Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 11 December at the Thammasat Aquatic Center.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 11 December 1998 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Friday, 11 December 1998 | 18:00 | Finals |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Jiang Chengji (CHN) | 22.68 | GR |
| 2 | 5 | Tomohiro Yamanoi (JPN) | 23.35 | |
| 3 | 5 | Kim Min-suk (KOR) | 23.55 | |
| 4 | 3 | Sergey Borisenko (KAZ) | 23.82 | |
| 5 | 4 | Ravil Nachaev (UZB) | 23.83 | |
| 6 | 4 | Zhao Lifeng (CHN) | 23.92 | |
| 7 | 1 | Huang Chih-yung (TPE) | 23.94 | |
| 8 | 3 | Hirosuke Hamano (JPN) | 24.03 | |
| 9 | 4 | Harbeth Fu (HKG) | 24.25 | |
| 9 | 4 | Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA) | 24.25 | |
| 9 | 4 | Arthur Li (HKG) | 24.25 | |
| 12 | 4 | Sebastian Xavier (IND) | 24.41 | |
| 13 | 1 | Chen Yi-chung (TPE) | 24.49 | |
| 14 | 4 | Fergus Kuek (SIN) | 24.55 | |
| 15 | 3 | Park Kyong-ho (KOR) | 24.69 | |
| 16 | 3 | Kenneth Goh (SIN) | 24.89 | |
| 17 | 3 | Khuwaiter Al-Dhaheri (UAE) | 25.18 | |
| 18 | 5 | Sandeep Kakkar (IND) | 25.24 | |
| 19 | 2 | Tang Chon Kit (MAC) | 25.29 | |
| 20 | 5 | Nayef Al-Hasawi (KUW) | 25.60 | |
| 21 | 2 | Ayoub Al-Mas (UAE) | 25.70 | |
| 22 | 2 | Farshid Karami (IRI) | 25.74 | |
| 23 | 5 | Ghefari Dulapandan (SRI) | 25.87 | |
| 24 | 5 | Kazi Monirul Islam (BAN) | 25.96 | |
| 25 | 3 | Hamid Reza Mobarrez (IRI) | 25.97 | |
| 26 | 2 | Tai Ka Kin (MAC) | 26.14 | |
| 27 | 4 | Gihan Ranatunga (SRI) | 26.41 | |
| 28 | 2 | Abdulla Al-Mahmoud (QAT) | 26.67 | |
| 29 | 2 | Mussaad Razouki (KUW) | 26.72 | |
| 30 | 1 | Trần Xuân Hiền (VIE) | 27.01 | |
| 31 | 2 | Hem Kiry (CAM) | 27.86 | |
| 32 | 2 | Chitra Bahadur Gurung (NEP) | 28.29 | |
| — | 1 | Gürsediin Bayasgalan (MGL) | DNS | |
| — | 1 | G. Mönkhbayar (MGL) | DNS | |
| — | 3 | Igor Sitnikov (KAZ) | DNS | |
| — | 3 | Jatupat Sarikaputra (THA) | DNS | |
| — | 5 | Raymond Papa (PHI) | DNS | |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Harbeth Fu (HKG) | 23.80 |
| 2 | Arthur Li (HKG) | 23.82 |
| 3 | Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA) | 24.03 |
| 4 | Kenneth Goh (SIN) | 24.10 |
| 5 | Sebastian Xavier (IND) | 24.12 |
| 6 | Fergus Kuek (SIN) | 24.41 |
| 7 | Chen Yi-chung (TPE) | 24.51 |
| 8 | Park Kyong-ho (KOR) | 24.68 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jiang Chengji (CHN) | 22.38 | GR |
| | Tomohiro Yamanoi (JPN) | 23.26 | |
| | Hirosuke Hamano (JPN) | 23.43 | |
| 4 | Ravil Nachaev (UZB) | 23.49 | |
| 5 | Kim Min-suk (KOR) | 23.54 | |
| 6 | Zhao Lifeng (CHN) | 23.72 | |
| 7 | Huang Chih-yung (TPE) | 23.77 | |
| 7 | Sergey Borisenko (KAZ) | 23.77 | |
