title: Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 100 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 11 December at the Thammasat Aquatic Center.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Friday, 11 December 1998 | 09:00 | Heats |
  | Friday, 11 December 1998 | 18:00 | Finals |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Fu Yong (CHN) | 57.41 |
  | 2 | 2 | Alex Lim (MAS) | 57.65 |
  | 2 | 3 | Atsushi Nishikori (JPN) | 57.65 |
  | 4 | 3 | Shu Xin (CHN) | 57.74 |
  | 5 | 2 | Takafumi Oishi (JPN) | 58.09 |
  | 6 | 1 | Raymond Papa (PHI) | 58.28 |
  | 7 | 1 | Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA) | 58.90 |
  | 8 | 2 | Kim Min-suk (KOR) | 59.44 |
  | 9 | 1 | Pavel Sidorov (KAZ) | 59.89 |
  | 10 | 2 | Artem Rodin (KAZ) | 1:00.11 |
  | 11 | 1 | Konstantin Priahin (KGZ) | 1:00.40 |
  | 12 | 2 | Kwok Sze Wai (HKG) | 1:00.77 |
  | 13 | 3 | Pathunyu Yimsomruay (THA) | 1:00.78 |
  | 14 | 1 | Tseng Cheng-hua (TPE) | 1:00.85 |
  | 15 | 3 | Aleksandr Yegorov (KGZ) | 1:01.04 |
  | 16 | 3 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 1:01.34 |
  | 17 | 1 | Fahad Al-Otaibi (KUW) | 1:04.34 |
  | 18 | 3 | Majid Imani (IRI) | 1:06.52 |
  | 19 | 2 | Lam Pui Kay (MAC) | 1:06.74 |
  | 20 | 1 | Abdur Rahman Khan (BAN) | 1:08.51 |
  | 21 | 3 | Mesned Al-Hajri (QAT) | 1:16.08 |
  | — | 2 | G. Mönkhbayar (MGL) | DNS |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final B**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pavel Sidorov (KAZ) | 59.42 |
  | 2 | Pathunyu Yimsomruay (THA) | 59.44 |
  | 3 | Konstantin Priahin (KGZ) | 59.50 |
  | 4 | Artem Rodin (KAZ) | 59.71 |
  | 5 | Aleksandr Yegorov (KGZ) | 1:00.63 |
  | 6 | Kwok Sze Wai (HKG) | 1:00.66 |
  | 7 | Tseng Cheng-hua (TPE) | 1:00.88 |
  | 8 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 1:01.62 |
  
  **Final A**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alex Lim (MAS) | 55.53 | GR |
  | | Fu Yong (CHN) | 56.40 | |
  | | Raymond Papa (PHI) | 56.83 | |
  | 4 | Atsushi Nishikori (JPN) | 57.14 | |
  | 5 | Shu Xin (CHN) | 57.55 | |
  | 6 | Takafumi Oishi (JPN) | 57.70 | |
  | 7 | Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA) | 58.31 | |
  | 8 | Kim Min-suk (KOR) | 1:09.25 | |
  