1978 Commonwealth Games

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XI Commonwealth Games
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Host cityEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nations participating47
Athletes participating1,475
Events128 events in 11 sports
Opening ceremony3 August
Closing ceremony12 August
Officially opened byElizabeth II
Athlete's OathBeverly Boys
Queen's Baton Final RunnerDiane Jones Konihowski
Main venueCommonwealth Stadium
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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
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
  •  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)

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 nations)128128139395

Medals by event[]

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Badminton[]

Main article: Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
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



Johanne Falardeau




Wendy Clarkson		  Malaysia (MAS)



James Selvaraj

Saw Swee Leong
Sylvia Ng
Men's Singles  Prakash Padukone (IND)  Derek Talbot (ENG)  Ray Stevens (ENG)
Men's Doubles  Ray Stevens
Mike Tredgett (ENG)		  
Ong Beng Teong (MAS)		  Bryan Purser
Richard Purser (NZL)
Women's Singles  Sylvia Ng (MAS)   (MAS)  Wendy Clarkson (CAN)
Women's Doubles  Nora Perry
Anne Statt (ENG)		  Claire Backhouse
 (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[]

Main article: Lawn Bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Boxing[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight  Stephen Muchoki (KEN)   (ZAM)  Birender Thapa (IND)
  (GHA)
Flyweight   (KEN)  Ian Clyde (CAN)   (AUS)
 Hugh Russell (NIR)
Bantamweight  Barry McGuigan (NIR)  Tumat Sugolik (PNG)   (KEN)
  (CAN)
Featherweight  Azumah Nelson (GHA)  John Sichula (ZAM)   (CAN)
 Moss O'Brien (ENG)
Lightweight  Gerry Hamill (NIR)  Patrick Waweru (KEN)  Teddy Makofi (ZAM)
  (SCO)
Light Welterweight  Winfield Braithwaite (GUY)   (SCO)   (CAN)
  (KEN)
Welterweight  Mike McCallum (JAM)   (NIR)   (CAN)
  (WAL)
Light Middleweight  Kelly Perlette (CAN)   (KEN)   (SAM)
 Enock Chama (ZAM)
Middleweight  Philip McElwaine (AUS)  Delroy Parkes (ENG)   (CAN)
 Richard Betham (SAM)
Light Heavyweight  Roger Fortin (CAN)  Vince Smith (ENG)   (SAM)
  (KEN)
Heavyweight  Julius Awome (ENG)   (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   (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[]

Main article: Diving at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Gymnastics[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's All-Around  Philip Delesalle (CAN) 56.4  Lindsay Nylund (AUS) 54.95   (CAN) 54.25
Men's Team  Canada (CAN)



Philip Delesalle		 165.55  England (ENG)
Edward Arnold
Ian Neale
Jeff Davis
Thomas Wilson		 161.95  Australia (AUS)

Lindsay Nylund

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   (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   (AUS) 581
Rifle
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's/Open 50m Rifle Prone  Alister Allan (SCO) 1194   (WAL) 1191   (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
  		52.81 Gary MacDonald
  		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
  		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
  		1:03.81 Duncan Goodhew
 England 		1:04.24 Paul Naisby
 England 		1:06.36
200 m breaststroke Graham Smith
  		2:20.86 Duncan Goodhew
 England 		2:21.92 Lindsay Spencer
 Australia 		2:22.49
100 m butterfly Dan Thompson
  		55.04 John Mills
 England 		56.22 Bill Sawchuk
  		56.37
200 m butterfly George Nagy
  		2:01.99
  		2:02.49 Phil Hubble
 England 		2:02.53
200 m individual medley Graham Smith
  		2:05.25 Bill Sawchuk
  		2:05.61 Peter Dawson
 Australia 		2:09.05
400 m individual medley Graham Smith
  		4:27.34 Simon Gray
 England 		4:27.70 Bill Sawchuk
  		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

Peter Szmidt
 		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
 		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
  		57.78 Rosemary Brown
 Australia 		58.30 Wendy Quirk
  		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
  		1:04.54 Cheryl Gibson
  		1:04.68
200 m backstroke Cheryl Gibson
  		2:16.57 Lisa Forrest
 Australia 		2:17.66 Glenda Robertson
 Australia 		2:18.32
100 m breaststroke Robin Corsiglia
  		1:13.56 Maggie Kelly
 England 		1:13.69 Marion Stuart
  		1:13.72
200 m breaststroke Lisa Borsholt
  		2:37.70 Debbie Rudd
 England 		2:38.07 Maggie Kelly
 England 		2:38.63
100 m butterfly Wendy Quirk
  		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
  		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
  		2:18.95
400 m individual medley Sharron Davies
 England 		4:52.44 Becky Smith
  		4:57.83 Cheryl Gibson
  		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

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   (SCO) 197.5   (AUS) 190
Bantamweight – Overall  Precious McKenzie (NZL) 220  M Tamil Selvan (IND) 220   (WAL) 215
Featherweight – Overall   (CAN) 237.5   (AUS) 235   (CAN) 230
Lightweight – Overall  Bill Stellios (AUS) 272.5  Adrian Kebbe (AUS) 267.5  Phillip Sue (NZL) 262.5
Middleweight – Overall   (AUS) 300  Newton Burrowes (ENG) 290  Steve Pinsent (ENG) 290
Light Heavyweight – Overall  Robert Kabbas (AUS) 322.5   (AUS) 287.5  Gary Shadbolt (ENG) 277.5
Middle Heavyweight – Overall  Gary Langford (ENG) 335   (CAN) 330  Brian Marsden (NZL) 312.5
Sub Heavyweight – Overall  John Burns (WAL) 340   (AUS) 325  Robert Santavy (CAN) 315
Heavyweight – Overall  Russ Prior (CAN) 347.5   (CAN) 337.5  Andy Drzewiecki (ENG) 335
Super Heavyweight – Overall   (CAN) 365  Bob Edmond (AUS) 322.5   (SCO) 305

Wrestling[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight  Ashok Kumar (IND)   (CAN)  Mark Dunbar (ENG)
Flyweight  Ray Takahashi (CAN)  Sudesh Kumar (IND)   (AUS)
Bantamweight   (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)   (IND)
Welterweight  Rajinder Singh (IND)  Victor Zilberman (CAN)  Keith Haward (ENG)
Middleweight  Richard Deschatelets (CAN)  Wally Koenig (AUS)   (NIR)
Light Heavyweight   (CAN)  Mick Pikos (AUS)  Kartar Singh (IND)
Heavyweight   (CAN)  Satpal Singh (IND)  Murray Avery (NZL)
Super Heavyweight   (CAN)  Albert Patrick (SCO)   (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.

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