| Gymnastics at the 1982 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Indraprashtha Indoor Stadium |
| Dates | 21–24 November 1982 |
Gymnastics was contested at the 1982 Asian Games, held in New Delhi, India from 21 November 1982 to 24 November 1982. Only artistic events were contested. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team |  China Huang Yubin Li Ning Li Xiaoping Li Yuejiu Lou Yun Tong Fei |  Japan Koji Gushiken Noritoshi Hirata Nobuyuki Kajitani Shinji Morisue Taichi Okada Koji Sotomura |  North Korea Han Gwang-song Ri Chol-hon Ri Gil-su Ri Gun-sun Ri Su-gil Sin Gwi-dok |
| Individual all-around | Li Ning  China | Tong Fei China | Ri Chol-hon  North Korea |
| Floor | Tong Fei China | Li Yuejiu China | Shared silver |
| Ri Chol-hon North Korea | |||
| Pommel horse | Ri Chol-hon North Korea | Shared gold | Shared gold |
| Li Ning China | |||
| Li Xiaoping China | |||
| Rings | Li Ning China | Shared gold | Huang Yubin China |
| Ri Su-gil North Korea | |||
| Vault | Lou Yun China | Koji Gushiken Japan | Ra Kwon  South Korea |
| Ri Gil-su North Korea | |||
| Parallel bars | Koji Gushiken Japan | Ri Chol-hon North Korea | Shared silver |
| Tong Fei China | |||
| Li Ning China | |||
| Horizontal bar | Noritoshi Hirata Japan | Shinji Morisue Japan | Tong Fei China |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | China Chen Yongyan Li Cuiling Wen Jia Wu Jiani Xiang Yu Yang Yanli | North Korea Choe Jong-sil Choe Mil-hyang Choe Myong-hui Choe Sun-sil Ri Sun-ok Ri Yong-ae | Japan Kanae Abe Yayoi Kano Maiko Morio Kazumi Nagayama Katsura Uchida Kiyomi Ueda |
| Individual all-around | Chen Yongyan China | Wu Jiani China | Choe Jong-sil North Korea |
| Vault | Li Cuiling China | Chen Yongyan China | Lee Jung-hee South Korea |
| Uneven bars | Wu Jiani China | Choe Jong-sil North Korea | Shared silver |
| Ri Yong-ae North Korea | |||
| Balance beam | Wu Jiani China | Xiang Yu China | Maiko Morio Japan |
| Floor | Choe Jong-sil North Korea | Wu Jiani China | Shared silver |
| Wen Jia China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 12 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 17 | 17 | 10 | 44 | |
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