# Gymnastics at the 1974 Asian Games

Gymnastics was contested at the 1974 Asian Games, held in Tehran, Iran from September 2, 1974, to September 6, 1974. It was the first time that gymnastics was included as the medal sport in the Asian Games, and only artistic events were contested. In the Games, only four participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) succeeded in winning any medal. China lead the medal table, with overall 18 medals (including eight gold), Japan finished second with four gold, and total nine medals. South Korea, although won only four total medals but its two gold helped it to clinch third position in final standings, while North Korea with one gold and 11 overall medals finished last.
Kazuo Horide of Japan won three gold medals in individual all-around, floor exercise and vault, and became the most successful male gymnast of the Games. Jiang Shaoyi of China won gold medals in all the individual events (except vault), and became the most successful gymnast of the Games. In men's events, China and Japan both won three gold medals, while two gold went to South Korea. Women's events were widely perceived as being dominated by China, who claimed nine medals in total, including five golds.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | China Cai Huanzong Liao Runtian Pan Chenfei Wu Shoude Yang Mingming Zhao Jiawei | Japan Kazuo Horide Kenji Igarashi Takeo Igarashi Ryuji Nakayama Hideyuki Nozawa Hiroshi Sugawara | North Korea Kim Song-il Kim Song-jin Song Sun-bong |
| Individual all-around | Kazuo Horide Japan | Cai Huanzong China | Lee Young-taik South Korea |
| Floor | Kazuo Horide Japan | Song Sun-bong North Korea | Kim Song-il North Korea |
| Pommel horse | Cai Huanzong China | Yang Mingming China | Kim Hwi-chul South Korea |
| Rings | Kim Kuk-han South Korea | Liao Runtian China | Song Sun-bong North Korea |
| Vault | Kazuo Horide Japan | Cai Huanzong China | Hideyuki Nozawa Japan |
| Parallel bars | Lee Young-taik South Korea | Hideyuki Nozawa Japan | Shared silver |
| Parallel bars | Lee Young-taik South Korea | Cai Huanzong China | Shared silver |
| Horizontal bar | Cai Huanzong China | Kazuo Horide Japan | Pan Chenfei China |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | China Ding Zhaofang Jiang Shaoyi Ning Xiaolin Wang Guiping Wang Xuejun Xin Guiqiu | North Korea Hwang Jo-ya Jo Yoon-hi Kim Choon-soo Pak Yung-sook | Japan Kazue Hanyu Chieko Kito Kumiko Nagaoka Yuko Nakamoto Misa Watanabe Reiko Yoshida |
| Individual all-around | Jiang Shaoyi China | Ning Xiaolin China | Xin Guiqiu China |
| Vault | Reiko Yoshida Japan | Hwang Jo-ya North Korea | Jo Yoon-hi North Korea |
| Uneven bars | Jo Yoon-hi North Korea | Shared gold | Hwang Jo-ya North Korea |
| Uneven bars | Jiang Shaoyi China | Shared gold | Hwang Jo-ya North Korea |
| Balance beam | Jiang Shaoyi China | Xin Guiqiu China | Jo Yoon-hi North Korea |
| Floor | Jiang Shaoyi China | Ning Xiaolin China | Jo Yoon-hi North Korea |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 15 | 14 | 13 | 42 |

## Participating nations

A total of 71 athletes from 8 nations competed in gymnastics at the 1974 Asian Games:
* China (12)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Iran (12)
* Japan (12)
* Kuwait (6)
* North Korea (12)
* Philippines (2)
* South Korea (12)