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| Host city |  Doha, Qatar |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15–18 November 2008 |
| Main venue | Aspire Dome |
The 2008 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships were the 4th edition of the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Doha, Qatar from November 15 to November 18, 2008.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team |  Japan Naoyuki Terao Koji Yamamuro Yosuke Hoshi Shoichi Yamamoto Ryosuke Baba Go Tagashira |  South Korea Kim Soo-myun Ha Chang-ju Shin Hyung-ok Lee Sang-wook Kim Sang-woo Yoo Jin-wook |  North Korea Ro Chol-jin Kim Jin-hyok Ri Se-gwang Kim Kyong-hak Ri Chol-jin |
| Individual all-around | Koji Yamamuro Japan | Yosuke Hoshi Japan | Kim Soo-myun South Korea |
| Floor | Kim Soo-myun South Korea | Koji Yamamuro Japan | Ha Chang-ju South Korea |
| Pommel horse | Ha Chang-ju South Korea | Kim Soo-myun South Korea | Yosuke Hoshi Japan |
| Rings | Timur Kurbanbayev  Kazakhstan | Koji Yamamuro Japan | Ali Al-Asi  Jordan |
| Vault | Ri Se-gwang North Korea | Go Tagashira Japan | Stanislav Valiyev Kazakhstan |
| Parallel bars | Yosuke Hoshi Japan | Shared gold | Kim Jin-hyok North Korea |
| Ildar Valeyev Kazakhstan | |||
| Horizontal bar | Yosuke Hoshi Japan | Ryosuke Baba Japan | Ro Chol-jin North Korea |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Japan Koko Tsurumi Miki Uemura Yu Minobe Rie Tanaka Kyoko Oshima Yuko Shintake | South Korea Park Eun-kyung Han Byul Jo Hyun-joo Park Ha-yan Han Eun-bi Kim Da-eun |  Singapore Lim Heem Wei Nicole Tay Tabitha Tay Sarah Ng |
| Individual all-around | Koko Tsurumi Japan | Kim Un-hyang North Korea | Miki Uemura Japan |
| Vault | Kang Yong-mi North Korea | Angel Wong  Hong Kong | Phan Thị Hà Thanh  Vietnam |
| Uneven bars | Koko Tsurumi Japan | Kim Un-hyang North Korea | Miki Uemura Japan |
| Balance beam | Park Eun-kyung South Korea | Yu Minobe Japan | Kim Un-hyang North Korea |
| Floor | Koko Tsurumi Japan | Kim Un-hyang North Korea | Yuko Shintake Japan |
| Kang Yong-mi North Korea |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | North Korea | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 13 | 15 | 43 | |
129 athletes from 20 nations competed.
Chinese Taipei (8) Hong Kong (4)
India (12)
Iran (6)
Iraq (5) Japan (12) Jordan (3) Kazakhstan (7)
Kuwait (3)
Malaysia (4) North Korea (8) Qatar (2)
Saudi Arabia (2) Singapore (4) South Korea (12)
Sri Lanka (11)
Syria (6)
Thailand (10)
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