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

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 |
| Thursday, 17 December 1998 | 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 | |
