1978 Asian Games

VIII Asian Games

Host city	Bangkok, Thailand
Nations participating	25
Athletes participating	3,842
Events	199 in 19 sports
Opening ceremony	9 December
Closing ceremony	20 December
Officially opened by	Bhumibol Adulyadej King of Thailand
Main venue	Suphachalasai Stadium
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The 8th Asian Games (Thai: เอเชียนเกมส�� 2521) 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.

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.^[1]

Sports[]

Participating nations[]

25 out of 32 Olympic Council of Asia members participated in these games. Iran just sent only one official and did not participate in the games due to the political situation in Iran at the time.^[2]

Medal table[]

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, Thailand, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	70	59	49	178
2	China (CHN)	51	54	46	151
3	South Korea (KOR)	18	20	31	69
4	(PRK)	15	13	15	43
5	Thailand (THA)*	11	12	19	42
6	India (IND)	11	11	6	28
7	Indonesia (INA)	8	7	18	33
8	Pakistan (PAK)	4	4	9	17
9	Philippines (PHI)	4	4	6	14
10	Iraq (IRQ)	2	4	6	12
11–19	Remaining	7	11	21	39
Totals (19 nations)		201	199	226	626

References[]

External links[]

• www.ocasia.org