1978 Commonwealth Games

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.

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
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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

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 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

Queen Elizabeth II, 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
	Guyana (GUY)	1	1	1	3
15	Tanzania (TAN)	1	1	0	2
16	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	2	2	4
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	2	2	4
18	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
	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 entries)		128	128	139	395

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 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

Main article: Lawn Bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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

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	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

• 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