Tennis at the 1978 Asian Games

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Tennis
at the 1978 Asian Games
Dates10–19 December
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Tennis was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 10 to December 19, 1978. Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

Indonesia dominated the competition, finishing first in medal table with 3 gold medals.

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Atet Wijono
 Indonesia
Shigeyuki Nishio
 Japan
Tetsu Kuramitsu
 Japan
Nadir Ali Khan
 Pakistan
Men's doubles
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 Indonesia
Yustedjo Tarik
Hadiman
 China
Xu Meilin
Gu Minghua
 India
Shyam Minotra
Chiradip Mukerjea
 Thailand
Pichet Boratisa
Charuek Hengrasmee
Men's team
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 Indonesia
Hadiman
Yustedjo Tarik
Gondo Widjojo
Atet Wijono
 Pakistan
Jamil Ahmed
Nasir Munir Ahmed
Altaf Hussain
Nadir Ali Khan
 China
Gu Minghua
Sun Chunlai
Wang Fuzhang
Xu Meilin
 Japan
Tetsu Kuramitsu
Shigeyuki Nishio
Etsuo Uchiyama
Women's singles
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Lee Duk-hee
 South Korea
Chen Juan
 China
Kiyoko Nomura
 Japan
Sonoe Yonezawa
 Japan
Women's doubles
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 South Korea
Lee Duk-hee
Yang Jeong-soon
 Japan
Kimiyo Hatanaka
Kiyoko Nomura
 China
Chen Juan
Yu Liqiao
 Thailand
Suthasini Sirikaya
Sirikanya Hoonsiri
Women's team
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 Japan
Kimiyo Hatanaka
Matsuko Matsushima
Kiyoko Nomura
Sonoe Yonezawa
 South Korea
Kim Nam-sook
Kim Soo-ok
Lee Duk-hee
Yang Jeong-soon
 Indonesia
Lita Sugiarto
Yolanda Soemarno
Ayi Sutarno
Elvis Tarik
Mixed doubles
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 Thailand
Charuek Hengrasmee
Suthasini Sirikaya
 Japan
Etsuo Uchiyama
Matsuko Matsushima
 Indonesia
Hadiman
Ayi Sutarno
 Japan
Shigeyuki Nishio
Kimiyo Hatanaka

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Indonesia (INA)3025
2 South Korea (KOR)2103
3 Japan (JPN)1359
4 Thailand (THA)1023
5 China (CHN)0224
6 Pakistan (PAK)0112
7 India (IND)0011
Totals (7 entries)771327

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