1978 Commonwealth Games

The 1978 Commonwealth Games was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, as well as by Uganda, in protest at alleged Canadian hostility towards the government of Idi Amin.[1] The Bid Election was held at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

XI Commonwealth Games
Host cityEdmonton, Canada
Nations47
Athletes1,475
Events128 events in 11 sports
Opening3 August 1978
Closing12 August 1978
Opened byElizabeth II
Athlete's OathBeverly Boys
Queen's Baton Final RunnerDiane Jones Konihowski
Main venueCommonwealth Stadium

This was the first Commonwealth Games where a computerised system was used to handle ticket sales. This was the first Commonwealth Games to be named Commonwealth Games, having dropped British. The Games were opened by Queen Elizabeth II for the first time since becoming Queen in 1952.

Host selection

1978 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City Round 1
Canada Edmonton 36
England Leeds 10

Participating teams

Participating countries

46 teams were represented at the 1978 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories

Medals by country

The Queen, Prince Philip, and their two younger sons, Andrew and Edward, at the opening of the 1978 Commonwealth Games, in Edmonton, Alberta

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)*453133109
2 England (ENG)27273387
3 Australia (AUS)24332784
4 Kenya (KEN)76518
5 New Zealand (NZL)56920
6 India (IND)54615
7 Scotland (SCO)36514
8 Jamaica (JAM)2237
9 Wales (WAL)2158
10 Northern Ireland (NIR)2125
11 Hong Kong (HKG)2002
12 Malaysia (MAS)1214
13 Ghana (GHA)1113
 Guyana (GUY)1113
15 Tanzania (TAN)1102
16 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0224
 Zambia (ZAM)0224
18 Bahamas (BAH)0101
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)0101
20 Western Samoa (WSM)0033
21 Isle of Man (IOM)0011
Totals (21 entries)128128139395

Medals by event

Athletics

Badminton

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed Team England (ENG)
Anne Statt
Barbara Sutton
David Eddy
Derek Talbot
Jane Webster
Karen Bridge
Kevin Jolly
Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
Raymond Stevens
 Canada (CAN)
Claire Backhouse
Gregory Carter
Jamie McKee
Jane Youngberg
Johanne Falardeau
John Czich
Kenneth Priestman
Lucio Fabris
Sharon Crawford
Wendy Clarkson
 Malaysia (MAS)
Abu Bakar Sufian
Chee Geok Whee
Moo Foot Lian
James Selvaraj
Katherine Swee Phek Teh
Saw Swee Leong
Sylvia Ng
Ong Teong Boon
Men's Singles Prakash Padukone (IND) Derek Talbot (ENG) Ray Stevens (ENG)
Men's Doubles Ray Stevens
Mike Tredgett (ENG)
 Moo Foot Lian
Ong Beng Teong (MAS)
 Bryan Purser
Richard Purser (NZL)
Women's Singles Sylvia Ng (MAS) Katherine Swee Phek Teh (MAS) Wendy Clarkson (CAN)
Women's Doubles Nora Perry
Anne Statt (ENG)
 Claire Backhouse
Jane Youngberg (CAN)
 Ami Ghia
Kanwal Thakar Singh (IND)
Mixed Doubles Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry (ENG)
 Billy Gilliland
Joanna Flockhart (SCO)
 Derek Talbot
Barbara Sutton (ENG)

Bowls

Boxing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight Stephen Muchoki (KEN) Francis Kabala (ZAM) Birender Thapa (IND)
 Kid Jumalia (GHA)
Flyweight Michael Irungu (KEN) Ian Clyde (CAN) Peter Wighton (AUS)
 Hugh Russell (NIR)
Bantamweight Barry McGuigan (NIR) Tumat Sugolik (PNG) Douglas Maina (KEN)
 William Rannelli (CAN)
Featherweight Azumah Nelson (GHA) John Sichula (ZAM) Guy Boutin (CAN)
 Moss O'Brien (ENG)
Lightweight Gerry Hamill (NIR) Patrick Waweru (KEN) Teddy Makofi (ZAM)
 John McAllister (SCO)
Light Welterweight Winfield Braithwaite (GUY) James Douglas (SCO) John Raftery (CAN)
 Michael Mawangi (KEN)
Welterweight Mike McCallum (JAM) Ken Beattie (NIR) Derrick Hoyt (CAN)
 Anthony Feal (WAL)
Light Middleweight Kelly Perlette (CAN) Abdurahman Athuman (KEN) Ropati Vipo Samu (SAM)
 Enock Chama (ZAM)
Middleweight Philip McElwaine (AUS) Delroy Parkes (ENG) Roddy MacDonald (CAN)
 Richard Betham (SAM)
Light Heavyweight Roger Fortin (CAN) Vince Smith (ENG) Fautala Su'a (SAM)
 Edward Thande (KEN)
Heavyweight Julius Awome (ENG) Adamah Mensah (GHA) George Stankovich (NZL)

Cycling

Track
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Time Trial Jocelyn Lovell (CAN)1:06.00 Kenrick Tucker (AUS)00:01:07 Gordon Singleton (CAN)00:01:08
Men's Sprint Kenrick Tucker (AUS) Trevor Gadd (ENG) David Weller (JAM)
Men's Individual Pursuit Mike Richards (NZL)00:04:50 Gary Campbell (AUS)00:04:56 Tony Doyle (ENG)00:04:56
Men's Team Pursuit Australia
Colin Fitzgerald
Kevin Nichols
Gary Sutton
Shane Sutton
00:04:29 New Zealand
Kevin Blackwell
Anthony Cuff
Neil Lyster
Jack Swart
00:04:38 England
Tony Doyle
Paul Fennell
Tony James
Glen Mitchell
00:04:51
Men's 10 Miles Scratch Jocelyn Lovell (CAN)00:20:06 Shane Sutton (AUS)00:20:06 Gary Sutton (AUS)00:20:06
Men's Tandem Jocelyn Lovell
Gordon Singleton (CAN)
15.52 Trevor Gadd
David Le Grys (ENG)
 Ron Boyle
Stephen Goodall (AUS)
Road
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Road Race Phil Anderson (AUS)04:22:34 Pierre Harvey (CAN)04:22:35 Garry Bell (NZL)04:22:35

Diving

Gymnastics

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's All-Around Philip Delesalle (CAN)56.4 Lindsay Nylund (AUS)54.95 Jean Choquette (CAN)54.25
Men's Team Canada (CAN)
Jean Choquette
Nigel Rothwell
Owen Walstrom
Philip Delesalle
165.55 England (ENG)
Edward Arnold
Ian Neale
Jeff Davis
Thomas Wilson
161.95 Australia (AUS)
Lambert Ariens
Lindsay Nylund
Rudolf Starosta
Warwick Forbes
158.5
Women's All-Around Elfi Schlegel (CAN)38.25 Monica Goermann (CAN)37.25
 Sherry Hawco (CAN)
Women's Team Canada (CAN)
Elfi Schlegel
Karen Kelsall
Monica Goermann
Sherry Hawco
113.25 England (ENG)
Joanna Sime
Karen Robb
Lisa Jackman
Susan Cheesebrough
107.4 New Zealand (NZL)
Deborah Hurst
Kirsty Durward
Lynette Brake
Rowena Davis
106.35

Shooting

Pistol
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's/Open 50m Free Pistol Yvon Trempe (CAN)543 Edward Jans (CAN)540 Bertram Manhin (TRI)536
Men's/Open 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol Jules Sobrian (CAN)587 John Cooke (ENG)581 Jeff Farrell (AUS)581
Rifle
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's/Open 50m Rifle Prone Alister Allan (SCO)1194 Bill Watkins (WAL)1191 Stewart Watterson (IOM)1187
Men's/Open Fullbore Rifle Desmond Vamplew (CAN)391 James Spaight (ENG)388 Patrick Vamplew (CAN)387
Shotgun
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's/Open Trap John Primrose (CAN)186 George Leary (CAN)185 Terry Rumbel (AUS)183
Men's/Open Skeet John Woolley (NZL)193 Paul Bentley (ENG)191 Joe Neville (ENG)190

Swimming

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Mark Morgan
 Australia
52.70 Bill Sawchuk
 Canada
52.81 Gary MacDonald
 Canada
52.90
200 m freestyle Ron McKeon
 Australia
1:52.06 Graeme Brewer
 Australia
1:52.86 Mark Morgan
 Australia
1:53.16
400 m freestyle Ron McKeon
 Australia
3:54.43 Simon Gray
 England
3:56.87 Max Metzker
 Australia
3:58.83
1500 m freestyle Max Metzker
 Australia
15:31.92 Simon Gray
 England
15:39.39 Andrew Astbury
 England
15:42.89
100 m backstroke Glenn Patching
 Australia
57.90 Gary Abraham
 England
58.48 Jay Tapp
 Canada
59.05
200 m backstroke Gary Hurring
 New Zealand
2:04.37 Glenn Patching
 Australia
2:05.76 Paul Moorfoot
 Australia
2:05.99
100 m breaststroke Graham Smith
 Canada
1:03.81 Duncan Goodhew
 England
1:04.24 Paul Naisby
 England
1:06.36
200 m breaststroke Graham Smith
 Canada
2:20.86 Duncan Goodhew
 England
2:21.92 Lindsay Spencer
 Australia
2:22.49
100 m butterfly Dan Thompson
 Canada
55.04 John Mills
 England
56.22 Bill Sawchuk
 Canada
56.37
200 m butterfly George Nagy
 Canada
2:01.99 Claus Bredschneider
 Canada
2:02.49 Phil Hubble
 England
2:02.53
200 m individual medley Graham Smith
 Canada
2:05.25 Bill Sawchuk
 Canada
2:05.61 Peter Dawson
 Australia
2:09.05
400 m individual medley Graham Smith
 Canada
4:27.34 Simon Gray
 England
4:27.70 Bill Sawchuk
 Canada
4:27.99
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  Canada
Bill Sawchuk
Gary MacDonald
Graham Smith
Peter Szmidt
3:27.94  Australia
Glenn Patching
Graeme Brewer
Mark Morgan
Ron McKeon
3:28.62  England
David Dunne
Kevin Burns
Martin Smith
Richard Burrell
3:30.10
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Australia
Graeme Brewer
Mark Morgan
Max Metzker
Ron McKeon
7:34.83  Canada
Bill Sawchuk
Dennis Corcoran
Peter Szmidt
Robert Baylis
7:36.58  England
David Dunne
Martin Smith
Philip Hubble
Simon Gray
7:42.02
4 × 100 m medley relay  Canada
Bill Sawchuk
Dan Thompson
Graham Smith
Jay Tapp
3:49.76  England
Gary Abraham
Duncan Goodhew
John Mills
Martin Smith
3:50.22  Australia
Glenn Patching
Graeme Brewer
Lindsay Spencer
Mark Morgan
3:53.16
Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Carol Klimpel
 Canada
57.78 Rosemary Brown
 Australia
58.30 Wendy Quirk
 Canada
58.41
200 m freestyle Rebecca Perrott
 New Zealand
2:00.63 Tracey Wickham
 Australia
2:01.50 Michelle Ford
 Australia
2:01.64
400 m freestyle Tracey Wickham
 Australia
4:08.45 Michelle Ford
 Australia
4:10.25 Rebecca Perrott
 New Zealand
4:16.70
800 m freestyle Tracey Wickham
 Australia
8:24.62 Michelle Ford
 Australia
8:25.78 Rebecca Perrott
 New Zealand
8:44.87
100 m backstroke Debra Forster
 Australia
1:03.97 Hélène Boivin
 Canada
1:04.54 Cheryl Gibson
 Canada
1:04.68
200 m backstroke Cheryl Gibson
 Canada
2:16.57 Lisa Forrest
 Australia
2:17.66 Glenda Robertson
 Australia
2:18.32
100 m breaststroke Robin Corsiglia
 Canada
1:13.56 Maggie Kelly
 England
1:13.69 Marian Stuart
 Canada
1:13.72
200 m breaststroke Lisa Borsholt
 Canada
2:37.70 Debbie Rudd
 England
2:38.07 Maggie Kelly
 England
2:38.63
100 m butterfly Wendy Quirk
 Canada
1:01.92 Penny McCarthy
 New Zealand
1:02.27 Linda Hanel
 Australia
1:02.69
200 m butterfly Michelle Ford
 Australia
2:11.29 Wendy Quirk
 Canada
2:13.65 Linda Hanel
 Australia
2:14.52
200 m individual medley Sharron Davies
 England
2:18.37 Rebecca Perrott
 New Zealand
2:18.70 Becky Smith
 Canada
2:18.95
400 m individual medley Sharron Davies
 England
4:52.44 Becky Smith
 Canada
4:57.83 Cheryl Gibson
 Canada
4:59.39
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  Canada
Carol Klimpel
Gail Amundrud
Sue Sloan
Wendy Quirk
3:50.28  England
Cheryl Brazendale
Heidi Turk
Kaye Lovatt
Sharron Davies
3:53.27  Australia
Lisa Burnes
Michelle Ford
Rosemary Brown
Tracey Wickham
3:54.11
4 × 100 m medley relay  Canada
Carol Klimpel
Hélène Boivin
Marian Stuart
Wendy Quirk
4:15.26  Australia
Debra Forster
Lisa Curry-Kenny
Rosemary Brown
Tracey Wickham
4:16.75  England
Helen Gilyard
Margaret Kelly
Sharron Davies
Sue Jenner
4:19.87

