| Cycling at the 1978 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Huamark Velodrome |
| Dates | 11–19 December 1978 |
Cycling was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Huamark Velodrome, Bangkok, Thailand. [1]
| Cycling at the 1978 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Huamark Velodrome |
| Dates | 11–19 December 1978 |
Cycling was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Huamark Velodrome, Bangkok, Thailand. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | Yoshitaka Nihei  Japan | Saleem Shanati  Iraq | Jiang Ming  China |
| Team time trial | Japan Yoshitaka Nihei Toshiaki Nishizawa Tsutomu Okabori Katsuji Teraguchi |  South Korea Lee Young-kyu Shin In-soo Shin Nam-soo Yang Joon-seng |  China Guo Demao Li Jianmin Sun Zhanbo Wu Zengren |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Yoshikazu Cho Japan | Takashi Ebina Japan | Park Il-woo  South Korea |
| 1 km time trial | Lee Kwan-sun South Korea | Takashi Ebina Japan | Zhang Lihua China |
| Individual pursuit | Toshiaki Ikeura Japan | Park Il-woo South Korea | Xu Yongqing China |
| Team pursuit | South Korea Lee Jong-moon Lee Kwan-sun Park Il-woo Shin Nam-soo | China Huang Jun Liu Fu Ma Jianmin Wu Shucheng | Japan Kazuhiro Arai Toshiaki Ikeura Akira Kunisue Hiroyashi Soeta |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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