1978 Commonwealth Games

11th Commonwealth Games
Host city	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nations participating	47
Athletes participating	1,475
Events	126 events in 11 sports
Opening ceremony	3 August 1978
Closing ceremony	12 August 1978
Officially opened by	Elizabeth II
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Diane Jones Konihowski
Main Stadium	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 at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa The Bid Election was held at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.

1978 Commonwealth Games Bidding Results
City	Round 1
Edmonton	36
Leeds	10

Medals by country

Participating countries

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	5	5	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	2	0	0	2
12	Malaysia	1	2	1	4
13	Ghana	1	1	1	3
	Guyana	1	1	1	3
15	Tanzania	1	1	0	2
16	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	2	4
	Zambia	0	2	2	4
18	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
20	Western Samoa	0	0	3	3
21	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
Total		128	129	138	395

Medals by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Badminton

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed Team	England (ENG)	Canada (CAN)	Malaysia (MAS)
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 Meow Eng 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 (Gardner) (ENG)	Billy Gilliland Joanna Flockhart (SCO)	Derek Talbot Barbara Sutton (ENG)

Bowls

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	David Bryant (ENG)	John Snell (AUS)	John Russell Evans (WAL)
Men's Pairs	Clementi Delgado Eric Liddell (HKG)	Alex McIntosh Willie Wood (SCO)	James Morgan Ray Williams (WAL)
Men's Fours	Hong Kong (HKG)	New Zealand (NZL)	Wales (WAL)

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)
			Maurice 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 Freal (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)	Ron 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)	00:01:06	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	Michael 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)	165.55	England (ENG)	161.95	Australia (AUS)	158.5
Women's All-Around	Elfi Schlegel (CAN)	38.25	Monica Goermann (CAN)	37.25
			Sherry Hawco (CAN)
Women's Team	Canada (CAN)	113.25	England (ENG)	107.4	New Zealand (NZL)	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 Small Bore Rifle	Alister Allan (SCO)	1194	Bill Watkins (WAL)	1191	Stewart Watterson (IOM)	1187
Men's/Open Full Bore 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 (AUS)	52.70	Bill Sawchuk Canada (CAN)	52.81	Gary MacDonald Canada (CAN)	52.9
200 m freestyle	Ron McKeon Australia (AUS)	1:52.06	Graeme Brewer Australia (AUS)	1:52.86	Mark Morgan Australia (AUS)	1:53.16
400 m freestyle	Ron McKeon Australia (AUS)	3:54.43	Simon Gray England (ENG)	3:56.87	Max Metzker Australia (AUS)	3:58.83
1500 m freestyle	Max Metzker Australia (AUS)	15:31.92	Simon Gray England (ENG)	15:39.39	Andrew Astbury England (ENG)	15:42.89
100 m backstroke	Glenn Patching Australia (AUS)	57.90	Gary Abraham England (ENG)	58.48	Jay Tapp Canada (CAN)	59.05
200 m backstroke	Gary Hurring New Zealand (NZL)	2:04.37	Glenn Patching Australia (AUS)	2:05.76	Paul Moorfoot Australia (AUS)	2:05.99
100 m breaststroke	Graham Smith Canada (CAN)	1:03.81	Duncan Goodhew England (ENG)	1:04.24	Paul Naisby England (ENG)	1:06.36
200 m breaststroke	Graham Smith Canada (CAN)	2:20.86	Duncan Goodhew England (ENG)	2:21.92	Lindsay Spencer Australia (AUS)	2:22.49
100 m butterfly	Dan Thompson Canada (CAN)	55.04	John Mills England (ENG)	56.22	Bill Sawchuk Canada (CAN)	56.37
200 m butterfly	George Nagy Canada (CAN)	2:01.99	Claus Bredschneider Canada (CAN)	2:02.49	Phil Hubble England (ENG)	2:02.53
200 m individual medley	Graham Smith Canada (CAN)	2:05.25	Bill Sawchuk Canada (CAN)	2:05.61	Peter Dawson Australia (AUS)	2:09.05
400 m individual medley	Graham Smith Canada (CAN)	4:27.34	Simon Gray England (ENG)	4:27.70	Bill Sawchuk Canada (CAN)	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 Ronald 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 Ronald 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 Duncan Goodhew Gary Abraham 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 (CAN)	57.78	Rosemary Brown Australia (AUS)	58.30	Wendy Quirk Canada (CAN)	58.41
200 m freestyle	Rebecca Perrott New Zealand (NZL)	2:00.63	Tracey Wickham Australia (AUS)	2:01.50	Michelle Ford Australia (AUS)	2:01.64
400 m freestyle	Tracey Wickham Australia (AUS)	4:08.45	Michelle Ford Australia (AUS)	4:10.25	Rebecca Perrott New Zealand (NZL)	4:16.70
800 m freestyle	Tracey Wickham Australia (AUS)	8:24.62	Michelle Ford Australia (AUS)	8:25.78	Rebecca Perrott New Zealand (NZL)	8:44.87
100 m backstroke	Debra Forster Australia (AUS)	1:03.97	Hélène Boivin Canada (CAN)	1:04.54	Cheryl Gibson Canada (CAN)	1:04.68
200 m backstroke	Cheryl Gibson Canada (CAN)	2:16.57	Lisa Forrest Australia (AUS)	2:17.66	Glenda Robertson Australia (AUS)	2:18.32
100 m breaststroke	Robin Corsiglia Canada (CAN)	1:13.56	Maggie Kelly England (ENG)	1:13.69	Marion Stuart Canada (CAN)	1:13.72
200 m breaststroke	Lisa Borsholt Canada (CAN)	2:37.70	Debbie Rudd England (ENG)	2:38.07	Maggie Kelly England (ENG)	2:38.63
100 m butterfly	Wendy Quirk Canada (CAN)	1:01.92	Penny McCarthy New Zealand (NZL)	1:02.27	Linda Hanel Australia (AUS)	1:02.69
200 m butterfly	Michelle Ford Australia (AUS)	2:11.29	Wendy Quirk Canada (CAN)	2:13.65	Linda Hanel Australia (AUS)	2:14.52
200 m individual medley	Sharron Davies England (ENG)	2:18.37	Rebecca Perrott New Zealand (NZL)	2:18.70	Becky Smith Canada (CAN)	2:18.95
400 m individual medley	Sharron Davies England (ENG)	4:52.44	Becky Smith Canada (CAN)	4:57.83	Cheryl Gibson Canada (CAN)	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	Tamil Selvin (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	Philip 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 (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 Howard (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

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