1978 Commonwealth Games

XI Commonwealth Games
Host city	Edmonton, Canada
Nations	47
Athletes	1,475
Events	128 events in 11 sports
Opening	3 August 1978
Closing	12 August 1978
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, 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.

This was the first Commonwealth Games where a computerized 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
Edmonton	36
Leeds	10

Participating teams

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

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories
Antigua Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Bermuda British Honduras Canada (host) 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

* Host nation (Canada)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada*	45	31	33	109
2	England	27	27	33	87
3	Australia	24	33	27	84
4	Kenya	7	6	5	18
5	New Zealand	5	6	9	20
6	India	5	4	6	15
7	Scotland	3	6	5	14
8	Jamaica	2	2	3	7
9	Wales	2	1	5	8
10	Northern Ireland	2	1	2	5
11	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	0	0	2
12	Malaysia	1	2	1	4
13	Ghana	1	1	1	3
13	Guyana	1	1	1	3
15	Tanzania	1	1	0	2
16	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	2	4
16	Zambia	0	2	2	4
18	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
18	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
20	Western Samoa	0	0	3	3
21	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		128	128	139	395

Medals by event

Athletics

Badminton

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed Team	England England Anne Statt Barbara Sutton David Eddy Derek Talbot Jane Webster Karen Bridge Kevin Jolly Mike Tredgett Nora Perry Raymond Stevens	Canada Canada Claire Backhouse Gregory Carter Jamie McKee Jane Youngberg Johanne Falardeau John Czich Kenneth Priestman Lucio Fabris Sharon Crawford Wendy Clarkson	Malaysia Malaysia 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 India	Derek Talbot England	Ray Stevens England
Men's Doubles	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett England	Moo Foot Lian Ong Beng Teong Malaysia	Bryan Purser Richard Purser New Zealand
Women's Singles	Sylvia Ng Malaysia	Katherine Swee Phek Teh Malaysia	Wendy Clarkson Canada
Women's Doubles	Nora Perry Anne Statt England	Claire Backhouse Jane Youngberg Canada	Ami Ghia Kanwal Thakar Singh India
Mixed Doubles	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry England	Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart Scotland	Derek Talbot Barbara Sutton England

Bowls

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Stephen Muchoki Kenya	Francis Kabala Zambia	Birender Thapa India
Light Flyweight	Stephen Muchoki Kenya	Francis Kabala Zambia	Kid Jumalia Ghana
Flyweight	Michael Irungu Kenya	Ian Clyde Canada	Peter Wighton Australia
Flyweight	Michael Irungu Kenya	Ian Clyde Canada	Hugh Russell Northern Ireland
Bantamweight	Barry McGuigan Northern Ireland	Tumat Sugolik Papua New Guinea	Douglas Maina Kenya
Bantamweight	Barry McGuigan Northern Ireland	Tumat Sugolik Papua New Guinea	William Rannelli Canada
Featherweight	Azumah Nelson Ghana	John Sichula Zambia	Guy Boutin Canada
Featherweight	Azumah Nelson Ghana	John Sichula Zambia	Moss O'Brien England
Lightweight	Gerry Hamill Northern Ireland	Patrick Waweru Kenya	Teddy Makofi Zambia
Lightweight	Gerry Hamill Northern Ireland	Patrick Waweru Kenya	John McAllister Scotland
Light Welterweight	Winfield Braithwaite Guyana	James Douglas Scotland	John Raftery Canada
Light Welterweight	Winfield Braithwaite Guyana	James Douglas Scotland	Michael Mawangi Kenya
Welterweight	Mike McCallum Jamaica	Ken Beattie Northern Ireland	Derrick Hoyt Canada
Welterweight	Mike McCallum Jamaica	Ken Beattie Northern Ireland	Anthony Feal Wales
Light Middleweight	Kelly Perlette Canada	Abdurahman Athuman Kenya	Ropati Vipo Samu Samoa
Light Middleweight	Kelly Perlette Canada	Abdurahman Athuman Kenya	Enock Chama Zambia
Middleweight	Philip McElwaine Australia	Delroy Parkes England	Roddy MacDonald Canada
Middleweight	Philip McElwaine Australia	Delroy Parkes England	Richard Betham Samoa
Light Heavyweight	Roger Fortin Canada	Vince Smith England	Fautala Su'a Samoa
Light Heavyweight	Roger Fortin Canada	Vince Smith England	Edward Thande Kenya
Heavyweight	Julius Awome England	Adamah Mensah Ghana	George Stankovich New Zealand

