# Boxing at the 1978 Asian Games

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

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

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 |
| 12 | Malaysia (MAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |