1978 Commonwealth Games

The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta 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, 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 participating	47
Athletes participating	1,475
Events	128 events in 11 sports
Opening ceremony	3 August 1978
Closing ceremony	12 August 1978
Officially 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 computerised system was used to handle ticket sales.

These were 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 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
	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
• : 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

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.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• A Brief History from the Delhi 2010 site
• – Australian Commonwealth Games official website
• Going the Distance, an NFB documentary^{[permanent dead link]}

Preceded by Christchurch

Commonwealth Games Edmonton XI Commonwealth Games

Succeeded by Brisbane