Iran at the 1998 Asian Games
Iran participated in the 1998 Asian Games held in the capital city of Bangkok. This country is ranked 7th with 10 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.
Competitors
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | |||
| Aquatics, Swimming | |||
| Aquatics, Water polo | |||
| Archery | |||
| Athletics | 8 | 8 | |
| Badminton | 4 | 4 | |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | |
| Boxing | 10 | 10 | |
| Canoeing, Sprint | |||
| Cycling, Road | 4 | 4 | |
| Cycling, Track | |||
| Equestrian | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Fencing | |||
| Football | 20 | 20 | |
| Gymnastics, Artistic | |||
| Handball | |||
| Judo | 7 | 7 | |
| Karate | 5 | 5 | |
| Shooting | |||
| Squash | 2 | 2 | |
| Table tennis | 3 | 3 | |
| Taekwondo | 6 | 6 | |
| Tennis | 3 | 3 | |
| Volleyball, Beach | 2 | 2 | |
| Weightlifting | 8 | 8 | |
| Wrestling | 16 | 16 | |
| Wushu | 7 | 7 | |
| Total |
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
Results by event
Aquatics
Diving
MenSwimming
;MenWater polo
MenArchery
MenAthletics
;Men| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Abbas Samimi | Discus throw | 54.80 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Total | Rank |
| Ali Feizi | Decathlon | 11.63 725 | 6.58 716 | 12.25 622 | 1.92 731 | 51.24 758 | 15.94 740 | 36.51 594 | 4.10 645 | 57.08 694 | 4:27.52 761 | 6986 | 8 |
Badminton
;MenBasketball
MenBoxing
;MenCanoeing
Men| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
| Elias Eghlimi Mahmoud Zarinderakht | C2 1000 metres | Did not advance | 10 |
| Hossein Fathalizadeh | K1 500 metres | Disqualified | – |
| Alireza Mohammadi | K1 1000 metres | Did not advance | EL |
| Mohsen Milad Alireza Sohrabian | K2 500 metres | 1:52.11 | 6 |
| Nader Hedayati Alireza Mohammadi | K2 1000 metres | 4:04.11 | 5 |
| Hossein Fathalizadeh Nader Hedayati Mohsen Milad Alireza Sohrabian | K4 1000 metres | 3:26.54 | 5 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
| Farahnaz Amir-Shaghaghi Fatemeh Bibak Negin Farjad Tehrani Fariba Khaledi Ramona Lazar | K1 500 metres | Did not advance | EL |
| Farahnaz Amir-Shaghaghi Fatemeh Bibak Negin Farjad Tehrani Fariba Khaledi Ramona Lazar | K2 500 metres | Did not advance | EL |
| Farahnaz Amir-Shaghaghi Fatemeh Bibak Negin Farjad Tehrani Fariba Khaledi Ramona Lazar | K4 500 metres | Did not advance | EL |
Cycling
Road
;Men| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Mehran Esmaeili | Road race | 4:44:17 | 18 |
| Ahad Kazemi | Road race | 4:41:21 | 9 |
| Ahad Kazemi | Individual time trial | 1:07:07.96 | 16 |
| Majid Nasseri | Road race | 4:44:17 | 17 |
| Ghader Mizbani | Individual time trial | 1:03:16.94 |
Track
MenEquestrian
JumpingFencing
MenFootball
MenGymnastics
Artistic
Men| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Mahmoud Arab | Individual all-around | 47.175 | 21 |
| Mahan Bajrang | Individual all-around | 48.750 | 19 |
| Mohammad Hadi Ghasemi | Individual all-around | 46.650 | 22 |
| Mahmoud Arab Mahan Bajrang Arman Bakhtiarian Mohammad Hadi Ghasemi Gholamreza Alizadeh | Team | 186.450 | 8 |
Handball
MenJudo
Men| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
| Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh | –60 kg | Did not advance | 13 |
| Arash Miresmaeili | –66 kg | 3rd place match HwangW | |
| Behrouz Parhizgar | –73 kg | Did not advance | EL |
| Kazem Sarikhani | –81 kg | 3rd place match SolankiW | |
| Ali Chamanpa | –90 kg | Did not advance | 7 |
| Farhad Maabi | –100 kg | 3rd place match SergeevW | |
| Mahmoud Miran |  ShinoharaL |
Karate
Men's kumite| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Majid Abolhassani | 65 kg |  Al-FarranW 6–0 |  LeiW 6–1 | Narazaki L 5–6 | 3rd place match DoL 3–6 | 5 |
| Mehdi Amouzadeh | 70 kg |  MarianoW 1–0 |  SomchaichanaW 3–0 | Shiina W 6–2 |  MuniandyL 1–6 | |
| Alireza Katiraei | 75 kg | Roldan W 6–0 |  AliW 5–0 | Arivalagan W 3–0 | Niki W 1–0 | |
| Ali Shaterzadeh |  ChuW 4–1 |  SyariefW 4–3 | Khajaisornsit W |  Al-HamadL 1–6 |
Men's kata
Shooting
MenWomen
Squash
;MenTable tennis
MenTaekwondo
;MenTennis
MenVolleyball
Beach
MenWeightlifting
;Men| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Mehdi Panzvan | 56 kg | 122.5 | 145.0 | 267.5 | |
| Mehran Azari | 77 kg | 147.5 | 180.0 | 327.5 | 9 |
| Mohammad Hossein Barkhah | 77 kg | 155.0 | 197.5 | 352.5 | |
| Shahin Nassirinia | 85 kg | 170.0 | 210.0 | 380.0 | |
| Kourosh Bagheri | 94 kg | 175.0 | 202.5 | 377.5 | |
| Kamal Mousavi | 105 kg | 170.0 | 205.0 | 375.0 | 6 |
| Hossein Tavakkoli | 105 kg | 175.0 | 215.0 | 390.0 | 5 |
| Hossein Rezazadeh | +105 kg | 187.5 | 227.5 | 415.0 |
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | Rank |
| Behnam Tayyebi | 54 kg | W 3–2 | W 3–0 | W 8–5 | L 2–3 | ||
| Mohammad Talaei | 58 kg | W 8–0 | L 2–3 | Repechage W 3–2 | Repechage W 9–0 | 3rd place match W 5–2 | |
| Mehdi Kaveh | 63 kg | W 8–0 | W 4–3 | L 0–7 | Repechage L 2–3 | Did not advance | 6 |
| Amir Tavakkolian | 69 kg | W 3–1 | W 4–2 | W 9–0 | W 2–1 | ||
| Pejman Dorostkar | 76 kg | W 3–2 | W 0–0 | L 0–2 | Repechage L 0–3 | Did not advance | 5 |
| Alireza Heidari | 85 kg | W Fall | W 1–1 | W 13–9 | W 5–3 | ||
| Abbas Jadidi | 97 kg | W 10–0 | Bye | W 4–0 | W 3–0 | ||
| Alireza Rezaei | 130 kg | W 4–0 | Bye | W 10–0 | W 2–0 |
;Men's Greco-Roman
Wushu
;Men's taolu| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Mohammad Hossein Farshbaf | Changquan | 27.48 | 13 |
| Habib Zareei | Changquan | 26.99 | 17 |
;Men's sanda