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 100 m 10.44 10.60 10.66200 m 21.42 21.54 21.59400 m 46.71 46.79 47.18800 m 1:48.8 1:49.7 1:49.91500 m 3:47.5 3:48.0 3:48.15000 m 14:22.0 14:27.2 14:28.110,000 m 30:07.7 30:16.9 30:18.4110 m hurdles 14.28 14.33 14.43400 m hurdles 50.81 50.98 51.243000 m steeplechase 8:40.7 8:44.8 8:46.24 × 100 m relaySomsak BoontudSuchart JairsuraparpKanoksak ChaisanontAnat Ratanapol 40.32Yasuhiro HaradaJunichi UsuiSusumu ShimizuAkira Harada 40.33Yuan GuoqiangFan XinwenZhao JingyuZou Zhenxian 40.544 × 400 m relayEiji NatoriJunichi UsuiYasuhiro HaradaTakashi Nagao 3:08.3Murali KuttanHarkamaljit SinghUday K. PrabhuSriram Singh 3:08.4Talib FaisalAbbas LaibiHassan KadhimFahim Abdul-Sada 3:09.4Marathon 2:15:29.7 2:15:57.4 2:16:10.320 km walk 1:31:54.4 1:31:58.8 1:33:56.8High jump 2.20 2.18 2.18Pole vault 5.10 5.05 5.00Long jump 7.85 7.76 7.75Triple jump 16.56 16.47 16.29Shot put 17.61 17.44 17.40Discus throw 56.26 55.26 53.32Hammer throw 68.26 63.96 63.34Javelin throw 79.24 71.60 70.70Decathlon 7003 6833 6743
Women 100 m 12.20 12.21 12.22200 m 24.81 24.99 25.05400 m 55.09 55.74 56.23800 m 2:07.7 2:07.9 2:08.31500 m 4:18.9 4:28.2 4:33.33000 m 9:24.7 9:35.4 9:36.5100 m hurdles 13.95 14.23 14.55400 m hurdles 1:01.32 1:01.89 1:02.094 × 100 m relayBuspranee RatanapolWalapa PinijPusadee SangvijitUsanee Laopinkarn 46.20Emiko KonishiJunko KushibuchiYukiko OsakoTomoko Maeda 46.78Amelita SaberonLorena MorcillaLucila TolentinoLydia Silva-Netto 47.004 × 400 m relayKeiko NagasawaMayumi KubotaTomoko MaedaMasae Kiguchi 3:46.29Gao YanqingLiang LihuaGuo GuimeiZhang Huifen 3:46.87Jang Geun-okChang Yong-aeJung Dong-sunKim Ok-sun 3:48.78High jump 1.88 1.82 1.80Long jump 6.28 6.05 6.05Shot put 17.70 16.72 15.59Discus throw 55.92 51.22 47.22Javelin throw 57.22 54.98 54.08Pentathlon 4133 3837 3731
Medal table
References Asian Games Results. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-04. . Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04. . Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
External links Results (ATFS)