Sailing at the 1978 Asian Games
Venue	Pattaya Bay
Dates	12–16 December 1978
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Sailing (as Yachting) was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Pattaya Bay, Pattaya, Thailand in December 1978. There were four events in the competition.

Japan topped the medal table with two gold medals.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
OK details	Naoki Nagatsu  Japan	Santi Thamasucharit  Thailand	Tan Swee Hung  Singapore
Super Moth details	Damrong Sirisakorn  Thailand	Khin Thein  Burma	Masaaki Ogura  Japan
Enterprise details	Pakistan Byram D. Avari Munir Sadiq	India Surinder Mongia Dharmendra Kumar	Thailand Vinai Vongtim Boonrawd Maneenoparat
Fireball details	Japan Shinichi Menjo Shigeru Muto	Thailand Chamnong Sampanyoo Panasarn Hasdin	Singapore Tan Kok Wah Lewis Liem

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	2	0	1	3
2	Thailand (THA)	1	2	1	4
3	Pakistan (PAK)	1	0	0	1
4	Burma (BIR)	0	1	0	1
	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
6	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

• Asian Games medalists
• Results

• Olympic Council of Asia