1978 Commonwealth Games
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Host city | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
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Nations participating | 47 | ||
Athletes participating | 1,475 | ||
Events | 128 events in 11 sports | ||
Opening ceremony | 3 August | ||
Closing ceremony | 12 August | ||
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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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 of New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, as well as by Uganda, in protest of 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.
These were the first Commonwealth Games to be named Commonwealth Games, having dropped British.
Host selection
1978 Commonwealth Games bidding results | ||||||
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City | Round 1 | |||||
36 | ||||||
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 | 45 | 31 | 33 | 109 | |
2 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 87 | |
3 | 24 | 33 | 27 | 84 | |
4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |
6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (21 nations) | 128 | 129 | 138 | 395 |
Medals by event
Athletics
Badminton
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed Team | Anne Statt Barbara Sutton David Eddy Derek Talbot Jane Webster Karen Bridge Kevin Jolly Mike Tredgett Nora Perry Raymond Stevens | Claire Blackhouse Gregory Carter Jamie McKee Jane Youngberg Johanne Falardeau John Czich Kenneth Priestman Lucio Fabris Sharon Crawford Wendy Clarkson | 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 | |||
Men's Doubles | Mike Tredgett (ENG) | Ong Beng Teong (MAS) | Richard Purser (NZL) |
Women's Singles | |||
Women's Doubles | Anne Statt (ENG) | Jane Youngberg (CAN) | Kanwal Singh (IND) |
Mixed Doubles | Nora Perry (ENG) | Joanna Flockhart (SCO) | Barbara Sutton (ENG) |
Bowls
Boxing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light Flyweight | |||
Flyweight | |||
Bantamweight | |||
Featherweight | |||
Lightweight | |||
Light Welterweight | |||
Welterweight | |||
Light Middleweight | |||
Middleweight | |||
Light Heavyweight | |||
Heavyweight |
Cycling
- Track
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Time Trial | 1:06.00 | 00:01:07 | 00:01:08 | |||
Men's Sprint | ||||||
Men's Individual Pursuit | 00:04:50 | 00:04:56 | 00:04:56 | |||
Men's Team Pursuit | Colin Fitzgerald Kevin Nichols Gary Sutton Shane Sutton | 00:04:29 | Kevin Blackwell Anthony Cuff Neil Lyster Jack Swart | 00:04:38 | Tony Doyle Paul Fennell Tony James Glen Mitchell | 00:04:51 |
Men's 10 Miles Scratch | 00:20:06 | 00:20:06 | 00:20:06 | |||
Men's Tandem | Gordon Singleton (CAN) | 15.52 | David Le Grys (ENG) | Stephen Goodall (AUS) |
- Road
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Road Race | 04:22:34 | 04:22:35 | 04:22:35 |
Diving
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's 3 Metres Springboard | 643.83 | 595.53 | 572.16 | |||
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] | 538.98 | 534.99 | 512.37 | |||
Women's 3 Metres Springboard | 477.33 | 469.95 | 447.42 | |||
Women's 10 Metres Highboard [Platform] | 397.44 | 383.4 | 374.67 |
Gymnastics
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's All-Around | 56.4 | 54.95 | 54.25 | |||
Men's Team | Jean Choquette Nigel Rothwell Owen Walstrom Philip Delesalle | 165.55 | Edward Arnold Ian Neale Jeffrey Davis Thomas Wilson | 161.95 | Lambert Ariens Lindsay Nylund Rudolf Starosta Warwick Forbes | 158.5 |
Women's All-Around | 38.25 | 37.25 | ||||
Women's Team | Elfi Schlegel Karen Kelsall Monica Goermann Sherry Hawco | 113.25 | Joanna Sime Karen Robb Lisa Jackman Susan Cheeseborough | 107.4 | Deborah Hurst Kirsty Durward Lynette Brake Rowena Davis | 106.35 |
Shooting
- Pistol
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's/Open Free Pistol | 543 | 540 | 536 | |||
Men's/Open Rapid-Fire Pistol | 587 | 581 | 581 |
- Rifle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's/Open Smallbore Rifle | 1194 | 1191 | 1187 | |||
Men's/Open Fullbore Rifle | 391 | 388 | 387 |
- Shotgun
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's/Open Trap | 186 | 185 | 183 | |||
Men's/Open Skeet | 193 | 191 | 190 |
Swimming
- Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle | Mark Morgan |
52.70 | Bill Sawchuk |
52.81 | Gary MacDonald |
52.90 |
200 m freestyle | Ron McKeon |
1:52.06 | Graeme Brewer |
1:52.86 | Mark Morgan |
1:53.16 |
400 m freestyle | Ron McKeon |
3:54.43 | Simon Gray |
3:56.87 | Max Metzker |
3:58.83 |
1500 m freestyle | Max Metzker |
15:31.92 | Simon Gray |
15:39.39 | Andrew Astbury |
15:42.89 |
100 m backstroke | Glenn Patching |
57.90 | Gary Abraham |
58.48 | Jay Tapp |
59.05 |
200 m backstroke | Gary Hurring |
2:04.37 | Glenn Patching |
2:05.76 | Paul Moorfoot |
2:05.99 |
100 m breaststroke | Graham Smith |
1:03.81 | Duncan Goodhew |
1:04.24 | Paul Naisby |
1:06.36 |
200 m breaststroke | Graham Smith |
2:20.86 | Duncan Goodhew |
2:21.92 | Lindsay Spencer |
2:22.49 |
100 m butterfly | Dan Thompson |
55.04 | John Mills |
56.22 | Bill Sawchuk |
56.37 |
200 m butterfly | George Nagy |
2:01.99 | Claus Bredschneider |
2:02.49 | Phil Hubble |
2:02.53 |
200 m individual medley | Graham Smith |
2:05.25 | Bill Sawchuk |
2:05.61 | Peter Dawson |
2:09.05 |
400 m individual medley | Graham Smith |
4:27.34 | Simon Gray |
4:27.70 | Bill Sawchuk |
4:27.99 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Bill Sawchuk Gary MacDonald Graham Smith Peter Szmidt |
3:27.94 | Glenn Patching Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan Ron McKeon |
3:28.62 | David Dunne Kevin Burns Martin Smith Richard Burrell |
3:30.10 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan Max Metzker Ron McKeon |
7:34.83 | Bill Sawchuk Dennis Corcoran Peter Szmidt Robert Baylis |
7:36.58 | David Dunne Martin Smith Philip Hubble Simon Gray |
7:42.02 |
4 × 100 m medley relay | Bill Sawchuk Dan Thompson Graham Smith Jay Tapp |
3:49.76 | Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith |
3:50.22 | Glenn Patching Graeme Brewer Lindsay Spencer Mark Morgan |
3:53.16 |
- Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle | Carol Klimpel |
57.78 | Rosemary Brown |
58.30 | Wendy Quirk |
58.41 |
200 m freestyle | Rebecca Perrott |
2:00.63 | Tracey Wickham |
2:01.50 | Michelle Ford |
2:01.64 |
400 m freestyle | Tracey Wickham |
4:08.45 | Michelle Ford |
4:10.25 | Rebecca Perrott |
4:16.70 |
800 m freestyle | Tracey Wickham |
8:24.62 | Michelle Ford |
8:25.78 | Rebecca Perrott |
8:44.87 |
100 m backstroke | Debra Forster |
1:03.97 | Hélène Boivin |
1:04.54 | Cheryl Gibson |
1:04.68 |
200 m backstroke | Cheryl Gibson |
2:16.57 | Lisa Forrest |
2:17.66 | Glenda Robertson |
2:18.32 |
100 m breaststroke | Robin Corsiglia |
1:13.56 | Maggie Kelly |
1:13.69 | Marion Stuart |
1:13.72 |
200 m breaststroke | Lisa Borsholt |
2:37.70 | Debbie Rudd |
2:38.07 | Maggie Kelly |
2:38.63 |
100 m butterfly | Wendy Quirk |
1:01.92 | Penny McCarthy |
1:02.27 | Linda Hanel |
1:02.69 |
200 m butterfly | Michelle Ford |
2:11.29 | Wendy Quirk |
2:13.65 | Linda Hanel |
2:14.52 |
200 m individual medley | Sharron Davies |
2:18.37 | Rebecca Perrott |
2:18.70 | Becky Smith |
2:18.95 |
400 m individual medley | Sharron Davies |
4:52.44 | Becky Smith |
4:57.83 | Cheryl Gibson |
4:59.39 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Carol Klimpel Gail Amundrud Sue Sloan Wendy Quirk |
3:50.28 | Cheryl Brazendale Heidi Turk Kaye Lovatt Sharron Davies |
3:53.27 | Lisa Burnes Michelle Ford Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham |
3:54.11 |
4 × 100 m medley relay | Carol Klimpel Helene Boivin Marian Stuart Wendy Quirk |
4:15.26 | Debra Forster Lisa Curry-Kenny Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham |
4:16.75 | Helen Gilyard Margaret Kelly Sharron Davies Sue Jenner |
4:19.87 |
Weightlifting
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Flyweight – Overall | 205 | 197.5 | 190 | |||
Bantamweight – Overall | 220 | 220 | 215 | |||
Featherweight – Overall | 237.5 | 235 | 230 | |||
Lightweight – Overall | 272.5 | 267.5 | 262.5 | |||
Middleweight – Overall | 300 | 290 | 290 | |||
Light Heavyweight – Overall | 322.5 | 287.5 | 277.5 | |||
Middle Heavyweight – Overall | 335 | 330 | 312.5 | |||
Sub Heavyweight – Overall | 340 | 325 | 315 | |||
Heavyweight – Overall | 347.5 | 337.5 | 335 | |||
Super Heavyweight – Overall | 365 | 322.5 | 305 |
Wrestling
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light Flyweight | |||
Flyweight | |||
Bantamweight | |||
Featherweight | |||
Lightweight | |||
Welterweight | |||
Middleweight | |||
Light Heavyweight | |||
Heavyweight | |||
Super Heavyweight |
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
References
- ↑ Donald Macintosh; Michael Hawes; Donna Ruth Greenhorn; David Ross Black (5 April 1994). Sport and Canadian Diplomacy. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 81–. 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
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