1978 Asian Games medal table

none 1978 Asian Games medal table File:Hari Chand.jpg India's Hari Chand speeds to victory in the 10000 meter run and an Asian gold medal in the opening day of Asian Games track and field events in Bangkok on December 15, 1978. A black-and-white photograph of India's Hari Chand competing during his gold medal-winning performance in the 10,000-meter event at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok. Bangkok, Thailand Most gold medals Japan 1947 70 Most total medals Japan 1947 178 Medalling NOCs 19 1974 Asian Games medal table 1982 The 1978 Asian Games (also known as the VIII Asiad), was a multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December to 20 December 1978. Originally, the host city was to be Singapore, but it dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, was subsequently chosen to host the games. However Pakistan also dropped its plan to host the games due to conflicts with Bangladesh and India.http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPe5ikIBubFL4g== BANGKOK 1978 1 April 2011 Olympic Council of Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20120620003321/http://ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPe5ikIBubFL4g== 2012-06-20 dead A total of 3842 athletes from 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 147 events in 19 sports. Archery and bowling were included for the first time.http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/8th_Asian_Games.htm VIII Asian Games 11 April 2011 Pakistan Sports Board's official website https://web.archive.org/web/20131211084314/http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/8th_Asian_Games.htm 2013-12-11 dead This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes. Athletes from 19 participating NOCs won at least one medal; athletes from 15 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Athletes from Japan won 70 gold medals, the most of any nation at these Asiad. China finished second in total medals. South Korea finished fourth in total medals. Host nation Thailand finished the games with 42 medals overall (11 gold, 12 silver and 19 bronze), in fifth spot in terms of total medals.http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19781221-1.2.123.4 Medals: Final tally 21 December 1978 The Straits Times 12 July 2012 Medal table The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.Johnson Ian https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121856271893833843?mod=psp_free_today&mg=com-wsj#printMode Who's on First in Medals Race The Wall Street Journal 13 August 2008 11 April 2011 THA flagIOC2team 1978 Asian Games Remaining 10 70 59 49 51 54 46 18 20 31 15 13 15 11 12 19 yes 11 11 6 8 7 18 4 4 9 4 4 6 2 4 6 2 1 4 2 1 3 1 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 References External links Official Website of the Olympic Council of Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20180906180838/http://www.ocasia.org/ 2018-09-06 Category:1978 Asian Games Category:Asian Summer Games medal tables