Men's decathlon at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	17–18 December
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Oleg Veretelnikov    Uzbekistan   Ramil Ganiyev    Uzbekistan   Toru Yasui    Japan
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Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
10,000 m walk		women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's decathlon competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 17 and 18 December at the Thammasat Stadium.^[1]

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

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish
• DNS — Did not start
• NM — No mark

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes
1	1	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	10.77	912
2	1	Toru Yasui (JPN)	11.04	852
3	2	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	11.10	838
4	2	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	11.15	827
5	1	David Yimsumruay (THA)	11.22	812
6	2	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	11.37	780
7	1	Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT)	11.42	769
8	1	Song Shulin (CHN)	11.43	767
8	2	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	11.43	767
10	2	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	11.55	742
11	1	Ali Feizi (IRI)	11.63	725
12	2	Kim Tae-keun (KOR)	11.76	699

Rank	Athlete	Result	Points	Notes
1	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	7.66	975
2	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	7.58	955
3	Toru Yasui (JPN)	7.24	871
4	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	7.08	833
5	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	7.04	823
6	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	7.00	814
7	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	6.99	811
8	Song Shulin (CHN)	6.95	802
9	David Yimsumruay (THA)	6.70	743
10	Ali Feizi (IRI)	6.58	716
—	Kim Tae-keun (KOR)	NM	0
—	Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT)	NM	0

Rank	Athlete	Result	Points	Notes
1	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	14.37	751
2	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	14.34	749
3	Song Shulin (CHN)	14.33	749
4	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	14.23	742
5	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	13.22	681
6	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	12.59	642
7	Ali Feizi (IRI)	12.25	622
8	David Yimsumruay (THA)	11.96	604
9	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	11.87	599
10	Toru Yasui (JPN)	11.56	580
—	Kim Tae-keun (KOR)	DNS
—	Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT)	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Result	Points	Notes
1	Song Shulin (CHN)	2.04	840
2	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	2.01	813
3	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	2.01	813
4	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	1.98	785
5	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	1.98	785
6	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	1.95	758
7	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	1.95	758
8	David Yimsumruay (THA)	1.92	731
9	Ali Feizi (IRI)	1.92	731
10	Toru Yasui (JPN)	1.86	679

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes
1	1	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	48.20	899
2	2	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	48.25	897
3	2	Toru Yasui (JPN)	49.21	851
4	2	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	50.53	790
5	1	Ali Feizi (IRI)	51.24	758
6	1	David Yimsumruay (THA)	51.63	741
7	2	Song Shulin (CHN)	52.17	717
8	2	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	52.59	699
9	1	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	52.68	695
10	1	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	53.83	647

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes
1	2	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	14.67	890
2	2	Toru Yasui (JPN)	14.70	886
3	2	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	14.97	853
4	2	Song Shulin (CHN)	15.01	848
5	1	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	15.07	841
6	1	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	15.12	835
7	1	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	15.42	799
8	1	Ali Feizi (IRI)	15.94	740
9	2	David Yimsumruay (THA)	16.21	709
10	1	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	16.97	627

Rank	Athlete	Result	Points	Notes
1	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	43.07	727
2	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	42.07	707
3	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	42.02	706
4	Song Shulin (CHN)	41.76	700
5	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	39.15	647
6	David Yimsumruay (THA)	38.59	636
7	Toru Yasui (JPN)	37.39	612
8	Ali Feizi (IRI)	36.51	594
9	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	36.27	589
10	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	30.44	473

Rank	Athlete	Result	Points	Notes
1	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	5.20	972
2	Toru Yasui (JPN)	5.00	910
3	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	4.70	819
3	Song Shulin (CHN)	4.70	819
3	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	4.70	819
6	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	4.50	760
7	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	4.30	702
8	David Yimsumruay (THA)	4.20	673
9	Ali Feizi (IRI)	4.10	645
—	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	NM	0

Rank	Athlete	Result	Points	Notes
1	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	64.97	813
2	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	64.68	808
3	Toru Yasui (JPN)	59.95	737
4	Song Shulin (CHN)	58.13	710
5	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	57.11	694
6	Ali Feizi (IRI)	57.08	694
7	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	52.49	626
8	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	51.98	618
9	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	49.03	574
10	David Yimsumruay (THA)	47.85	557

Rank	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes
1	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	4:25.71	773
2	Ali Feizi (IRI)	4:27.52	761
3	David Yimsumruay (THA)	4:40.62	676
4	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	4:42.32	666
5	Toru Yasui (JPN)	4:47.39	634
6	Song Shulin (CHN)	4:53.50	598
7	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	4:59.49	563
8	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	5:09.86	504
9	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	5:10.17	503
—	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	DNS

Rank	Athlete	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110mH	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Total	Notes
	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	912	955	749	785	897	853	727	819	808	773	8278	GR
	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	838	975	751	813	790	890	707	972	618	503	7857
	Toru Yasui (JPN)	852	871	580	679	851	886	612	910	737	634	7612
4	Song Shulin (CHN)	767	802	749	840	717	848	700	819	710	598	7550
5	Hitoshi Maruono (JPN)	780	811	681	785	699	835	647	819	813	563	7433
6	Ivan Yarkin (KAZ)	742	823	742	813	695	841	706	702	694	666	7424
7	Kim Sang-ryong (PRK)	827	814	642	758	899	799	589	760	574	504	7166
8	Ali Feizi (IRI)	725	716	622	731	758	740	594	645	694	761	6986
9	David Yimsumruay (THA)	812	743	604	731	741	709	636	673	557	676	6882
—	Viravut Jampatong (THA)	767	833	599	758	647	627	473	0	626	DNS	DNF
—	Kim Tae-keun (KOR)	699	0	DNS								DNF
—	Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT)	769	0	DNS								DNF

• Results