Athletics at the 1978 Asian Games
| Athletics at the 1978 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | National Stadium |
| Dates | 14–19 December 1978 |
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.
Medalists
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Suchart Jairsuraparp Thailand |
10.44 | Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran India |
10.60 | Seo Mal-gu South Korea |
10.66 |
| 200 m | Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran India |
21.42 | Yasuhiro Harada Japan |
21.54 | Anat Ratanapol Thailand |
21.59 |
| 400 m | Abbas Laibi Iraq |
46.71 | Uday K. Prabhu India |
46.79 | Murali Kuttan India |
47.18 |
| 800 m | Sriram Singh India |
1:48.8 | Falah Naji Iraq |
1:49.7 | Takashi Ishii Japan |
1:49.9 |
| 1500 m | Takashi Ishii Japan |
3:47.5 | Muhammad Younis Pakistan |
3:48.0 | Ratan Singh Bhadauria India |
3:48.1 |
| 5000 m | Hari Chand India |
14:22.0 | Takao Nakamura Japan |
14:27.2 | Cui Yulin China |
14:28.1 |
| 10,000 m | Hari Chand India |
30:07.7 | Robert Burma |
30:16.9 | Ko Ko Burma |
30:18.4 |
| 110 m hurdles | Wang Xunhua China |
14.28 | Yoshifumi Fujimori Japan |
14.33 | Satbir Singh India |
14.43 |
| 400 m hurdles | Hassan Kadhim Iraq |
50.81 GR |
Takashi Nagao Japan |
50.98 | Talib Faisal Iraq |
51.24 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Masanari Shintaku Japan |
8:40.7 GR |
Gopal Saini India |
8:44.8 | Hitoshi Iwabuchi Japan |
8:46.2 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Thailand Somsak Boontud Suchart Jairsuraparp Kanoksak Chaisanont Anat Ratanapol |
40.32 | Japan Yasuhiro Harada Junichi Usui Susumu Shimizu Akira Harada |
40.33 | China Yuan Guoqiang Fan Xinwen Zhao Jingyu Zou Zhenxian |
40.54 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Japan Eiji Natori Junichi Usui Yasuhiro Harada Takashi Nagao |
3:08.3 | India Murali Kuttan Harkamaljit Singh Uday K. Prabhu Sriram Singh |
3:08.4 | Iraq Talib Faisal Abbas Laibi Hassan Kadhim Fahim Abdul-Sada |
3:09.4 |
| Marathon | Mineteru Sakamoto Japan |
2:15:29.7 GR |
Choe Chang-sop North Korea |
2:15:57.4 | Koh Chun-son North Korea |
2:16:10.3 |
| 20 km walk | Hakam Singh India |
1:31:54.4 GR |
Vellasamy Subramaniam Malaysia |
1:31:58.8 | Khoo Chong Beng Malaysia |
1:33:56.8 |
| High jump | Takao Sakamoto Japan |
2.20 | Kazunori Koshikawa Japan |
2.18 | Cui Hongjun China |
2.18 |
| Pole vault | Tomomi Takahashi Japan |
5.10 GR |
Chen Guanghui China |
5.05 | Yasuhiro Kigawa Japan |
5.00 |
| Long jump | Suresh Babu India |
7.85 | Junichi Usui Japan |
7.76 | Toshihisa Yoshimoto Japan |
7.75 |
| Triple jump | Masami Nakanishi Japan |
16.56 GR |
Zou Zhenxian China |
16.47 | Zhou Jianguo China |
16.29 |
| Shot put | Bahadur Singh Chauhan India |
17.61 | Zhao Baoqin China |
17.44 | Mohammad Al-Zinkawi Kuwait |
17.40 |
| Discus throw | Li Weinan China |
56.26 | Li Jianguo China |
55.26 | Kiyotaka Kawasaki Japan |
53.32 |
| Hammer throw | Shigenobu Murofushi Japan |
68.26 GR |
Yoji Kitano Japan |
63.96 | Ji Shaoming China |
63.34 |
| Javelin throw | Shen Maomao China |
79.24 GR |
Toshihiko Takeda Japan |
71.60 | Ding Penglin China |
70.70 |
| Decathlon | Hisashi Iwai Japan |
7003 | Prapant Srisathorn Thailand |
6833 | Jin Xuewei China |
6743 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Yin Yaping China |
12.20 | Yukiko Osako Japan |
12.21 | Usanee Laopinkarn Thailand |
12.22 |
| 200 m | Usanee Laopinkarn Thailand |
24.81 | Lee Eun-ja South Korea |
24.99 | Junko Kushibuchi Japan |
25.05 |
| 400 m | Saik Oik Cum Malaysia |
55.09 | Keiko Nagasawa Japan |
55.74 | Gao Yanqing China |
56.23 |
| 800 m | Geeta Zutshi India |
2:07.7 | Jung Dong-sun North Korea |
2:07.9 | Chang Yong-ae North Korea |
2:08.3 |
| 1500 m | Kim Ok-sun North Korea |
4:18.9 GR |
Geeta Zutshi India |
4:28.2 | Choi Yung-ran North Korea |
4:33.3 |
| 3000 m | Kim Ok-sun North Korea |
9:24.7 GR |
Lu Hongxiang China |
9:35.4 | Yang Yanying China |
9:36.5 |
| 100 m hurdles | Dai Jianhua China |
13.95 | Tamie Motegi Japan |
14.23 | Xie Lizhen China |
14.55 |
| 400 m hurdles | Chen Xin China |
1:01.32 GR |
Li Sulan China |
1:01.89 | Masae Kiguchi Japan |
1:02.09 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Thailand Buspranee Ratanapol Walapa Pinij Pusadee Sangvijit Usanee Laopinkarn |
46.20 GR |
Japan Emiko Konishi Junko Kushibuchi Yukiko Osako Tomoko Maeda |
46.78 | Philippines Amelita Saberon Lorena Morcilla Lucila Tolentino Lydia Silva-Netto |
47.00 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Japan Keiko Nagasawa Mayumi Kubota Tomoko Maeda Masae Kiguchi |
3:46.29 | China Gao Yanqing Liang Lihua Guo Guimei Zhang Huifen |
3:46.87 | North Korea Jang Geun-ok Chang Yong-ae Jung Dong-sun Kim Ok-sun |
3:48.78 |
| High jump | Zheng Dazhen China |
1.88 GR |
Tamami Yagi Japan |
1.82 | Yang Wenqin China |
1.80 |
| Long jump | Zou Wa China |
6.28 | Angel Mary Joseph India |
6.05 | Sumie Awara Japan |
6.05 |
| Shot put | Shen Lijuan China |
17.70 GR |
Lü Cheng China |
16.72 | Kayoko Hayashi Japan |
15.59 |
| Discus throw | Li Xiaohui China |
55.92 GR |
Wang Dan China |
51.22 | Matsuko Takahashi Japan |
47.22 |
| Javelin throw | Yao Ruiying China |
57.22 GR |
Naomi Shibusawa Japan |
54.98 | Li Xia China |
54.08 |
| Pentathlon | Ye Peisu China |
4133 | Angel Mary Joseph India |
3837 | Guo Yu China |
3731 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 10 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | India (IND) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Thailand (THA) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Iraq (IRQ) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Malaysia (MAL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Burma (BIR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 | |
References
- Asian Games Results. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
- Women's relay medallists. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
- Men's relay medallists. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.