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1978 Bangkok Asian Games
8th asiad
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City

Bangkok, Thailand

Team Gold Medalist

China

  • He Xiumin
    Liu Yajun
    Ma Wenju
    Ma Yanhong
    Wang Ping
    Zhu Zheng

All-Around Gold Medalist

He Xiumin (CHN)

Vault Gold Medalist

Choe Jong-Sil (PRK)

Uneven Bars Gold Medalist

Ma Yanhong (CHN)

Balance Beam Gold Medalist

Zhu Zheng (CHN)

Floor Exercise Gold Medalist

Ma Wenchu (CHN)

Preceded by

1974 Tehran Asian Games

Succeeded by

1982 New Delhi Asian Games

The 8th Asian Games were held from December 9, 1978 to December 20, 1978 in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. And 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.

Format of Competition[]

The gymnastics competition was carried out in three stages:

  • Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
  • Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by her in Competition II.
  • Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.

Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final and two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China China

He Xiumin
Liu Yajun
Ma Wenju
Ma Yanhong
Wang Ping
Zhu Zheng

800px-Flag of North Korea North Korea

Choe Jong-Sil
Jong Hyang-Suk
Kim Chun-Pil
Kim Chun-Son
Ri Yong-Ok
Sin Myong-Ok

800px-Flag of Japan Japan

Kano Yayoi
Kasai Nobuko
Matsumoto Yoshiko
Matsuya Maki
Okazaki Noriko
Saito Ayako

All-Around 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China He Xiumin
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Liu Yajun
China (CHN)

800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhu Zheng
China (CHN)

N/A
Vault 800px-Flag of North Korea Choe Jong-sil
North Korea (PRK)
800px-Flag of South Korea Chung Jin Ai
South Korea (KOR)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Ma Wenchu
China (CHN)
Uneven Bars 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Ma Yanhong
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhu Zheng
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of North Korea Jong Hyang-suk
North Korea (PRK)
Balance Beam 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhu Zheng
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of South Korea Park Jung-Sook
South Korea (KOR)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Liu Yajun
China (CHN)
Floor Exercise 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Ma Wenchu
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Wang Ping
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of Japan Kano Yayoi
Japan (JPN)

Medal Count[]

Rank Country Gold-medal Silver-medal Bronze-medal Total
1 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China China 5 4 2 11
2 800px-Flag of North Korea North Korea 1 1 1 3
3 800px-Flag of South Korea South Korea 0 2 0 2
4 800px-Flag of Japan Japan 0 0 2 2
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