| Event: | Rowing |
| Games: | 1998 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Map Prachan Reservoir |
| Dates: | 16–19 December 1998 |
| Competitors: | 156 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Prev: | 1994 |
| Next: | 2002 |
Rowing at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Map Prachan Reservoir, Chonburi Province, Thailand from December 16 to 19, 1998.
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| Single sculls | ||||
| Double sculls | Cui Yonghui Li Yang | Kazuaki Mimoto Daisaku Takeda | Kim Sun-yong Ri Kye-jun | |
| Coxless four | Zhang Binggui Nie Junliang Sun Jun Dai Haizhen | Shinpei Murai Yukuo Okamoto Tatsuya Mizutani Tatsunori Nishioka | Birbal Singh Tarlochan Singh Johnson Xavier Jagjit Singh | |
| Lightweight single sculls | ||||
| Lightweight double sculls | Gao Bingrong Liu Jian | Kazuaki Mimoto Daisaku Takeda | Ri Chol-jin Kim Song-chol | |
| Lightweight coxless four | Liu Zewu Zhou Guoyang Wang Xutao Mao Zhixing | Yoshitomo Kitanoue Atsushi Obata Hiroya Sato Kazushige Ura | B. K. K. Thankachan Rampal Singh Pappi Singh Kasam Khan |
| Single sculls | ||||
| Coxless four | Liu Lijuan Yang Limei Sun Guangxia Liu Xiaochun | Irina Dmitriyeva Natalya Orlova Vera Nabiyeva Vera Filimonova | Chen Li-chao Yu Chen-chun Feng Mei-hua Chiu Hui-chen | |
| Lightweight single sculls | ||||
| Lightweight double sculls | Fan Ruihua Ou Shaoyan | Akiko Iwamoto Yoshie Sugiyama | Ri Son-yong Mun Won-ok | |
| Lightweight quadruple sculls | Fan Ruihua Shen Senping Peng Ying Liu Bili | Aiko Asano Yoshie Sugiyama Junko Kano Akiko Iwamoto | Kim Mi-sun Rim Kum-suk Mun Won-ok Ri Son-yong |
A total of 156 athletes from 15 nations competed in rowing at the 1998 Asian Games: