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VIII Asian Games
Host city	Bangkok, Thailand
Nations participating	25
Athletes participating	3,842
Events	19 sports
Opening ceremony	December 9
Closing ceremony	December 20
Officially opened by	King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Main Stadium	Suphachalasai Stadium

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.

Thailand offered to help and the Asiad therefore was held in Bangkok. On the political front, Israel was expelled from the Asian Games. A total number of 3,842 athletes, coming from 25 countries, competed in these Asian Games. Debuting sports were archery and bowling.

[edit] Sports

Archery Athletics Badminton at the 1978 Asian Games Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games Boxing at the 1978 Asian Games Bowling at the 1978 Asian Games Cycling at the 1978 Asian Games Diving at the 1978 Asian Games Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games Football

Gymnastics Hockey Sailing at the 1978 Asian Games Shooting at the 1978 Asian Games Swimming Table Tennis at the 1978 Asian Games Tennis at the 1978 Asian Games Volleyball at the 1978 Asian Games Weightlifting Wrestling at the 1978 Asian Games

[edit] Medal count

Source : Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1978

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	70	58	49	177
2	China	51	55	45	151
3	Korea Republic	18	20	31	69
4	Korea DPR	15	13	15	43
5	Thailand	11	11	20	42
6	India	11	11	6	28
7	Indonesia	8	7	18	33
8	Pakistan	4	4	9	17
9	Philippines	4	4	6	14
10	Iraq	2	4	6	12
11	Malaysia	2	1	4	7
12	Singapore	2	1	3	6
13	Mongolia	1	3	5	9
14	Lebanon	1	1	0	2
15	Syria	1	0	0	1
16	Burma	0	3	3	6
17	Hong Kong	0	2	3	5
18	Sri Lanka	0	0	2	2
19	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
Total	201	198	226	625

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