1978 Asian Table Tennis Championships

Host City Kuala Lumpur
Country MAS
Held 22 November – 2 December 1978
Competitors 19
Countries 3

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Singles Men Medal 4 2
Doubles Men Medal 8 3
Team Men Medal 5 3
Singles Women Medal 4 1
Doubles Women Medal 8 2
Team Women Medal 4 3
Doubles Mixed Medal 8 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 4 4 8 16
2 North Korea PRK 2 3 1 6
3 Japan JPN 1 0 3 4

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Singles, Men Guo Yuehua CHN Liang Geliang CHN Chen Xinhua
Cho Yong-Ho
CHN
PRK
Doubles, Men Cho Yong-Ho / Yun Chol PRK Guo Yuehua / Lu Yaohua CHN Huang Dongsheng / Liang Geliang
Seiji Ono / Masanori Uchida
CHN
JPN
Team, Men China CHN North Korea PRK Japan JPN
Doubles, Mixed Seiji Ono / Kayo Sugaya JPN Guo Yuehua / Zhang Li CHN Huang Dongsheng / Yang Ying
Liang Geliang / Zhang Deying
CHN
CHN
Singles, Women Cao Yanhua CHN Yang Ying CHN Zhang Deying
Zhang Li
CHN
CHN
Doubles, Women Kim Chang-Ae / Pak Yong-Ok PRK Jo Jeong-Hui / Ri Song-Suk PRK Cao Yanhua / Yang Ying
Zhang Deying / Zhang Li
CHN
CHN
Team, Women China CHN North Korea PRK Japan JPN