Table tennis at the 1998 Asian Games

Table tennis was contested in the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to December 20, 1998. China maintained its dominance in the event and won total nine medals, with six golds. Kim Taek-Soo of South Korea was the only non-Chinese player who won a gold medal, and with his medal South Korea finished second in medal table, with total eight medals. North Korea and Hong Kong both achieved one silver and one bronze, and finished tied at a third spot in a medal table rankings.^[1]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Kim Taek-soo South Korea	Liu Guoliang China	Oh Sang-eun South Korea
Men's singles	Kim Taek-soo South Korea	Liu Guoliang China	Kong Linghui China
Men's doubles	China Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	South Korea Lee Chul-seung Oh Sang-eun	Chinese Taipei Wu Wen-chia Kuo Chih-hsiang
Men's doubles	China Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	South Korea Lee Chul-seung Oh Sang-eun	Chinese Taipei Chiang Peng-lung Chang Yen-shu
Men's team	China Liu Guoliang Kong Linghui Wang Liqin Yan Sen	South Korea Lee Chul-seung Park Sang-joon Kim Taek-soo Oh Sang-eun	Japan Hiroshi Shibutani Seiko Iseki Toshio Tasaki Ryo Yuzawa
Men's team	China Liu Guoliang Kong Linghui Wang Liqin Yan Sen		Chinese Taipei Chiang Peng-lung Chang Yen-shu Wu Wen-chia Kuo Chih-hsiang
Women's singles	Wang Nan China	Li Ju China	Chen Jing Chinese Taipei
Women's singles	Wang Nan China	Li Ju China	Ryu Ji-hae South Korea
Women's doubles	China Li Ju Wang Nan	Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui Song Ah Sim	South Korea Ryu Ji-hae Lee Eun-sil
Women's doubles	China Li Ju Wang Nan	Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui Song Ah Sim	Chinese Taipei Xu Jing Chen Chiu-tan
Women's team	China Li Ju Wu Na Wang Nan Yang Ying	North Korea Kim Hyon-hui Wi Bok-sun Tu Jong-sil Kim Hyang-mi	South Korea Park Hae-jung Ryu Ji-hae Kim Moo-kyo Lee Eun-sil
Women's team	China Li Ju Wu Na Wang Nan Yang Ying		Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui Song Ah Sim Tong Wun Wong Ching
Mixed doubles	China Wang Liqin Wang Nan	South Korea Oh Sang-eun Kim Moo-kyo	North Korea Kim Song-hui Kim Hyon-hui
Mixed doubles	China Wang Liqin Wang Nan	South Korea Oh Sang-eun Kim Moo-kyo	Japan Ryo Yuzawa Keiko Okazaki

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	6	2	1	9
2	South Korea	1	3	4	8
3	Hong Kong	0	1	1	2
3	North Korea	0	1	1	2
4	Chinese Taipei	0	0	5	5
5	Japan	0	0	2	2
Total		7	7	14	28

References

↑ "Table tennis – Past Medals". doha-2006.com (2006 Asian Games' official website). Wayback Machine. November 26, 2006. Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

Events at the 1998 Asian Games (Bangkok)

Table tennis at the Asian Games

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List of medalists

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