'

Trang Stadium, Trang

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5 December

15:30

India	1–0	Nepal
Chapman 46'

Trang Stadium, Trang

Second round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
2	Turkmenistan	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	India	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: RSSSF

7 December

15:00

Turkmenistan	3–2	India
Neželew 39' Agaýew 49' Kislow 74'		Vijayan 83' Rakshit 87'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

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9 December

17:00

India	0–2	Uzbekistan
		Shkvyrin 35' Rahmonqulov 49'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

15:00

India	0–2	North Korea
		So Min-chol 11' Ju Song-il 73'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Women

Coach: S. Arumainayagam ^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	3 MF	Bentla D'Coth	(1969-05-29)29 May 1969 (aged 29)
	1 GK	Binshori Devi
	2 DF	Chaitali Devi
	2 DF	Chaoba Devi
	2 DF	Khambi Devi
	2 DF	Kumari Devi
	4 FW	Lokeshwari Devi
	3 MF	Oinam Bembem Devi	(1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 18)
	1 GK	Rabita Devi
	4 FW	S. Rani Devi
	4 FW	Tababi Devi
	2 DF	Ezhilarasi
	4 FW	Sujata Kar
	4 FW	Gurmeet Kaur
	3 MF	Gracye Pereira
	2 DF	Maria Rebello
	3 MF	Sradhanjali Samantaray	(1978-06-20)20 June 1978 (aged 20)
	3 MF	Alpana Sil

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China	3	3	0	0	24	0	+24	9
2	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	1	14	7	+7	4
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
4	India	3	0	0	3	1	36	−35	0

Source: RSSSF

7 December

14:00

India	0–7	South Korea
	Report	Seong Mi Son Sung Mi Cha Maria Rebello (o.g.) Mi Yeon Lee

Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani

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9 December

16:00

India	1–13	Chinese Taipei
Tababi Devi	Report	Ming-shu Lee Ii-Min Hung Huey-Shwu Wu Chun- Lan Huang Tzu-Yun Chang Lan-ten Lan

Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani

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11 December

14:00

India	0–16	China

Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

References

1. "XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98)". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. "IOA finalises 22 disciplines for Asiad". The Indian Express. 11 November 1998. Retrieved 20 November 2020.