India at the 1998 Asian Games

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)
	1951; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;

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

Total	7	11	17	35
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

Medalists

Gold (7)

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

Silver (11)

Bronze (17)

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athletes	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Event	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	—		3:41.58
Bahadur Prasad	5000 m	—				14:48.85	8
Gulab Chand	5000 m	—				13:59.20	4
Gulab Chand	10000 m	—				29:10.53
Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Paramjit Singh Jata Shankar	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.86	2 Q	—		3:02.62 SB

Field events

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

Women

Track & road events

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

Field events

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank
Neelam Jaswant Singh	Discus Throw	55.09
Swarnjeet Kaur	Discus Throw	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	1GK	Juje Siddi	(1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 25)	Salgaocar
2	2DF	K. V. Dhanesh	(1973-02-13)13 February 1973 (aged 25)	Kochin
3	2DF	Franky Barreto		East Bengal
4	2DF	Roberto Fernandez	(1971-11-02)2 November 1971 (aged 27)	Salgaocar
5	2DF	Jiju Jacob	(1967-12-25)25 December 1967 (aged 30)	State Bank of Travancore
6	3MF	Shanmugam Venkatesh	(1978-11-21)21 November 1978 (aged 20)	Salgaocar
7	3MF	Basudeb Mondal	(1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 24)	East Bengal
8	4FW	Syed Sabir Pasha	(1972-11-05)5 November 1972 (aged 26)	Indian Bank
9	4FW	Raman Vijayan	(1973-06-04)4 June 1973 (aged 25)	East Bengal
10	4FW	I. M. Vijayan	(1969-04-25)25 April 1969 (aged 29)	Mohun Bagan
11	3MF	Jo Paul Ancheri	(1975-08-02)2 August 1975 (aged 23)	Mohun Bagan
12	3MF	Debjit Ghosh	(1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (aged 24)	Mohun Bagan
13	1GK	Feroz Sherif	(1971-05-22)22 May 1971 (aged 27)	State Bank of Travancore
14	3MF	Carlton Chapman	(1971-04-13)13 April 1971 (aged 27)	East Bengal
15	4FW	Bhaichung Bhutia	(1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 21)	East Bengal
16	2DF	Anit Ghosh	(1977-03-24)24 March 1977 (aged 21)	East Bengal
17	4FW	Abdul Khalique		Bengal Mumbai
18	3MF	Tushar Rakshit	(1968-02-04)4 February 1968 (aged 30)	East Bengal
19	3MF	Shamsi Reza		Mahindra & Mahindra
21	1GK	Hemanta Dora	(1973-12-04)4 December 1973 (aged 25)	Mohun Bagan

Preliminary round

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

Source: RSSSF

3 December

15:30

Japan	1–0	India
Fukuda 55'

Trang Stadium, Trang

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

9 December

17:00

India	0–2	Uzbekistan
		Shkvyrin 35' Rahmonqulov 49'

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

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]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
3MF	Bentla D'Coth	(1969-05-29)29 May 1969 (aged 29)
1GK	Binshori Devi
2DF	Chaitali Devi
2DF	Chaoba Devi
2DF	Khambi Devi
2DF	Kumari Devi
4FW	Lokeshwari Devi
3MF	Oinam Bembem Devi	(1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 18)
1GK	Rabita Devi
4FW	S. Rani Devi
4FW	Tababi Devi
2DF	Ezhilarasi
4FW	Sujata Kar
4FW	Gurmeet Kaur
3MF	Gracye Pereira
2DF	Maria Rebello
3MF	Sradhanjali Samantaray	(1978-06-20)20 June 1978 (aged 20)
3MF	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

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

11 December

14:00

India	0–16	China

Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

References

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

[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.

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