India at the 1978 Asian Games

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India at the
1978 Asian Games
Flag of India.svg
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
in Bangkok
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
11
Silver
11
Bronze
6
Total
28
Asian Games appearances (overview)

India competed at the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. India ranked 6th with 11 gold medals. [1] [2]

Contents

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics 87318
Boxing 0123
Hockey 0101
Sailing 0101
Wrestling 2103
Shooting 1001
Tennis 0011
Total1111628

Football

Head coach: Flag of India.svg Arun Ghosh [3]

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1 GK Bhaskar Ganguly Flag of India.svg East Bengal
1 GK Bhaskar Maity Flag of India.svg Bengal
1 GK Surjit Singh
2 DF Gurdev Singh Gill (c) (1950-04-20)20 April 1950 (aged 24) Flag of India.svg East Bengal
2 DF Chinmoy Chatterjee Flag of India.svg East Bengal
2 DF Shyamal Banerjee Flag of India.svg Bengal
2 DF Compton Dutta Flag of India.svg Bengal
2 DF Subrata Bhattacharya (1953-03-03)3 March 1953 (aged 21) Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
2 DF Nicholas Pereira
2 DF D. Sekaran
2 DF Gurcharan Singh Parmar
3 MF Prasun Banerjee (1955-04-06)6 April 1955 (aged 19) Flag of India.svg East Bengal
3 MF Pushparaj Kumar Flag of India.svg Karnataka
3 MF A. Devraj Doraiswamy Flag of India.svg Karnataka
3 MF M.M. Jacob
3 MF Thomas Fernandes
4 FW Xavier Pius
4 FW Francis D'Souza
4 FW Mohammed Akbar
4 FW Harjinder Singh Flag of India.svg JCT Mills
4 FW Surajit Sengupta (1951-08-30)30 August 1951 (aged 23) Flag of India.svg East Bengal
4 FW Bidesh Ranjan Bose (1953-11-15)15 November 1953 (aged 21) Flag of India.svg Bengal

Preliminary round

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 220020+24
Flag of India.svg  India 210131+22
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 200204−40
India  Flag of India.svg0–1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg0–3Flag of India.svg  India

Semifinals

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 321063+35
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq 320161+54
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 311186+23
Flag of India.svg  India 3003212−100
India  Flag of India.svg1–6Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait

India  Flag of India.svg1–3Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea

India  Flag of India.svg0–3Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq
Mahmoud Soccerball shade.svg20'
Shaker Soccerball shade.svg25'
Saeed Soccerball shade.svg63'

Field hockey

Team

Salim Abbasi
Vasudevan Baskaran
Pramod Batlaw
Sylvanus Dung Dung
Merwyn Fernandes
Olympio Fernandes
B. P. Govinda
Sukhbir Singh Grewal
Zafar Iqbal
Ashok Kumar
Victor Philips
Surjit Singh Randhawa
Allan Schofield
Ranbir Singh
Varinder Singh
Surinder Singh Sodhi

Preliminary round

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of India.svg  India 3300164+126
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3201115+64
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 310248−42
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 3003216−140
11 December
India  Flag of India.svg5–3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
National Stadium, Bangkok

13 December
India  Flag of India.svg7–0Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
National Stadium, Bangkok

15 December
India  Flag of India.svg4–1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
National Stadium, Bangkok

Semifinals

17 December
India  Flag of India.svg2–0Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
National Stadium, Bangkok

Gold medal match

19 December
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg1–0Flag of India.svg  India
National Stadium, Bangkok

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References

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