| Sailing at the 1998 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Ao-dongtarn Jomtien Beach |
| Dates | 8–13 December 1998 |
| Competitors | 122 from 16 nations |
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| 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 |  Singapore Siew Shaw Her Colin Ng |  South Korea Park Jong-woo Kim Hyeong-tae |  Thailand Wiwat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Pakistan Mamoon Sadiq Munir Sadiq |  Sri Lanka Lalin 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)
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