Boxing at the 1978 Asian Games

Boxing competitions

Boxing
at the 1978 Asian Games

Venue| Bangkok Recreation Center
Dates| 10–18 December 1978
Competitors| 94 from 17 nations

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The Boxing Tournament at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok Recreation Center, Bangkok, Thailand from 10 to 18 December 1978.

South Korea finished first in medal table, winning five gold medals.

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Light flyweight
(48 kg)  | Siri Supanya
Thailand | Ri Byong-uk
North Korea | Koki Suzuki
Japan
Ali Bux
Pakistan
Flyweight
(51 kg)  | Koki Ishii
Japan | Johny Riberu
Indonesia | Wijaya Nimal Perera
Sri Lanka
Muhammad Sadiq
Pakistan
Bantamweight
(54 kg)  | Hwang Chul-soon
South Korea | Nyo Win
Burma | Sumanasiri Caldera
Sri Lanka
Pradit Srisathit
Thailand
Featherweight
(57 kg)  | Ku Yong-jo
North Korea | Khan Muhammad
Pakistan | Jung Taek-dong
South Korea
Ravsalyn Otgonbayar
Mongolia
Lightweight
(60 kg)  | Choi Chung-il
South Korea | Ruben Mares
Philippines | Yukio Odagiri
Japan
Haram Khan
Burma
Light welterweight
(63.5 kg)  | Kim In-chang
South Korea | Vichit Praianan
Thailand | Khastyn Jamgan
Mongolia
C. C. Machaiah
India
Welterweight
(67 kg)  | Hwang Choong-jai
South Korea | Wallop Totassa
Thailand | Yusoff Hashim
Malaysia
Intisar Jabbar
Iraq
Light middleweight
(71 kg)  | Park Il-chun
South Korea | Rabieb Sangnual
Thailand | Muluk Singh
India
Muhammad Saeed
Pakistan
Middleweight
(75 kg)  | Wiem Gommies
Indonesia | Jang Bong-mun
North Korea | D. Erdenee
Mongolia
Park Young-kyu
South Korea
Light heavyweight
(81 kg)  | Iqbal Muhammad
Pakistan | Kim Nam-hee
South Korea | Sangob Wichensan
Thailand
Benny Maniani
Indonesia
Heavyweight
(+81 kg)  | Imtiaz Mahmood
Pakistan | Brij Mohan Sharma
India | Krismanto
Indonesia
Kim Ki-choon
South Korea

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea (KOR)| 5| 1| 3| 9
2|  Pakistan (PAK)| 2| 1| 3| 6
3|  Thailand (THA)| 1| 3| 2| 6
4|  North Korea (PRK)| 1| 2| 0| 3
5|  Indonesia (INA)| 1| 1| 2| 4
6|  Japan (JPN)| 1| 0| 2| 3
7|  India (IND)| 0| 1| 2| 3
8|  Burma (BIR)| 0| 1| 1| 2
9|  Philippines (PHI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  Mongolia (MGL)| 0| 0| 3| 3
11|  Sri Lanka (SRI)| 0| 0| 2| 2
12|  Iraq (IRQ)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Malaysia (MAL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 11| 11| 22| 44

## Participating nations

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A total of 94 athletes from 17 nations competed in boxing at the 1978 Asian Games:

*  Burma (3)
*  Hong Kong (5)
*  India (8)
*  Indonesia (7)
*  Iraq (2)
*  Japan (7)
*  Malaysia (3)
*  Mongolia (5)
*  Nepal (2)
*  North Korea (7)
*  Pakistan (11)
*  Philippines (6)
*  Singapore (1)
*  South Korea (11)
*  Sri Lanka (4)
*  Syria (2)
*  Thailand (10)

## References

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* Amateur Boxing

## External links

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* OCA official website

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