Bowling at the 1978 Asian Games

Ten-pin bowling took place for the men's and women's individual, doubles, trios, and team events at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles	Masami Hirai Japan	Lee Sung-jin South Korea	Wong Chin Wah Singapore
Doubles	Japan Masami Hirai Kiyoshi Taneda	Hong Kong Abdoul Akber Francis Kam	Thailand Tave Vacharakasemsin Pooh Nakeesatit
Trios	Thailand Samran Banyen Kasem Minalai Montri Setvipisinee	Japan Masami Hirai Toshihiro Takahashi Kiyoshi Taneda	Philippines Tito Sotto Manny Sugatan Jose Santos
Team of 5	Malaysia Alan Hooi Khoo Boo Jin Edward Lim Holloway Cheah P. S. Nathan Lee Kok Hong	Thailand Samran Banyen Kasem Minalai Tawal Srisarakam Montri Setvipisinee Pooh Nakeesatit Tave Vacharakasemsin	South Korea Lee Sung-jin Byun Chul Kim Bum-joon Kim Jung-sam Ahn Byung-ku
Masters	Ahn Byung-ku South Korea	Masami Hirai Japan	Samran Banyen Thailand

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles	Bong Coo Philippines	Rosario de Leon Philippines	Catherine Che Hong Kong
Doubles	Thailand Tooh Daroonprasith Anantita Hongsophon	Japan Miyuki Motoi Satomi Kiyofuji	Philippines Lita dela Rosa Nellie Castillo
Trios	Thailand Porntip Singha Orawan Nithinawakorn Anantita Hongsophon	Philippines Bong Coo Lolita Reformado Lita dela Rosa	Hong Kong Vivien Lau Maria Chong Catherine Che
Team of 5	Philippines Lita dela Rosa Rosario de Leon Lolita Reformado Nellie Castillo Bong Coo	Thailand Benjaporn Thongsunsra Porntip Singha Orawan Nithinawakorn Pranee Kitipongpithya Anantita Hongsophon Tooh Daroonprasith	South Korea Chun Kyong-ok Hong Bong-ok Kim Byung-soon Kim Chung-ja Choi Jung-ja
Masters	Bong Coo Philippines	Rosario de Leon Philippines	Anantita Hongsophon Thailand


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines (PHI)	3	3	2	8
2	Thailand (THA)	3	2	3	8
3	Japan (JPN)	2	3	0	5
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	2	4
5	Malaysia (MAL)	1	0	0	1
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	2	3
7	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		10	10	10	30