Badminton at the 1978 Asian Games
Dates	9–20 December
Nations	11
← 1974 1982 →

Badminton tournaments were held for the fifth time at the 8th Asian Games in 1978 from 9 December to 20 December in Bangkok, Thailand.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Liem Swie King  Indonesia	Han Jian  China	Iie Sumirat  Indonesia
			Luan Jin  China
Men's doubles details	Indonesia Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	China Tang Xianhu Lin Shiquan	China Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong
			Hong Kong Fu Han Ping Wong Man Hing
Men's team details	Indonesia Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King Iie Sumirat	China Han Jian Hou Jiachang Lin Shiquan Luan Jin Tang Xianhu Yu Yaodong	Thailand Sawei Chanseorasmee Bandid Jaiyen Pichai Kongsirithavorn Udom Luangpetcharaporn Sarit Pisudchaikul Surapong Suharitdamrong
			Pakistan Javed Iqbal Zahid Maqbool Hassan Shaheed Tariq Wadood
Women's singles details	Liang Qiuxia  China	Liu Xia  China	Sirisriro Patama  Thailand
			Saori Kondo  Japan
Women's doubles details	Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguno	China Qiu Yufang Zheng Huiming	Indonesia Theresia Widiastuti Ruth Damayanti
			Thailand Sirisriro Patama Thongkam Kingmanee
Women's team details	China Li Fang Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia Qiu Yufang Zhang Ailing Zheng Huiming	Indonesia Ruth Damayanti Ivana Lie Tjan So Gwan Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguno Verawaty Wiharjo	Japan Saori Kondo Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura Hiroe Yuki
			Thailand Porntip Buntanon Suleeporn Jittariyakul Thongkam Kingmanee Petchroong Liengtrakulngam Sirisriro Patama
Mixed doubles details	China Tang Xianhu Zhang Ailing	Indonesia Hariamanto Kartono Theresia Widiastuti	Indonesia Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguno
			China Yu Yaodong Li Fang

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	4	2	3	9
2	China (CHN)	3	5	3	11
3	Thailand (THA)	0	0	4	4
4	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		7	7	14	28

Participating nations

Semifinal results

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Han Jian	Iie Sumirat	15–6, 15–1
	Liem Swie King	Luan Jin	15–5, 18–13
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia	Sirisriro Patama	12–11, 11–5
	Liu Xia	Saori Kondo	11–5, 11–4
Men's doubles	Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu	Wong Man Hing Fu Han Ping	15–3, 15–5
	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong	17–14, 15–7
Women's doubles	Zheng Huiming Qiu Yufang	Ruth Damyanti Theresia Widiastuti	15–5, 15–12
	Imelda Wiguno Verawaty Wiharjo	Sirisriro Patama Thongkam Kingmanee	15–7, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Hariamanto Kartono Theresia Widiastuti	Yu Yaodong Li Fang	15–8, 15–11
	Tang Xianhu Zhang Ailing	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguno	12–15, 15–7, 15–5

Final results

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Liem Swie King	Han Jian	15–7, 15–11
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia	Liu Xia	11–6, 11–5
Men's doubles	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu	15–8, 15–10
Women's doubles	Imelda Wiguno Verawaty Wiharjo	Zheng Huiming Qiu Yufang	–, –
Mixed doubles	Tang Xianhu Zhang Ailing	Hariamanto Kartono Theresia Widiastuti	–, –