Basketball was one of the 20 sports disciplines held in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. China won their 1st title by beating last edition's finalist South Korea in the championship match. The games were held from December 9 to 20, 1978.
Medalists
MenChen KaiHe JuhuaHuang PinjieKuang LubinLiu JizengMu TiezhuWang DeliWang ZongxingXing WeiningZhang MingshuZhang WeipingCho Myung-sooChoi Bu-youngHa Dong-giHwang Yu-haKim Dong-kwangKim Hyung-nyunLee Chung-heeLee Moon-kyuLee Soo-giPark In-kyuPark Soo-kyoShin Sun-wooAn Gwang-gyunJa Myung-samJo Nae-unKim Jin-geunKim Mu-myongKim Myung-junO Heung-ryongO Tung-sikRi Eui-cholRi Geun-gwanRi Jung-bokSo Won-baeWomenCho Eun-jaCho Young-ranChoi Seung-heeChun Kyung-sukHong He-ranHong Young-soonJung Hee-sookJung Mi-raKang Hyun-sukLee Hyang-juPark Chan-sookSong Keum-soonFan GuilanFan HuifangJiao LiLuo XuelianPeng NianSong XiaoboSun RuiyunYu AifengZhang LijunZhang MingxiangZhao AiliHiromi AmanoKeiko ArakiMieko FukuiSetsuko HashizumeRieko ItaniTomoko IwasakiHiroko NakagawaChiemi SatoKazuko SatoTomoko ShibukawaKanoko SuzukiNoriko Suzuki
Medal table
Results Men Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Classification 7th–14th The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.
Final round The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.
Final standing RankTeam 770 871 862 4 853 5 844 6 725 7 972 8 963 9 954 10 945 11 936 12 927 13 918 14 909
Women
Final standing RankTeam 440 431 422 4 413 5 404
References Men's Results Women's Results