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

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.

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Aquatic Center
Date	11 December 1998
Competitors	22 from 16 nations
Medalists
Alex Lim    Malaysia   Fu Yong    China   Raymond Papa    Philippines

Main article: Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 11 December 1998	09:00	Heats
	18:00	Finals

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
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

Finals

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
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

Final A

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

External links

• Official website