1978 Commonwealth Games
Diane Jones Konihowski | |
Main venue | Commonwealth Stadium |
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The 1978 Commonwealth Games was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, 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.
This was the first Commonwealth Games where a computerised 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
Host selection
City | Round 1 |
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Edmonton | 36 |
Leeds | 10 |
Participating teams
46 teams were represented at the 1978 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).
Medals by country
* Host nation (Canada)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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
Badminton
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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) |
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 (CAN)Jane Youngberg |
Ami Ghia Kanwal Thakar Singh (IND) |
Mixed Doubles | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry (ENG) |
Joanna Flockhart (SCO) |
Derek Talbot Barbara Sutton (ENG) |
Bowls
Boxing
Cycling
- Track
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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) |
Stephen Goodall (AUS) |
- Road
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Road Race | Phil Anderson (AUS) | 04:22:34 | Pierre Harvey (CAN) | 04:22:35 | Garry Bell (NZL) | 04:22:35 |
Diving
Gymnastics
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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) 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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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
- Women's events
Weightlifting
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 |
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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
References
- ISBN 978-0-7735-1161-3.
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
Preceded by Christchurch |
Commonwealth Games Edmonton XI Commonwealth Games |
Succeeded by Brisbane |