Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 1998 Asian Games
Men's 50 metre freestyle ; at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Aquatic Center
Date	11 December 1998
Competitors	37 from 22 nations
Medalists
	← 1994 2002 →

The men's 50 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 11 December at the Thammasat Aquatic Center.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

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	Notes
1	5	Jiang Chengji (CHN)	22.68	GR
2	5	Tomohiro Yamanoi (JPN)	23.35
3	5	Kim Min-suk (KOR)	23.55
4	3	Sergey Borisenko (KAZ)	23.82
5	4	Ravil Nachaev (UZB)	23.83
6	4	Zhao Lifeng (CHN)	23.92
7	1	Huang Chih-yung (TPE)	23.94
8	3	Hirosuke Hamano (JPN)	24.03
9	4	Harbeth Fu (HKG)	24.25
9	4	Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA)	24.25
9	4	Arthur Li (HKG)	24.25
12	4	Sebastian Xavier (IND)	24.41
13	1	Chen Yi-chung (TPE)	24.49
14	4	Fergus Kuek (SIN)	24.55
15	3	Park Kyong-ho (KOR)	24.69
16	3	Kenneth Goh (SIN)	24.89
17	3	Khuwaiter Al-Dhaheri (UAE)	25.18
18	5	Sandeep Kakkar (IND)	25.24
19	2	Tang Chon Kit (MAC)	25.29
20	5	Nayef Al-Hasawi (KUW)	25.60
21	2	Ayoub Al-Mas (UAE)	25.70
22	2	Farshid Karami (IRI)	25.74
23	5	Ghefari Dulapandan (SRI)	25.87
24	5	Kazi Monirul Islam (BAN)	25.96
25	3	Hamid Reza Mobarrez (IRI)	25.97
26	2	Tai Ka Kin (MAC)	26.14
27	4	Gihan Ranatunga (SRI)	26.41
28	2	Abdulla Al-Mahmoud (QAT)	26.67
29	2	Mussaad Razouki (KUW)	26.72
30	1	Trần Xuân Hiền (VIE)	27.01
31	2	Hem Kiry (CAM)	27.86
32	2	Chitra Bahadur Gurung (NEP)	28.29
—	1	Gürsediin Bayasgalan (MGL)	DNS
—	1	G. Mönkhbayar (MGL)	DNS
—	3	Igor Sitnikov (KAZ)	DNS
—	3	Jatupat Sarikaputra (THA)	DNS
—	5	Raymond Papa (PHI)	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Harbeth Fu (HKG)	23.80
2	Arthur Li (HKG)	23.82
3	Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA)	24.03
4	Kenneth Goh (SIN)	24.10
5	Sebastian Xavier (IND)	24.12
6	Fergus Kuek (SIN)	24.41
7	Chen Yi-chung (TPE)	24.51
8	Park Kyong-ho (KOR)	24.68

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Jiang Chengji (CHN)	22.38	GR
	Tomohiro Yamanoi (JPN)	23.26
	Hirosuke Hamano (JPN)	23.43
4	Ravil Nachaev (UZB)	23.49
5	Kim Min-suk (KOR)	23.54
6	Zhao Lifeng (CHN)	23.72
7	Huang Chih-yung (TPE)	23.77
7	Sergey Borisenko (KAZ)	23.77