Athletics at the 1978 Asian Games

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Athletics
at the 1978 Asian Games
Athletics pictogram.svg
Venue National Stadium
Dates14–19 December
  1974
1982  

The 1978 Asian Games were held in National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand from 14 December to 19 December. The event was not sanctioned by the International Amateur Athletics Federation due to the organizers' refusal to invite Israel.

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Medalists

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Suchart Jairsuraparp
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
10.44 Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran
Flag of India.svg  India
10.60 Suh Mal-gu
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
10.66
200 m
details
Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran
Flag of India.svg  India
21.42 Yasuhiro Harada
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
21.54 Anat Ratanapol
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
21.59
400 m
details
Abbas Laibi
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq
46.71 Uday Krishna Prabhu
Flag of India.svg  India
46.79 Murali Kuttan
Flag of India.svg  India
47.18
800 m
details
Sriram Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
1:48.8 Falah Naji
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq
1:49.7 Takashi Ishii
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
1:49.9
1500 m
details
Takashi Ishii
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
3:47.5 Muhammad Younis
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
3:48.0 Ratan Singh Bhadauria
Flag of India.svg  India
3:48.1
5000 m
details
Hari Chand
Flag of India.svg  India
14:22.0 Takao Nakamura
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
14:27.2 Cui Yulin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
14:28.1
10,000 m
details
Hari Chand
Flag of India.svg  India
30:07.7 Robert
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Burma
30:16.9 Ko Ko
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Burma
30:18.4
110 m hurdles
details
Wang Xunhua
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
14.28 Yoshifumi Fujimori
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
14.33 Satbir Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
14.43
400 m hurdles
details
Hassan Kadhim
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq
50.81
GR
Takashi Nagao
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
50.98 Talib Faisal
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq
51.24
3000 m steeplechase
details
Masanari Shintaku
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
8:40.7
GR
Gopal Saini
Flag of India.svg  India
8:44.8 Hitoshi Iwabuchi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
8:46.2
4 × 100 m relay
details
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Anat Ratanapol
Kanoksak Chaisanont
Suchart Jairsuraparp
Somsak Boontud
40.32Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Akira Harada
Yasuhiro Harada
Susumu Shimizu
Junichi Usui
40.33Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yuan Guoqiang
Zhao Jingyu
Fan Xinwen
Zou Zhenxian
40.54
4 × 400 m relay
details
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Eiji Natori
Yasuhiro Harada
Junichi Usui
Takashi Nagao
3:08.3Flag of India.svg  India
Murali Kuttan
Harkamaljit Singh
Uday Krishna Prabhu
Sriram Singh
3:08.4Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq
Talib Faisal
Abbas Laibi
Hassan Kadhim
Fahim Abdul-Sada
3:09.4
Marathon
details
Mineteru Sakamoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
2:15:29.7
GR
Choe Chang-sop
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
2:15:57.4 Koh Chun-son
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
2:16:10.3
20 km walk
details
Hakam Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
1:31:54.4
GR
Subramaniam Vellasamy
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
1:31:58.8 Khoo Chong Beng
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
1:33:56.8
High jump
details
Takao Sakamoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
2.20 Kazunori Koshikawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
2.18 Cui Hongjun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2.18
Pole vault
details
Tomomi Takahashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
5.10
GR
Chen Guanghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5.05 Yasuhiro Kigawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
5.00
Long jump
details
Suresh Babu
Flag of India.svg  India
7.85 Junichi Usui
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
7.76 Toshihisa Yoshimoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
7.75
Triple jump
details
Masami Nakanishi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
16.56
GR
Zou Zhenxian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
16.47 Zhou Jianguo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
16.29
Shot put
details
Bahadur Singh Chouhan
Flag of India.svg  India
17.61 Zhao Baoqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
17.44 Mohammad Al-Zinkawi
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
17.40
Discus throw
details
Li Weinan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
56.26 Li Jianguo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
55.26 Kiyotaka Kawasaki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
53.32
Hammer throw
details
Shigenobu Murofushi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
68.26
GR
Yoji Kitano
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
63.96 Ji Shaoming
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
63.34
Javelin throw
details
Shen Maomao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
79.24
GR
Toshihiko Takeda
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
71.60 Ding Penglin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
70.70
Decathlon
details
Hisashi Iwai
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
7003 Prapant Srisathorn
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
6833 Jin Xuewei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
6743

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Yin Yaping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
12.20 Yukiko Osako
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
12.21 Usanee Laopinkarn
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
12.22
200 m
details
Usanee Laopinkarn
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
24.81 Lee Eun-ja
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
24.99 Junko Kushibuchi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
25.05
400 m
details
Saik Oik Cum
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
55.09 Keiko Nagasawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
55.74 Gao Yanqing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
56.23
800 m
details
Geeta Zutshi
Flag of India.svg  India
2:07.7 Jung Dong-sun
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
2:07.9 Chang Yong-ae
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
2:08.3
1500 m
details
Kim Ok-sun
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
4:18.9
GR
Geeta Zutshi
Flag of India.svg  India
4:28.2 Choi Yung-ran
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
4:33.3
3000 m
details
Kim Ok-sun
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
9:24.7
GR
Lu Hongxiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
9:35.4 Yang Yanying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
9:36.5
100 m hurdles
details
Dai Jianhua
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
13.95 Tamie Motegi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
14.23 Xie Lizhen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
14.55
400 m hurdles
details
Chen Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:01.32
GR
Li Sulan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:01.89 Masae Kiguchi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
1:02.09
4 × 100 m relay
details
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Usanee Laopinkarn
Pusadee Sangvijit
Wallapa Pinij
Buspranee Ratanapol
46.20
GR
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Emiko Konishi
Yukiko Osako
Junko Kushibuchi
Tomoko Maeda
46.78Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Amelita Saberon
Lucila Tolentino
Lorena Morcilla
Lydia Silva-Netto
47.00
4 × 400 m relay
details
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Keiko Nagasawa
Mayumi Kubota
Tomoko Maeda
Masae Kiguchi
3:46.29Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Huang Dongsheng
Liang Lihua
Guo Guimei
Zhang Huifen
3:46.87Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
Jang Geun-ok
Chang Yong-ae
Jung Dong-sun
Kim Ok-sun
3:48.78
High jump
details
Zheng Dazhen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1.88
GR
Tamami Yagi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
1.82 Yang Wenqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1.80
Long jump
details
Zou Wa
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
6.28 Angel Mary Joseph
Flag of India.svg  India
6.05 Sumie Awara
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
6.05
Shot put
details
Shen Lijuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
17.70
GR
Lü Cheng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
16.72 Kayoko Hayashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
15.59
Discus throw
details
Li Xiaohui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
55.92
GR
Wang Dan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
51.22 Matsuko Takahashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
47.22
Javelin throw
details
Yao Ruiying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
57.22
GR
Naomi Shibusawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
54.98 Li Xia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
54.08
Pentathlon
details
Ye Peisu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
4133 Angel Mary Joseph
Flag of India.svg  India
3837 Guo Yu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
3731

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1291334
2Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)10151035
3Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)87318
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)4127
5Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea  (PRK)2248
6Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq  (IRQ)2125
7Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAL)1113
8Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Burma  (BIR)0112
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea  (KOR)0112
10Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)0101
11Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)0011
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines  (PHI)0011
Totals (12 entries)393939117

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