Table tennis at the 1998 Asian Games

Table tennis was contested in the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 8 to December 16, 1998. China maintained its dominance in the event and won total nine medals, with six golds. Kim Taek-soo of South Korea was the only non-Chinese player who won a gold medal, and with his medal South Korea finished second in medal table, with total eight medals. North Korea and Hong Kong both achieved one silver and one bronze, and finished tied at a third spot in a medal table rankings.^[1]

Table tennis at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 5
Dates	8–16 December 1998
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Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Kim Taek-soo  South Korea	Liu Guoliang  China	Oh Sang-eun  South Korea
			Kong Linghui  China
Men's doubles	China Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	South Korea Lee Chul-seung Oh Sang-eun	Chinese Taipei Wu Wen-chia Kuo Chih-hsiang
			Chinese Taipei Chiang Peng-lung Chang Yen-shu
Men's team details	China Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Wang Liqin Yan Sen Zhang Yong	South Korea Kim Taek-soo Lee Chul-seung Oh Sang-eun Park Sang-joon	Japan Seiko Iseki Hiroshi Shibutani Toshio Tasaki Ryo Yuzawa
			Chinese Taipei Chang Yen-shu Chiang Peng-lung Chuang Chih-yuan Kuo Chih-hsiang Wu Wen-chia
Women's singles	Wang Nan  China	Li Ju  China	Chen Jing  Chinese Taipei
			Ryu Ji-hye  South Korea
Women's doubles	China Li Ju Wang Nan	Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui Song Ah Sim	South Korea Ryu Ji-hye Lee Eun-sil
			Chinese Taipei Xu Jing Chen Chiu-tan
Women's team	China Li Ju Wang Nan Wu Na Yang Ying Zhang Yining	North Korea Kim Hyang-mi Kim Hyon-hui Tu Jong-sil Wi Bok-sun	South Korea Kim Moo-kyo Lee Eun-sil Lee Kyoung-sun Park Hae-jung Ryu Ji-hye
			Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui Song Ah Sim Tong Wun Wong Ching
Mixed doubles	China Wang Liqin Wang Nan	South Korea Oh Sang-eun Kim Moo-kyo	North Korea Kim Song-hui Kim Hyon-hui
			Japan Ryo Yuzawa Keiko Okazaki

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	6	2	1	9
2	South Korea (KOR)	1	3	4	8
3	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	1	2
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	1	2
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	5	5
6	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	14	28