title: Badminton at the 1998 Asian Games
text: # Badminton at the 1998 Asian Games
  
  Badminton was contested at the 1998 Asian Games in Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand from December 8 to December 17.
  
  Singles, doubles, and team events were contested for both men and women. Mixed doubles were also contested.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's singles details | Dong Jiong China | Hendrawan Indonesia | Sun Jun China |
  | Men's singles details | Dong Jiong China | Hendrawan Indonesia | Yong Hock Kin Malaysia |
  | Men's doubles details | Indonesia Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Thailand Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool | China Liu Yong Yu Jinhao |
  | Men's doubles details | Indonesia Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Thailand Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool | South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung |
  | Men's team details | Indonesia Tony Gunawan Hendrawan Taufik Hidayat Tri Kusharjanto Rexy Mainaky Budi Santoso Ricky Subagja Candra Wijaya | China Chen Gang Dong Jiong Liu Yong Luo Yigang Sun Jun Yu Jinhao Zhang Jun Zhang Wei | South Korea Ahn Jae-chang Ha Tae-kwon Hwang Sun-ho Kang Kyung-jin Kim Dong-moon Lee Dong-soo Park Sung-woo Yoo Yong-sung |
  | Men's team details | Indonesia Tony Gunawan Hendrawan Taufik Hidayat Tri Kusharjanto Rexy Mainaky Budi Santoso Ricky Subagja Candra Wijaya | China Chen Gang Dong Jiong Liu Yong Luo Yigang Sun Jun Yu Jinhao Zhang Jun Zhang Wei | Malaysia Chan Chong Ming Cheah Soon Thoe James Chua Jeremy Gan Roslin Hashim Pang Cheh Chang Wong Choong Hann Yong Hock Kin |
  | Women's singles details | Kanako Yonekura Japan | Gong Zhichao China | Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn Thailand |
  | Women's singles details | Kanako Yonekura Japan | Gong Zhichao China | Lee Joo-hyun South Korea |
  | Women's doubles details | China Ge Fei Gu Jun | Indonesia Eliza Nathanael Deyana Lomban | South Korea Ra Kyung-min Chung Jae-hee |
  | Women's doubles details | China Ge Fei Gu Jun | Indonesia Eliza Nathanael Deyana Lomban | China Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian |
  | Women's team details | China Dai Yun Ge Fei Gong Zhichao Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian Ye Zhaoying Zhang Ning | South Korea Chung Jae-hee Kim Ji-hyun Kim Shin-young Lee Joo-hyun Lee Kyung-won Lee Soon-deuk Ra Kyung-min Yim Kyung-jin | Japan Takako Ida Saori Ito Yoshiko Iwata Haruko Matsuda Yasuko Mizui Kanako Yonekura |
  | Women's team details | China Dai Yun Ge Fei Gong Zhichao Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian Ye Zhaoying Zhang Ning | South Korea Chung Jae-hee Kim Ji-hyun Kim Shin-young Lee Joo-hyun Lee Kyung-won Lee Soon-deuk Ra Kyung-min Yim Kyung-jin | Indonesia Mia Audina Carmelita Indarti Issolina Cindana Hartono Kusuma Deyana Lomban Meiluawati Eliza Nathanael Minarti Timur |
  | Mixed doubles details | South Korea Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min | South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin | Indonesia Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur |
  | Mixed doubles details | South Korea Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min | South Korea Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin | China Zhang Jun Qin Yiyuan |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
  | 2 | Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
  | 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  A total of 132 athletes from 14 nations competed in badminton at the 1998 Asian Games:
  
  * Cambodia (2)
  * China (16)
  * Chinese Taipei (16)
  * Hong Kong (10)
  * India (1)
  * Indonesia (16)
  * Iran (4)
  * Japan (11)
  * Malaysia (16)
  * Pakistan (2)
  * Philippines (4)
  * South Korea (16)
  * Sri Lanka (2)
  * Thailand (16)
  