Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1998 Asian Games
Men's 100 metre backstroke ; at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Aquatic Center
Date	11 December 1998
Competitors	22 from 16 nations
Medalists

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.^[1]

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

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

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

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