Handball at the 1998 Asian Games

Handball at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 3 Srinakharinwirot University
Date	7–16 December
Nations	9
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The Handball events at the 1998 Asian Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand between December 7 and December 16, 1998. South Korea dominated the competition by winning both gold medals.

Schedule[]

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	South Korea Baek Sang-suh Cho Bum-yun Choi Hyun-ho Han Kyung-tai Jung Kang-wook Kim Sung-heon Lee Jae-woo Lee Suik-houng Paek Won-chul Park Jung-jin Yoon Kyung-min Yoon Kyung-shin	Kuwait Qaied Al-Adwani Adel Al-Kahham Khaldoun Al-Khashti Khaled Al-Mulla	Japan Yukihiro Hashimoto
Women details	South Korea Han Sun-hee Huh Soon-young Kim Eun-mi Kim Hyang-ki Kim Hyun-ok Kwag Hye-jeong Lee Nam-soo Lee Sang-eun Oh Yong-ran	North Korea	Japan Mineko Tanaka

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	0	2
2	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
4	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Draw[]

Final standing[]

Men[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	5	5	0	0
	Kuwait	5	3	1	1
	Japan	5	3	1	1
4	Iran	5	2	0	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2
6	China	4	1	0	3
7	Qatar	4	1	0	3
8	Thailand	4	0	0	4

Women[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	5	5	0	0
	North Korea	5	4	0	1
	Japan	5	2	1	2
4	China	5	2	1	2
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4
6	Thailand	5	0	0	5

References[]

• Results – Men
• Results – Women
• Japan Handball Federation

External links[]

• Asian Handball Federation