Men's marathon at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	20 December
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Lee Bong-ju    South Korea   Akira Manai    Japan   Kim Jung-won    North Korea
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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 marathon competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 20 December.^[1]

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

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Lee Bong-ju (KOR)	2:12:32
	Akira Manai (JPN)	2:13:25
	Kim Jung-won (PRK)	2:16:30
4	Tsutomu Sassa (JPN)	2:20:15
5	Suyono Bejo Atmojo (INA)	2:26:49
6	Nazirdin Ahylhekor (KGZ)	2:29:38
7	Meechai Choochip (THA)	2:30:48
8	Jirattikarn Boonma (THA)	2:34:16
9	Waris Masih (PAK)	2:37:54
10	Lam Weng Hei (MAC)	2:49:51
—	Laxman Adhikari (NEP)	DNF
—	Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE)	DNF
—	Ram Bahadur Basnet (NEP)	DNF
—	Kim Yi-yong (KOR)	DNF
—	Sok Sao (CAM)	DNF

• Results