| Event: | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Games: | 1998 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Thammasat Stadium |
| Dates: | 15–17 December |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | Hideaki Kawamura |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Yoshihiko Saito |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Chen Tien-wen |
| Bronzenoc: | TPE |
| Prev: | 1994 |
| Next: | 2002 |
See 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.[1]
All times are Indochina Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=150 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 15 December 1998 | 17:40 | Heats | |||
| Thursday, 17 December 1998 | 15:40 | Final |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49.92 | Q | |||||
| 2 | 50.15 | Q | |||||
| 3 | 51.23 | Q | |||||
| 4 | 51.41 | q | |||||
| 5 | 51.81 | q | |||||
| 6 | 51.94 |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50.36 | Q | |||||
| 2 | Q | ||||||
| 3 | 51.21 | Q | |||||
| 4 | 51.85 | ||||||
| 5 | 52.00 |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.59 | |||||||
| 49.94 | |||||||
| 50.46 | |||||||
| 4 | 50.85 | ||||||
| 5 | 50.93 | ||||||
| 6 | 51.04 | ||||||
| — | DNF | ||||||
| DQ |