# 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. 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 (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 |
| 13 | Guyana (GUY) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 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) | Totals (21 entries) | 128 | 128 | 139 | 395 |

## Medals by event
### Badminton

| 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) |

### Boxing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light Flyweight | Stephen Muchoki (KEN) | Francis Kabala (ZAM) | Birender Thapa (IND) |
| Light Flyweight | Stephen Muchoki (KEN) | Francis Kabala (ZAM) | Kid Jumalia (GHA) |
| Flyweight | Michael Irungu (KEN) | Ian Clyde (CAN) | Peter Wighton (AUS) |
| Flyweight | Michael Irungu (KEN) | Ian Clyde (CAN) | Hugh Russell (NIR) |
| Bantamweight | Barry McGuigan (NIR) | Tumat Sugolik (PNG) | Douglas Maina (KEN) |
| Bantamweight | Barry McGuigan (NIR) | Tumat Sugolik (PNG) | William Rannelli (CAN) |
| Featherweight | Azumah Nelson (GHA) | John Sichula (ZAM) | Guy Boutin (CAN) |
| Featherweight | Azumah Nelson (GHA) | John Sichula (ZAM) | Moss O'Brien (ENG) |
| Lightweight | Gerry Hamill (NIR) | Patrick Waweru (KEN) | Teddy Makofi (ZAM) |
| Lightweight | Gerry Hamill (NIR) | Patrick Waweru (KEN) | John McAllister (SCO) |
| Light Welterweight | Winfield Braithwaite (GUY) | James Douglas (SCO) | John Raftery (CAN) |
| Light Welterweight | Winfield Braithwaite (GUY) | James Douglas (SCO) | Michael Mawangi (KEN) |
| Welterweight | Mike McCallum (JAM) | Ken Beattie (NIR) | Derrick Hoyt (CAN) |
| Welterweight | Mike McCallum (JAM) | Ken Beattie (NIR) | Anthony Feal (WAL) |
| Light Middleweight | Kelly Perlette (CAN) | Abdurahman Athuman (KEN) | Ropati Vipo Samu (SAM) |
| Light Middleweight | Kelly Perlette (CAN) | Abdurahman Athuman (KEN) | Enock Chama (ZAM) |
| Middleweight | Philip McElwaine (AUS) | Delroy Parkes (ENG) | Roddy MacDonald (CAN) |
| Middleweight | Philip McElwaine (AUS) | Delroy Parkes (ENG) | Richard Betham (SAM) |
| Light Heavyweight | Roger Fortin (CAN) | Vince Smith (ENG) | Fautala Su'a (SAM) |
| Light Heavyweight | Roger Fortin (CAN) | Vince Smith (ENG) | Edward Thande (KEN) |
| Heavyweight | Julius Awome (ENG) | Adamah Mensah (GHA) | George Stankovich (NZL) |

### Cycling
#### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Road Race | Phil Anderson (AUS) | 04:22:34 | Pierre Harvey (CAN) | 04:22:35 | Garry Bell (NZL) | 04:22:35 |

### Gymnastics

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | | |
| Women's All-Around | Elfi Schlegel (CAN) | 38.25 | Sherry Hawco (CAN) | 37.25 | | |
| 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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