Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games
| Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | International School |
| Dates | 10–18 December 1978 |
Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand in December 1978.
Medalists
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Toshiaki Araki.svg.png){kind=small} Japan
|
Kim Kuk-hyun.svg.png){kind=small} South Korea
|
Sei Murata Japan
|
| Team épée |  ChinaCui 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 | Kiyoshi Otsuka Japan
|
Wang Fuyun China
|
Hideyuki Itakura Japan
|
| Team foil | 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 | Wang Ruiji China
|
Tadashi Kawamura Japan
|
Cha Yul South Korea
|
| Team sabre | 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 | Luan Jujie China
|
Zhu Qingyuan China
|
Masako Yoshioka Japan
|
| Team foil | China Hu Yubao Luan Jujie Su Lianfeng Zhu Qingyuan |
Japan Yukari Itakura Machiko Ito Hiroko Kawamura Masako Yoshioka |
 IndonesiaRita 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) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |