1978 Asian Games
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The 8th Asian Games were held from December 9, 1978 to December 20, 1978 in Bangkok, Thailand. Pakistan dropped its plan to host the Asian Games due to conflicts with Bangladesh and India. Singapore backed out on holding the Games due to financial reasons.

Thailand offered to help and the Asiad therefore was held in Bangkok. On the political front, Israel was expelled from the Asian Games. A total number of 3,842 athletes, coming from 25 countries, competed in these Asian Games. Debuting sports were archery and bowling.

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1 Japan 70 58 49 177
2 People%27s Republic of China 51 55 45 151
3 South Korea 18 20 31 69
4 North Korea 15 13 15 43
5 Thailand 11 11 20 42
6 India 11 11 6 28
7 Indonesia 8 7 18 33
8 Pakistan 4 4 9 17
9 Philippines 4 4 6 14
10 Iraq 2 4 6 12
11 Malaysia 2 1 4 7
12 Singapore 2 1 3 6
13 Mongolia 1 3 5 9
14 Lebanon 1 1 0 2
15 Syria 1 0 0 1
16 Myanmar 0 3 3 6
17 Hong Kong 0 2 3 5
18 Sri Lanka 0 0 2 2
19 Kuwait 0 0 1 1
Total 201 198 226 625



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