Fencing at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand in December, 1978.
Medalists
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée |
Toshiaki Araki Japan
|
Kim Kuk-hyun 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 KoreaKim 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 | |
References
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