# Shooting at the 1978 Asian Games

Shooting sports at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Huamark Sports Complex Shooting Range, Bangkok, Thailand from 11 December 1978 to 16 December 1978.
Shooting comprised eleven individual and eleven team events, all open to both men and women. Each team could enter four shooters per event but only one score from each country counts in the individual competitions.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 m air pistol | Fumihisa Semizuki Japan | Ratana Krajangphot Thailand | Zhang Hong China |
| 10 m air pistol team | Japan Takayasu Eto Makoto Ichimura Masaaki Kamimura Fumihisa Semizuki | Thailand Vichit Chiewvej Ratana Krajangphot Boriboon Vutiphagdee Rangsit Yanothai | China Jin Chunba Wang Jia Zhang Hong Zheng Qingshan |
| 25 m center fire pistol | Hiroyuki Akatsuka Japan | Su Xiaoan China | Park Jong-kil South Korea |
| 25 m center fire pistol team | North Korea Kim Chi-man Kim Su-il Nam Son-u So Gil-san | South Korea Cha Byeong-guk Lim Tae-ho Nam Ho-won Park Jong-kil | China Deng Zening Liang Zhangyi Su Xiaoan Wang Xusheng |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | Park Jong-kil South Korea | So Gil-san North Korea | Takeo Kamachi Japan |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol team | North Korea Kim Su-il Nam Son-u So Gil-san Yun Chang-ho | Japan Hiroyuki Akatsuka Satoshi Fujita Takeo Kamachi Makoto Shiraishi | China Chang Fuguang Li Zhongqi Liu Mingjun Lu Zongjian |
| 25 m standard pistol | Deng Zening China | Park Jong-kil South Korea | Hiroyuki Akatsuka Japan |
| 25 m standard pistol team | China Deng Zening Liang Zhangyi Su Xiaoan Wang Xusheng | Japan Hiroyuki Akatsuka Satoshi Fujita Takeo Kamachi Makoto Shiraishi | Thailand Vit Chaikittikorn Boriboon Vutiphagdee Sirin Wangspa Rangsit Yanothai |
| 50 m pistol | Su Zhibo China | Kim Gi-jong North Korea | Masaaki Kamimura Japan |
| 50 m pistol team | China Jin Chunba Su Zhibo Zhang Hong Zheng Qingshan | Thailand Samak Chainares Vichit Chiewvej Mongkol Promsit Veera Uppapong | Japan Takayasu Eto Chikafumi Hirai Makoto Ichimura Masaaki Kamimura |
| 10 m air rifle | Pang Liqin China | Paisarn Chamornmarn Thailand | Kim Gyong-ho North Korea |
| 10 m air rifle team | China Mou Luhui Pang Liqin Qi Feng Zhou Guining | North Korea Kim Dong-gil Kim Gyong-ho Ri Ho-jun Sin Jae-myung | South Korea Myung Jae-hwan Park Nam-soon Seo Jang-woon Yoon Deok-ha |
| 50 m rifle prone | Kim Gyong-ho North Korea | Lin Bo China | Kwon Jeong-keon South Korea |
| 50 m rifle prone team | North Korea Chei Yung-sam Kim Gyong-ho Kim Yun-sob Pae Kyung-son | South Korea Kwon Jeong-keon Seo Jang-woon Seo Man-ho Yoon Deok-ha | China Cheng Wensong Jin Dongxiang Lin Bo Mou Luhui |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | Ri Ho-jun North Korea | Mou Luhui China | Yoon Deok-ha South Korea |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions team | China Jin Dongxiang Leng Guiying Lin Bo Mou Luhui | North Korea Kim Dong-gil Kim Gyong-ho Kim Yun-sob Ri Ho-jun | South Korea Kwon Jeong-keon Min Kyung-il Seo Jang-woon Yoon Deok-ha |
| 50 m standard rifle 3 positions | Kim Dong-gil North Korea | Leng Guiying China | Ko Young-hee South Korea |
| 50 m standard rifle 3 positions team | China Jin Dongxiang Leng Guiying Lin Bo Mou Luhui | North Korea Kim Dong-gil Kim Gyong-ho Kim Yun-sob Ri Ho-jun | South Korea Chang Kyung-il Ko Young-hee Seo Jang-woon Yoon Deok-ha |
| Trap | Randhir Singh India | Mitsuyoshi Kodaira Japan | Noh Jeong-sik South Korea |
| Trap team | Japan Mitsuyoshi Kodaira Kan Numajiri Masao Obara Kazumi Watanabe | South Korea Choi Jeong-yong Lee Moon-ho Lee Suk-woo Noh Jeong-sik | Thailand Vichien Chaveewong Pavitr Gajaseni Damrong Pachonyut Phairoj Rodjaroen |
| Skeet | Sakae Aoyagi Japan | Lee Seung-kyun South Korea | Guo Li China |
| Skeet team | Japan Sakae Aoyagi Tsugio Hata Hitoshi Hiraoka Toshitsugu Takafuji | South Korea Choi Hyun-joo Kim Young-il Kim Young-jin Lee Seung-kyun | China Guo Li Jin Yaokang Wu Lanying Yue Ming |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | North Korea (PRK) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |