Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	17–18 December
Competitors	24 from 17 nations
Medalists
Koji Ito    Japan   Han Chaoming    China   Sugath Thilakaratne    Sri Lanka

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games

The men's 200 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 17–18 December at the Thammasat Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 17 December 1998	14:50	Heats
	17:00	Semifinals
Friday, 18 December 1998	15:50	Final

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish

Heats

• Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Heat 1

• Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Koji Ito (JPN)	20.84	Q
2	Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMA)	21.16	Q
3	Ekkachai Janthana (THA)	21.28	Q
4	Yin Hanzhao (CHN)	21.32	Q
5	Md Shafiqul Islam (BAN)	21.69	q
6	Lương Tích Thiện (VIE)	22.04
7	Ho Kwan Lung (HKG)	22.60
8	Kong Bona (CAM)	23.00

Heat 2

• Wind: +1.1 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Tao Wu-shiun (TPE)	20.95	Q
2	Mohamed Al-Houti (OMA)	21.07	Q
3	Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT)	21.25	Q
4	Worasit Vechaphut (THA)	21.29	Q
5	William To (HKG)	21.44	q
6	Lei Vai Kun (MAC)	22.00
7	Ram Krishna Chaudhari (NEP)	22.21
8	Thongdy Amnouayphone (LAO)	22.29

Heat 3

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)	20.76	Q
2	Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI)	20.81	Q
3	Han Chaoming (CHN)	20.85	Q
4	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	20.89	Q
5	Hiroyasu Tsuchie (JPN)	21.08	q
6	Mohamed Mahbub Alam (BAN)	21.65	q
7	Mohamed Al-Aswad (UAE)	21.73
8	Muhammad Riaz (PAK)	22.23

Semifinals

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)	20.66	Q
2	Han Chaoming (CHN)	20.68	Q
3	Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI)	20.69	Q
4	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	20.70	q
5	Hiroyasu Tsuchie (JPN)	20.98	q
6	Mohamed Al-Houti (OMA)	21.08
7	Ekkachai Janthana (THA)	21.37
8	Md Shafiqul Islam (BAN)	21.85

Heat 2

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Koji Ito (JPN)	20.41	Q
2	Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMA)	21.05	Q
3	Tao Wu-shiun (TPE)	21.06	Q
4	Worasit Vechaphut (THA)	21.12
5	Yin Hanzhao (CHN)	21.17
6	Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT)	21.39
7	William To (HKG)	21.65
—	Mohamed Mahbub Alam (BAN)	DNF

Final

• Wind: −0.4 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Koji Ito (JPN)	20.25	GR
	Han Chaoming (CHN)	20.70
	Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI)	20.83
4	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	20.84
5	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)	20.90
6	Tao Wu-shiun (TPE)	21.16
7	Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMA)	21.18
8	Hiroyasu Tsuchie (JPN)	21.31

References

• Results (archived)
• Results