Weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games

Weightlifting
at the 1998 Asian Games
Weightlifting ; at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thunder Dome
Dates	7–14 December 1998
Competitors	163 from 25 nations

The weightlifting competition took place from December 7 to December 14 at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok Land Sports Complex, Bangkok, Thailand.

Schedule

A	Group A

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Lan Shizhang China	Wang Shin-yuan Chinese Taipei	Mehdi Panzvan Iran
62 kg	Le Maosheng China	Dmitriy Lomakin Kazakhstan	Hiroshi Ikehata Japan
69 kg	Kim Hak-bong South Korea	Wan Jianhui China	Kim Myong-jung North Korea
77 kg	Zhan Xugang China	Mohammad Hossein Barkhah Iran	Sergey Filimonov Kazakhstan
85 kg	Shahin Nassirinia Iran	Yuan Aijun China	Bakhtiyor Nurullaev Uzbekistan
94 kg	Andrey Makarov Kazakhstan	Kourosh Bagheri Iran	Chun Yong-sung South Korea
105 kg	Cui Wenhua China	Anatoly Khrapaty Kazakhstan	Choi Jong-kun South Korea
+105 kg	Kim Tae-hyun South Korea	Igor Khalilov Uzbekistan	Hossein Rezazadeh Iran

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Liu Xiuhua China	Kay Thi Win Myanmar	Sri Indriyani Indonesia
53 kg	Yang Xia China	Li Feng-ying Chinese Taipei	Swe Swe Win Myanmar
58 kg	Chen Yanqing China	Ri Song-hui North Korea	Khassaraporn Suta Thailand
63 kg	Lei Li China	Karnam Malleswari India	Chen Jui-lien Chinese Taipei
69 kg	Sun Tianni China	Win Win Maw Myanmar	Wu Mei-yi Chinese Taipei
75 kg	Wei Xiangying China	Kim Soon-hee South Korea	Aye Mon Khin Myanmar
+75 kg	Ding Meiyuan China	Aye Aye Aung Myanmar	Chen Hsiao-lien Chinese Taipei


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	11	2	0	13
2	South Korea (KOR)	2	1	2	5
3	Iran (IRI)	1	2	2	5
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	2	1	4
5	Myanmar (MYA)	0	3	2	5
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	2	3	5
7	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	1	2
7	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	1	2
9	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
10	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		15	15	15	45

A total of 163 athletes from 25 nations competed in weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games: