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

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	15–17 December
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Hideaki Kawamura    Japan   Yoshihiko Saito    Japan   Chen Tien-wen    Chinese Taipei

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games

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	Notes
	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.

External links

• Results