1978 Asian Games

Multi-sport event in Bangkok, Thailand VIII Asian Games 8th asiad.png 170 Bangkok, Thailand 25 3,842 199 in 19 sports 9 December 1978 20 December 1978 Bhumibol AdulyadejKing of Thailand Preeda ChullamondholRobert Godfrey Pomp and Pageantry Fit for a King https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19781210-1.1.30 11 January 2026 The Straits Times 10 December 1978 30 Panomkorn PladchurnilRatchaneewan Bulakul National Stadium Tehran 1974 Delhi 1982 ocasia.org (archived) The 8th Asian Games (th กีฬาเอเชียนเกมส์ครั้งที่ 8), also known as Bangkok 1978 (th กรุงเทพมหานคร 1978), were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was decided to host the 8th Games. But Islamabad also dropped its plan to host the Asian Games due to conflicts with Bangladesh and India. The Imperial State of Iran withdrew because of the Iranian revolution. Thailand offered to help and the Asiad therefore was held in Bangkok. On the political front, Israel was expelled from the Asian Games. A total number of 3,842 athletes, coming from 25 countries, competed in these Asian Games. Debuting sports were archery and bowling.http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPe5ikIBubFL4g== 8th Asian Games Bangkok 1978 Olympic Council of Asia 12 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120620003321/http://ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPe5ikIBubFL4g== 2012-06-20 dead Sports 22em Archery 4 Athletics 39 Badminton 7 Basketball 2 Bowling 10 Boxing 11 Cycling 6 Diving 4 Fencing 8 Field hockey 1 Football 1 Gymnastics 14 Sailing 4 Shooting 22 Swimming 29 Table tennis 7 Tennis 7 Volleyball 2 Water polo 1 Weightlifting 10 Wrestling 10 Participating nations 25 out of 32 Olympic Council of Asia members participated in these games. Iran sent only one official and did not participate in the games due to the political situation in Iran at the time. Democratic Kampuchea also did not send any athletes and were represented by two officials. 22em BRN 1978 Asian Games 45 BAN 1978 Asian Games 39 BIR 1978 Asian Games 42 CHN 1978 Asian Games 408 HKG 1978 Asian Games 112 IND 1978 Asian Games 283 INA 1978 Asian Games 104 IRQ 1978 Asian Games 17 JPN 1978 Asian Games 460 KUW 1978 Asian Games 27 LIB 1978 Asian Games 3 MAL 1978 Asian Games 107 MGL 1978 Asian Games 20 NEP 1978 Asian Games 13 PRK 1978 Asian Games 111 PAK 1978 Asian Games 82 PHI 1978 Asian Games 316 QAT 1978 Asian Games 23 SAU 1978 Asian Games 103 SIN 1978 Asian Games 76 KOR 1978 Asian Games 253 SRI 1978 Asian Games 18 SYR 1978 Asian Games 40 THA 1978 Asian Games 948 UAE 1978 Asian Games 192 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest) IOC Letter Code Country Athletes THA THA 1978 Asian Games 948 JPN JPN 1978 Asian Games 460 CHN CHN 1978 Asian Games 408 PHI PHI 1978 Asian Games 316 IND IND 1978 Asian Games 283 KOR KOR 1978 Asian Games 253 UAE UAE 1978 Asian Games 192 HKG HKG 1978 Asian Games 112 PRK PRK 1978 Asian Games 111 MAL MAL 1978 Asian Games 107 INA INA 1978 Asian Games 104 KSA KSA 1978 Asian Games 103 PAK PAK 1978 Asian Games 82 SIN SIN 1978 Asian Games 76 BRN BRN 1978 Asian Games 45 BIR BIR 1978 Asian Games 42 SYR SYR 1978 Asian Games 40 BAN BAN 1978 Asian Games 39 KUW KUW 1978 Asian Games 27 QAT QAT 1978 Asian Games 23 MGL MGL 1978 Asian Games 20 SRI SRI 1978 Asian Games 18 IRQ IRQ 1978 Asian Games 17 NEP NEP 1978 Asian Games 13 LIB LIB 1978 Asian Games 3 Medal table 1978 Asian Games medal table The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, Thailand, is highlighted. References External links www.ocasia.org Asian Games Bangkok Tehran New Delhi VIII Asiad (1978) Category:1970s in sport in Bangkok Category:1978 in Bangkok Asian Games Asian Games Asian Games Summer Category:Asian Games by year Asian Games