Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 15–17 December at the Thammasat Stadium.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 15 December 1998 | 17:40 | Heats |
| Thursday, 17 December 1998 | 15:40 | Final |

## Results

### Legend

* DNF — Did not finish

### Heats

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

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hideaki Kawamura (JPN) | 49.92 | Q |
| 2 | Chen Tien-wen (TPE) | 50.15 | Q |
| 3 | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | 51.23 | Q |
| 4 | Harijan Ratnayake (SRI) | 51.41 | q |
| 5 | Wirat Sarad (THA) | 51.81 | q |
| 6 | Hamid Reza Fardinpour (IRI) | 51.94 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 50.36 | Q |
| 2 | Abdullah Sabt Ghulam (UAE) | 50.92 | Q |
| 3 | Zahirudin Al-Najem (SYR) | 51.21 | Q |
| 4 | Jirachai Linglom (THA) | 51.85 | |
| 5 | Lin Chin-fu (TPE) | 52.00 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Hideaki Kawamura (JPN) | 49.59 |
| | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 49.94 |
| | Chen Tien-wen (TPE) | 50.46 |
| 4 | Wirat Sarad (THA) | 50.85 |
| 5 | Harijan Ratnayake (SRI) | 50.93 |
| 6 | Zahirudin Al-Najem (SYR) | 51.04 |
| — | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | DNF |
| DQ | Abdullah Sabt Ghulam (UAE) | 51.51 |

* Abdullah Sabt Ghulam of the United Arab Emirates originally finished 7th, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Ephedrine.
