At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 16–21 September 1998.

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

Participation

• 🇦🇮 (3) • 🇦🇬 (4) • 🇦🇺 (74) • (9) • (8) • (2) • (2) • (8) • (3) • 🇨🇲 (11) • 🇨🇦 (55) • 🇨🇰 (1) • 🇨🇾 (6) • 🇩🇲 (1) • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (120) • 🇫🇰 (1) • (16) • (7) • 🇬🇭 (11) • (1) • (4) • 🇯🇲 (27) • 🇰🇪 (30) • 🇱🇸 Lesotho (8) • (2) • (36) • 🇲🇻 (6) • 🇲🇹 (1) • (13) • 🇲🇸 (4) • 🇲🇿 (3) • 🇳🇦 (13) • 🇳🇷 (1) • 🇳🇿 (28) • 🇳🇫 (2) • (12) • 🇵🇰 (4) • 🇵🇬 (1) • (1) • 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia (2) • (5) • (3) • (18) • (5) • 🇸🇱 (9) • (2) • (2) • (30) • (6) • 🇸🇿 Swaziland (2) • (7) • 🇹🇴 (3) • (5) • 🇹🇨 (3) • 🇺🇬 (8) • (3) • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (22) • (5) • (11)