| Event: | Shooting |
| Games: | 1978 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Huamark Sport Complex |
| Dates: | 11–16 December |
| Prev: | 1974 |
| Next: | 1982 |
Shooting sports at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Huamark Sports Complex Shooting Range, Bangkok, Thailand from 11 December 1978 to 16 December 1978.
Shooting comprised eleven individual and eleven team events, all open to both men and women. Each team could enter four shooters per event but only one score from each country counts in the individual competitions.
| 10 m air pistol | ||||
| 10 m air pistol team | Takayasu Eto Makoto Ichimura Masaaki Kamimura Fumihisa Semizuki | Vichit Chiewvej Ratana Krajangphot Boriboon Vutiphagdee Rangsit Yanothai | Jin Chunba Wang Jia Zhang Hong Zheng Qingshan | |
| 25 m center fire pistol | ||||
| 25 m center fire pistol team | Kim Chi-man Kim Su-il Nam Son-u So Gil-san | Cha Byeong-guk Lim Tae-ho Nam Ho-won Park Jong-kil | Deng Zening Liang Zhangyi Su Xiaoan Wang Xusheng | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | ||||
| 25 m rapid fire pistol team | Kim Su-il Nam Son-u So Gil-san Yun Chang-ho | Hiroyuki Akatsuka Satoshi Fujita Takeo Kamachi Makoto Shiraishi | Chang Fuguang Li Zhongqi Liu Mingjun Lu Zongjian | |
| 25 m standard pistol | ||||
| 25 m standard pistol team | Deng Zening Liang Zhangyi Su Xiaoan Wang Xusheng | Hiroyuki Akatsuka Satoshi Fujita Takeo Kamachi Makoto Shiraishi | Vit Chaikittikorn Boriboon Vutiphagdee Sirin Wangspa Rangsit Yanothai | |
| 50 m pistol | ||||
| 50 m pistol team | Jin Chunba Su Zhibo Zhang Hong Zheng Qingshan | Somsak Chaiyarate Vichit Chiewvej Mongkol Promsit Veera Uppapong | Takayasu Eto Chikafumi Hirai Makoto Ichimura Masaaki Kamimura | |
| 10 m air rifle | ||||
| 10 m air rifle team | Mou Luhui Pang Liqin Qi Feng Zhou Guining | Kim Dong-gil Kim Gyong-ho Ri Ho-jun Sin Jae-myung | Myung Jae-hwan Park Nam-soon Seo Jang-woon Yoon Deok-ha | |
| 50 m rifle prone | ||||
| 50 m rifle prone team | Chei Yung-sam Kim Gyong-ho Kim Yun-sob Pae Kyung-son | Kwon Jeong-keon Seo Jang-woon Seo Man-ho Yoon Deok-ha | Cheng Wensong Jin Dongxiang Lin Bo Mou Luhui | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | ||||
| 50 m rifle 3 positions team | Jin Dongxiang Leng Guiying Lin Bo Mou Luhui | Kim Dong-gil Kim Gyong-ho Kim Yun-sob Ri Ho-jun | Kwon Jeong-keon Min Kyung-il Seo Jang-woon Yoon Deok-ha | |
| 50 m standard rifle 3 positions | ||||
| 50 m standard rifle 3 positions team | Jin Dongxiang Leng Guiying Lin Bo Mou Luhui | Kim Dong-gil Kim Gyong-ho Kim Yun-sob Ri Ho-jun | Chang Il-kyung Ko Young-hee Seo Jang-woon Yoon Deok-ha | |
| Trap | ||||
| Trap team | Mitsuyoshi Kodaira Kan Numajiri Masao Obara Kazumi Watanabe | Choi Jung-yong Lee Moon-ho Lee Sok-woo Noh Jeong-sik | Vichien Chaveewong Pavitr Gajaseni Damrong Pachonyut Phairoj Rodjaroen | |
| Skeet | ||||
| Skeet team | Sakae Aoyagi Tsugio Hata Hitoshi Hiraoka Toshitsugu Takafuji | Choi Hyun-joo Kim Young-il Kim Young-jin Lee Seung-kyun | Guo Li Jin Yaokang Wu Lanying Yue Ming |