Weightlifting at the 1978 Asian Games
# Weightlifting at the 1978 Asian Games

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 details | Han Gyong-si North Korea | Im Jung-gwan North Korea | Cai Juncheng China |
| 56 kg details | Yang Eui-yong North Korea | Lee Myung-soo South Korea | Muhammad Manzoor Pakistan |
| 60 kg details | Song Sung-rim North Korea | Tan Hanyong China | Takashi Saito Japan |
| 67.5 kg details | Kazumasa Hirai Japan | Zhao Xinmin China | Ri Gwang-ju North Korea |
| 75 kg details | Mohamed Tarabulsi Lebanon | Tamotsu Sunami Japan | An Won-geun North Korea |
| 82.5 kg details | Kaoru Sato Japan | Ryu Dong-il North Korea | Talal Hassoun Iraq |
| 90 kg details | Ahn Ji-young South Korea | Hafidh Shihab Iraq | Sann Myint Burma |
| 100 kg details | Mitsumasa Sato Japan | Raef Ftouni Lebanon | Han Jin-suk North Korea |
| 110 kg details | Talal Najjar Syria | Song Zhenzhu China | Tsuneji Shibasaki Japan |
| +110 kg details | 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 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 8 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
