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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 10–16 December |
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |