Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games
# Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games

Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand in December, 1978.

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual épée details | Toshiaki Araki Japan | Kim Kuk-hyun South Korea | Sei Murata Japan |
| Team épée details | China Cui Yining Guo Dongsheng He Zhiping Tan Zhihui | Japan Toshiaki Araki Hideyuki Itakura Sei Murata Takahiro Yamaguchi | South Korea Kim Heon-su Kim Kuk-hyun Kook Choong-kum Shin Dong-seok |
| Individual foil details | Kiyoshi Otsuka Japan | Wang Fuyun China | Hideyuki Itakura Japan |
| Team foil details | South Korea Cha Yul Kim Doo-kyung Kim Heon-su Kim Kuk-hyun | China Qiu Hongjun Wang Fuyun Wu Fujing Xu Jianzhong | Japan Hideyuki Itakura Takao Masuoka Shiro Toshima Kenichi Umezawa |
| Individual sabre details | Wang Ruiji China | Tadashi Kawamura Japan | Cha Yul South Korea |
| Team sabre details | Japan Atsushi Akiho Ryokichi Fukushima Tadashi Kawamura Kiyoshi Otsuka | China Chen Jinchu Wang Ruiji Yang Shisheng Zhang Baoren | South Korea Cha Yul Cho Jae-bong Kim Doo-kyung Kim Kuk-hyun |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual foil details | Luan Jujie China | Zhu Qingyuan China | Masako Yoshioka Japan |
| Team foil details | China Hu Yubao Luan Jujie Su Lianfeng Zhu Qingyuan | Japan Yukari Itakura Machiko Ito Hiroko Kawamura Masako Yoshioka | Indonesia Rita Piri Hehanusa Wahyu Hertati Silvia Koeswandi Slamet Poerawinata |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
