Table tennis at the 1978 Asian Games

Table tennis was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Table tennis had team, doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Liang Geliang  China	Guo Yuehua  China	Jo Yong-ho  North Korea
			Norio Takashima  Japan
Men's doubles	China Guo Yuehua Huang Tongsheng	Indonesia Empie Wuisan Sinyo Supit	China Liang Geliang Chen Xinhua
			South Korea Yoon Kil-jung Park Lee-hee
Men's team	China Chen Xinhua Guo Yuehua Huang Tongsheng Liang Geliang	Japan Hiroyuki Abe Ichiro Hoshino Masahiro Maehara Norio Takashima	North Korea Hong Chol Jo Yong-ho Ri Song-taek Yun Chol
Women's singles	Zhang Li  China	Zhang Deying  China	Kim Soon-ok  South Korea
			Kumiko Nagahara  Japan
Women's doubles	China Zhang Li Zhang Deying	Hong Kong Hui So Hung Chang Siu Ying	Japan Kumiko Nagahara Keiko Komuro
			China Cao Yanhua Yang Ying
Women's team	China Cao Yanhua Yang Ying Zhang Deying Zhang Li	South Korea Kim Soon-ok Lee Ki-won Lee Soo-ja Park Hong-ja	Japan Ryoko Chiba Keiko Komuro Kumiko Nagahara Fumiko Shinpo
Mixed doubles	China Guo Yuehua Zhang Li	China Liang Geliang Zhang Deying	South Korea Lee Sang-kuk Lee Ki-won
			South Korea Yoon Kil-jung Kim Soon-ok

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	7	3	2	12
2	Japan	0	1	4	5
	South Korea	0	1	4	5
4	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
6	North Korea	0	0	2	2
Total		7	7	12	26

References

• ITTF Database

Table tennis at the Asian Games
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List of medalists