Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 100 metres
# Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 13–14 December at the Thammasat Stadium.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 13 December 1998 | 14:30 | Heats |
| Sunday, 13 December 1998 | 16:50 | Semifinals |
| Monday, 14 December 1998 | 16:15 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

* Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

**Heat 1**

* Wind: +2.8 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Koji Ito (JPN) | 10.03 | Q |
| 2 | Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) | 10.40 | Q |
| 3 | Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT) | 10.49 | Q |
| 4 | Tao Wu-shiun (TPE) | 10.50 | q |
| 5 | Chiang Wai Hung (HKG) | 10.63 | q |
| 6 | Lương Tích Thiện (VIE) | 10.67 | q |
| 7 | Mohamed Al-Maskari (OMA) | 10.72 | |

**Heat 2**

* Wind: +2.5 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yasukatsu Otsuki (JPN) | 10.33 | Q |
| 2 | Lin Wei (CHN) | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | Vissanu Sophanich (THA) | 10.47 | Q |
| 4 | Md Shafiqul Islam (BAN) | 10.79 | |
| 5 | Mohamed Al-Aswad (UAE) | 10.81 | |
| 6 | Kong Bona (CAM) | 11.31 | |

**Heat 3**

* Wind: +2.4 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Watson Nyambek (MAS) | 10.25 | Q |
| 2 | Vitaliy Medvedev (KAZ) | 10.30 | Q |
| 3 | William To (HKG) | 10.50 | Q |
| 4 | Mohamed Mahbub Alam (BAN) | 10.66 | q |
| 5 | Ram Krishna Chaudhari (NEP) | 10.84 | |
| 6 | Thongdy Amnouayphone (LAO) | 11.10 | |

**Heat 4**

* Wind: +3.1 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chintaka de Zoysa (SRI) | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | Reanchai Seeharwong (THA) | 10.28 | Q |
| 3 | Zhou Wei (CHN) | 10.28 | Q |
| 4 | Muhammad Riaz (PAK) | 10.95 | |
| 5 | Mohammad Chaaban (LIB) | 11.37 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Kozlov (TJK) | 12.17 | |

### Semifinals

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

**Heat 1**

* Wind: +2.4 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Watson Nyambek (MAS) | 10.20 | Q |
| 2 | Yasukatsu Otsuki (JPN) | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | Chintaka de Zoysa (SRI) | 10.34 | Q |
| 4 | Lin Wei (CHN) | 10.42 | |
| 5 | Vissanu Sophanich (THA) | 10.46 | |
| 6 | Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT) | 10.54 | |
| 7 | Chiang Wai Hung (HKG) | 10.67 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Mahbub Alam (BAN) | 10.82 | |

**Heat 2**

* Wind: +1.9 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Koji Ito (JPN) | 10.00 | Q, AR |
| 2 | Reanchai Seeharwong (THA) | 10.23 | Q |
| 3 | Vitaliy Medvedev (KAZ) | 10.31 | Q |
| 4 | Zhou Wei (CHN) | 10.34 | q |
| 5 | Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) | 10.36 | q |
| 6 | Tao Wu-shiun (TPE) | 10.41 | |
| 7 | William To (HKG) | 10.54 | |
| 8 | Lương Tích Thiện (VIE) | 10.66 | |

### Final

* Wind: +1.6 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Koji Ito (JPN) | 10.05 |
| | Reanchai Seeharwong (THA) | 10.31 |
| | Yasukatsu Otsuki (JPN) | 10.31 |
| 4 | Watson Nyambek (MAS) | 10.32 |
| 5 | Chintaka de Zoysa (SRI) | 10.39 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Medvedev (KAZ) | 10.40 |
| 7 | Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) | 10.41 |
| 8 | Zhou Wei (CHN) | 10.42 |
