20 December 1978

Asian Games ‘a success’

More than 4,000 athletes and officials from 25 countries sang ‘Auld Lang Syne’ beneath a dazzling display of fireworks that brought the curtain down on the Eighth Asian Games in Bangkok.

The President of the Asian Games Federation, Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya, closed the games at National Stadium, and invited the youth of Asia to assemble in New Delhi, India, in 1982 for the Ninth Asian Games.

Following 12 days of sporting events, Japan sat proudly at the top of the medal table, with 70 gold, 58 silver and 49 bronze medals. China came second, followed by South Korea and then North Korea. Thailand was fifth with 11 gold, 12 silver and 20 bronze medals. The kingdom’s 11th gold came on the penultimate day, when Chareuk Hangrasamee and Suthasinee Sirikaya won the country’s first tennis gold in the mixed doubles.

20 December 1978

Asian Games ‘a success’

More than 4,000 athletes and officials from 25 countries sang ‘Auld Lang Syne’ beneath a dazzling display of fireworks that brought the curtain down on the Eighth Asian Games in Bangkok.

The President of the Asian Games Federation, Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya, closed the games at National Stadium, and invited the youth of Asia to assemble in New Delhi, India, in 1982 for the Ninth Asian Games.

Following 12 days of sporting events, Japan sat proudly at the top of the medal table, with 70 gold, 58 silver and 49 bronze medals. China came second, followed by South Korea and then North Korea. Thailand was fifth with 11 gold, 12 silver and 20 bronze medals. The kingdom’s 11th gold came on the penultimate day, when Chareuk Hangrasamee and Suthasinee Sirikaya won the country’s first tennis gold in the mixed doubles.