Cycling

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Time Trial	Jocelyn Lovell Canada	1:06.00	Kenrick Tucker Australia	00:01:07	Gordon Singleton Canada	00:01:08
Men's Sprint	Kenrick Tucker Australia		Trevor Gadd England		David Weller Jamaica
Men's Individual Pursuit	Mike Richards New Zealand	00:04:50	Gary Campbell Australia	00:04:56	Tony Doyle England	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 Canada	00:20:06	Shane Sutton Australia	00:20:06	Gary Sutton Australia	00:20:06
Men's Tandem	Jocelyn Lovell Gordon Singleton Canada	15.52	Trevor Gadd David Le Grys England		Ron Boyle Stephen Goodall Australia

Road

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Road Race	Phil Anderson Australia	04:22:34	Pierre Harvey Canada	04:22:35	Garry Bell New Zealand	04:22:35

Diving

Gymnastics

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

Shooting

Pistol

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's/Open 50m Free Pistol	Yvon Trempe Canada	543	Edward Jans Canada	540	Bertram Manhin Trinidad and Tobago	536
Men's/Open 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol	Jules Sobrian Canada	587	John Cooke England	581	Jeff Farrell Australia	581

Rifle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's/Open 50m Rifle Prone	Alister Allan Scotland	1194	Bill Watkins Wales	1191	Stewart Watterson Isle of Man	1187
Men's/Open Fullbore Rifle	Desmond Vamplew Canada	391	James Spaight England	388	Patrick Vamplew Canada	387

Shotgun

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's/Open Trap	John Primrose Canada	186	George Leary Canada	185	Terry Rumbel Australia	183
Men's/Open Skeet	John Woolley New Zealand	193	Paul Bentley England	191	Joe Neville England	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 India	205	Charlie Revolta Scotland	197.5	Roger Crabtree Australia	190
Bantamweight – Overall	Precious McKenzie New Zealand	220	M Tamil Selvan India	220	Jeffrey Brice Wales	215
Featherweight – Overall	Michael Mercier Canada	237.5	Ivan Katz Australia	235	Darrell Schultz Canada	230
Lightweight – Overall	Bill Stellios Australia	272.5	Adrian Kebbe Australia	267.5	Phillip Sue New Zealand	262.5
Middleweight – Overall	Sam Castiglione Australia	300	Newton Burrowes England	290	Steve Pinsent England	290
Light Heavyweight – Overall	Robert Kabbas Australia	322.5	Charles Quagliata Australia	287.5	Gary Shadbolt England	277.5
Middle Heavyweight – Overall	Gary Langford England	335	Terry Hadlow Canada	330	Brian Marsden New Zealand	312.5
Sub Heavyweight – Overall	John Burns Wales	340	Steve Wyatt Australia	325	Robert Santavy Canada	315
Heavyweight – Overall	Russ Prior Canada	347.5	Wayne Smith Canada	337.5	Andy Drzewiecki England	335
Super Heavyweight – Overall	Jean-Marc Cardinal Canada	365	Bob Edmond Australia	322.5	John Hynd Scotland	305

Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Ashok Kumar India	George Gunouski Canada	Mark Dunbar England
Flyweight	Ray Takahashi Canada	Sudesh Kumar India	Ken Hoyt Australia
Bantamweight	Satbir Singh India	Michael Barry Canada	Amrik Singh Gill England
Featherweight	Egon Beiler Canada	Jagminder Singh India	Brian Aspen England
Lightweight	Zsigmund Kelevitz Australia	Joe Gilligan England	Jagdish Kumar India
Welterweight	Rajinder Singh India	Victor Zilberman Canada	Keith Haward England
Middleweight	Richard Deschatelets Canada	Wally Koenig Australia	Ivan Weir Northern Ireland
Light Heavyweight	Stephen Danier Canada	Mick Pikos Australia	Kartar Singh India
Heavyweight	Wyatt Wishart Canada	Satpal Singh India	Murray Avery New Zealand
Super Heavyweight	Robert Gibbons Canada	Albert Patrick Scotland	Ishwar Singh India

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)
Northern Alberta 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. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7735-1161-3.

External links

"Edmonton 1978". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
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. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7735-1161-3.

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