India competed at the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. India ranked 6th with 11 gold medals.
Medals by sport Sport Gold Silver BronzeTotal Athletics 8 7 3 18 Boxing 0 1 2 3 Hockey 0 1 0 1 Sailing 0 1 0 1 Wrestling 2 1 0 3 Shooting 1 0 0 1 Tennis 0 0 1 1 Total 11 11 6 28
Football Head coach: Arun Ghosh
Preliminary round Team220020+24210131+22200204−40
Semifinals Team321063+35320161+54311186+233003212−100
Field hockey Team Salim AbbasiVasudevan BaskaranPramod BatlawSylvanus Dung DungMerwyn FernandesOlympio FernandesB. P. GovindaSukhbir Singh GrewalZafar IqbalAshok KumarVictor PhilipsSurjit Singh RandhawaAllan SchofieldRanbir SinghVarinder SinghSurinder Singh Sodhi
Preliminary round Team3300164+1263201115+64310248−423003216−140
Semifinals
Gold medal match
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