Weightlifting was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition included only men's events for ten different weight categories.
Weightlifting at the 1978 Asian Games | |
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Dates | 10–16 December |
Medalists
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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52 kg |
Han Gyong-si North Korea |
Im Jung-gwan North Korea |
Cai Juncheng China |
56 kg |
Yang Eui-yong North Korea |
Lee Myung-soo South Korea |
Muhammad Manzoor Pakistan |
60 kg |
Song Sung-rim North Korea |
Tan Hanyong China |
Takashi Saito Japan |
67.5 kg |
Kazumasa Hirai Japan |
Zhao Xinmin China |
Ri Gwang-ju North Korea |
75 kg |
Mohamed Tarabulsi Lebanon |
Tamotsu Sunami Japan |
An Won-geun North Korea |
82.5 kg |
Kaoru Sato Japan |
Ryu Dong-il North Korea |
Talal Hassoun Iraq |
90 kg |
Ahn Ji-young South Korea |
Hafidh Shihab Iraq |
Sann Myint Burma |
100 kg |
Mitsumasa Sato Japan |
Raef Ftouni Lebanon |
Han Jin-suk North Korea |
110 kg |
Talal Najjar Syria |
Song Zhenzhu China |
Tsuneji Shibasaki Japan |
+110 kg |
Yang Huaiqing China |
Tariq Al-Adeeb Iraq |
Mahmoud Mansour Iraq |
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
3 | China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Burma (BIR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |