1978 Commonwealth Games

XI Commonwealth Games
Host city	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nations participating	47
Athletes participating	1,475
Events	128 events in 11 sports
Opening ceremony	3 August
Closing ceremony	12 August
Officially opened by	Elizabeth II
Athlete's Oath	Beverly Boys
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Diane Jones Konihowski
Main venue	Commonwealth Stadium

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

This was the first Commonwealth Games where a computerised system was used to handle ticket sales.

These were the first Commonwealth Games to be named Commonwealth Games, having dropped British.

Host selection

1978 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City	Round 1
Edmonton	36
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
Antigua and Barbuda (5) Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Bermuda British Honduras Canada Cayman Islands Cook Islands Cyprus England Fiji (7) Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guernsey Guyana Hong Kong India Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Kenya Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Mauritius New Zealand Northern Ireland Papua New Guinea Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Scotland Sierra Leone Singapore Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania The Gambia Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Wales Western Samoa Zambia

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)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)*	45	31	33	109
2	England (ENG)	27	27	33	87
3	Australia (AUS)	24	33	27	84
4	Kenya (KEN)	7	6	5	18
5	New Zealand (NZL)	5	6	9	20
6	India (IND)	5	4	6	15
7	Scotland (SCO)	3	6	5	14
8	Jamaica (JAM)	2	2	3	7
9	Wales (WAL)	2	1	5	8
10	Northern Ireland (NIR)	2	1	2	5
11	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	0	0	2
12	Malaysia (MAS)	1	2	1	4
13	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	1	3
13	Guyana (GUY)	1	1	1	3
15	Tanzania (TAN)	1	1	0	2
16	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	2	2	4
16	Zambia (ZAM)	0	2	2	4
18	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
18	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	1	0	1
20	Western Samoa (WSM)	0	0	3	3
21	Isle of Man (IOM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		128	128	139	395

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's 3 Metres Springboard	Chris Snode (ENG)	643.83	Scott Cranham (CAN)	595.53	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	572.16
10 Metres Highboard [Platform]	Chris Snode (ENG)	538.98	Ken Armstrong (CAN)	534.99	Scott Cranham (CAN)	512.37
Women's 3 Metres Springboard	Janet Nutter (CAN)	477.33	Beverley Boys (CAN)	469.95	Eniko Kiefer (CAN)	447.42
Women's 10 Metres Highboard [Platform]	Linda Cuthbert (CAN)	397.44	Valerie McFarlane (AUS)	383.4	Janet Nutter (CAN)	374.67

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
Women's All-Around	Elfi Schlegel (CAN)	38.25	Sherry Hawco (CAN)	37.25
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 Free Pistol	Yvon Trempe (CAN)	543	Edward Jans (CAN)	540	Bertram Manhin (TRI)	536
Men's/Open Rapid-Fire Pistol	Jules Sobrian (CAN)	587	John Cooke (ENG)	581	Jeff Farrell (AUS)	581

Rifle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's/Open Smallbore Rifle	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	Marion 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 Helene 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

Commonwealth Stadium: Athletics, Opening and Closing Ceremonies (built new for the games)
University of Alberta Arena: Badminton
Commonwealth Bowls: Lawn Bowling (built new for the games)
Edmonton Gardens: Boxing
Argyll Velodrome: Cycling (built new for the games)
Northlands Coliseum: Gymnastics
Strathcona Shooting Range: Shooting (built new for the games)
Kinsmen Aquatic Centre: Swimming and Diving (built new for the games)
Jubilee Auditorium: Weightlifting
University of Alberta Gym: Wrestling

References

^ Donald Macintosh; Michael Hawes; Donna Ruth Greenhorn; David Ross Black (5 April 1994). Sport and Canadian Diplomacy. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-7735-1161-3.

External links

Commonwealth Games Official Site
A Brief History from the Delhi 2010 site
1978 Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games official website
Going the Distance, an NFB documentary

Preceded by Christchurch	*Commonwealth Games* Edmonton XI Commonwealth Games	Succeeded by Brisbane

[MacintoshHawes1994-1] Donald Macintosh; Michael Hawes; Donna Ruth Greenhorn; David Ross Black (5 April 1994). Sport and Canadian Diplomacy. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-7735-1161-3.

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