Bowling at the Asian Games

Bowling events have been contested at every Asian Games since 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok. After not being included in 1982 and 1990.

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
VIII	1978	Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines
X	1986	Seoul, South Korea	Japan
XII	1994	Hiroshima, Japan	South Korea
XIII	1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Chinese Taipei
XIV	2002	Busan, South Korea	South Korea
XV	2006	Doha, Qatar	South Korea
XVI	2010	Guangzhou, China	South Korea
XVII	2014	Incheon, South Korea	South Korea
XVIII	2018	Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia	South Korea

Event	78	86	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Years

Men's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
Men's doubles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
Men's trios	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Men's team	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Men's all-events		X	X			X	X	X		5
Men's masters	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Women's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
Women's doubles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
Women's trios	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Women's team	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Women's all-events		X	X			X	X	X		5
Women's masters	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9

Total	10	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	6

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	33	22	23	78
2	Japan (JPN)	18	15	7	40
3	Malaysia (MAS)	12	13	7	32
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	9	6	9	24
5	Philippines (PHI)	7	8	8	23
6	Thailand (THA)	6	10	8	24
7	Singapore (SGP)	6	9	9	24
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	4	4	10
9	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	0	2	4
10	Indonesia (INA)	1	3	4	8
11	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	5	6	11
12	Qatar (QAT)	0	2	3	5
13	Kuwait (KUW)	0	2	0	2
14	China (CHN)	0	1	4	5
Totals (14 entries)		96	100	94	290

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