Weightlifting

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight – Overall Ekambaram Karunakaran (IND)205 Charlie Revolta (SCO)197.5 Roger Crabtree (AUS)190
Bantamweight – Overall Precious McKenzie (NZL)220 M Tamil Selvan (IND)220 Jeffrey Brice (WAL)215
Featherweight – Overall Michael Mercier (CAN)237.5 Ivan Katz (AUS)235 Darrell Schultz (CAN)230
Lightweight – Overall Bill Stellios (AUS)272.5 Adrian Kebbe (AUS)267.5 Phillip Sue (NZL)262.5
Middleweight – Overall Sam Castiglione (AUS)300 Newton Burrowes (ENG)290 Steve Pinsent (ENG)290
Light Heavyweight – Overall Robert Kabbas (AUS)322.5 Charles Quagliata (AUS)287.5 Gary Shadbolt (ENG)277.5
Middle Heavyweight – Overall Gary Langford (ENG)335 Terry Hadlow (CAN)330 Brian Marsden (NZL)312.5
Sub Heavyweight – Overall John Burns (WAL)340 Steve Wyatt (AUS)325 Robert Santavy (CAN)315
Heavyweight – Overall Russ Prior (CAN)347.5 Wayne Smith (CAN)337.5 Andy Drzewiecki (ENG)335
Super Heavyweight – Overall Jean-Marc Cardinal (CAN)365 Bob Edmond (AUS)322.5 John Hynd (SCO)305

Wrestling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight Ashok Kumar (IND) George Gunouski (CAN) Mark Dunbar (ENG)
Flyweight Ray Takahashi (CAN) Sudesh Kumar (IND) Ken Hoyt (AUS)
Bantamweight Satbir Singh (IND) Michael Barry (CAN) Amrik Singh Gill (ENG)
Featherweight Egon Beiler (CAN) Jagminder Singh (IND) Brian Aspen (ENG)
Lightweight Zsigmund Kelevitz (AUS) Joe Gilligan (ENG) Jagdish Kumar (IND)
Welterweight Rajinder Singh (IND) Victor Zilberman (CAN) Keith Haward (ENG)
Middleweight Richard Deschatelets (CAN) Wally Koenig (AUS) Ivan Weir (NIR)
Light Heavyweight Stephen Danier (CAN) Mick Pikos (AUS) Kartar Singh (IND)
Heavyweight Wyatt Wishart (CAN) Satpal Singh (IND) Murray Avery (NZL)
Super Heavyweight Robert Gibbons (CAN) Albert Patrick (SCO) Ishwar Singh (IND)

Venues

References

  1. Donald Macintosh; Michael Hawes; Donna Ruth Greenhorn; David Ross Black (5 April 1994). Sport and Canadian Diplomacy. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7735-1161-3.
Preceded by
Christchurch
Commonwealth Games
Edmonton
XI Commonwealth Games
Succeeded by
Brisbane
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