Weightlifting at the 1978 Asian Games
| Weightlifting at the 1978 Asian Games | |
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| Dates | 10–16 December 1978 |
Weightlifting was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition included only men's events for ten different weight categories.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg | Han Gyong-si.svg.png){kind=small} North Korea | Im Jung-gwan North Korea | Cai Juncheng China |
| 56 kg | Yang Eui-yong North Korea | Lee Myung-su.svg.png){kind=small} South Korea | Muhammad Manzoor Pakistan |
| 60 kg | Song Sung-rim North Korea | Tan Hanyong China | Takashi Saito.svg.png){kind=small} Japan |
| 67.5 kg | Kazumasa Hirai Japan | Zhao Xinmin China | Ri Gwang-ju North Korea |
| 75 kg | Mohamed Tarabulsi.svg.png){kind=small} Lebanon | Tamotsu Sunami Japan | An Won-geun North Korea |
| 82.5 kg | Kaoru Sato Japan | Ryu Dong-il North Korea | Talal Hassoun.svg.png){kind=small} Iraq |
| 90 kg | Ahn Ji-young South Korea | Hafidh Shihab Iraq | Sann Myint.svg.png){kind=small} Burma |
| 100 kg | Mitsumasa Sato Japan | Raef Ftouni Lebanon | Han Jin-suk North Korea |
| 110 kg | Talal Najjar.svg.png){kind=small} Syria | Song Zhenzhu China | Tsuneji Shibasaki Japan |
| +110 kg | Yang Huaiqing China | Tariq Al-Adeeb Iraq | Mahmoud Mansour Iraq |
Medal table
| 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 | |