Cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games

Cue sports was contested at the Asian Games for the first time at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition took place from 6 to 19 December at the Land Sports Complex. The competition included only men's events.^[1]

Cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Land Sports Complex
Dates	6–19 December 1998
Competitors	123 from 21 nations
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There were ten events at the competition, Carom billiards, English billiards, Pool and Snooker.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Three-cushion singles details	Akio Shimada  Japan	Ryuji Umeda  Japan	Kim Jung-gyu  South Korea
English billiards singles details	Ashok Shandilya  India	Geet Sethi  India	Praprut Chaithanasakun  Thailand
English billiards doubles details	India Geet Sethi Ashok Shandilya	Thailand Praprut Chaithanasakun Mongkhon Kanfaklang	India Devendra Joshi Balachandra Bhaskar
Eight-ball singles details	Chao Fong-pang  Chinese Taipei	Tan Tiong Boon  Singapore	Kunihiko Takahashi  Japan
Eight-ball doubles details	Chinese Taipei Lai Chia-hsiung Chang Hao-ping	Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun Chao Fong-pang	Japan Kunihiko Takahashi Satoshi Kawabata
Nine-ball singles details	Yang Ching-shun  Chinese Taipei	Kunihiko Takahashi  Japan	Chao Fong-pang  Chinese Taipei
Nine-ball doubles details	Philippines Gandy Valle Romeo Villanueva	Chinese Taipei Lai Chia-hsiung Chang Hao-ping	Thailand Anan Terananon Worawit Suriyasriwan
Snooker singles details	Shokat Ali  Pakistan	Sam Chong  Malaysia	Chan Kwok Ming  Hong Kong
Snooker doubles details	Malaysia Sam Chong Ooi Chin Kay	Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun Noppadon Noppachorn	Pakistan Shokat Ali Saleh Mohammad
Snooker team details	Hong Kong Chan Kwok Ming Chan Wai Tat Marco Fu	Thailand Wattana Pu-ob-orm Phaitoon Phonbun Chuchart Trirattanapradit Noppadon Noppachorn	Pakistan Shokat Ali Farhan Mirza Saleh Mohammad

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	2	1	6
2	India (IND)	2	1	1	4
3	Japan (JPN)	1	2	2	5
4	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	0	2
5	Pakistan (PAK)	1	0	2	3
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	1	2
7	Philippines (PHI)	1	0	0	1
8	Thailand (THA)	0	3	2	5
9	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
10	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	10	30

Participating nations

A total of 123 athletes from 21 nations competed in cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games:

•  Bangladesh (3)
•  Brunei (3)
•  China (6)
•  Chinese Taipei (12)
•  Hong Kong (3)
•  India (14)
•  Japan (9)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Kuwait (6)
•  Macau (2)
•  Malaysia (10)
•  Mongolia (4)
•  Pakistan (4)
•  Philippines (8)
•  Singapore (7)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Sri Lanka (3)
•  Thailand (16)
•  United Arab Emirates (3)
•  Uzbekistan (5)
•  Vietnam (2)