Rugby union at the 1998 Asian Games

Rugby union at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Royal Thai Army Stadium
Dates	7–18 December
Nations	7
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Rugby (Sevens and Union) was one of the many sports which was held at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 7 to December 18, 1998.

Schedule[]

Medalists[]

Union[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	South Korea	Japan Shin Hasegawa Takafumi Hirao Keiji Hirose Masami Horikoshi Takeomi Ito Masahiro Kunda Tsutomu Matsuda Yukio Motoki Wataru Murata Ko Nakamura Naoto Nakamura Kohei Oguchi Daisuke Ohata Masaaki Sakata Yoshihiko Sakuraba Hiroyuki Tanuma	Chinese Taipei

Sevens[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	South Korea	Japan Takafumi Hirao Keiji Hirose Takeomi Ito Tsutomu Matsuda Yukio Motoki Wataru Murata Ko Nakamura Daisuke Ohata Hiroyuki Tanuma	Thailand

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	0	2
2	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
3	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Final standing[]

Union[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	4	4	0	0
	Japan	4	3	0	1
	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	2
4	Sri Lanka	4	1	0	3
5	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2
5	Thailand	2	0	0	2

Sevens[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	5	5	0	0
	Japan	4	3	0	1
	Thailand	4	2	0	2
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	0	3
5	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2
6	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	3
7	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3

References[]

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