1978 Commonwealth Games
Multi-sport event in Edmonton, Canada
Host city | Edmonton , Canada |
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Nations | 47 |
Athletes | 1,475 |
Events | 128 events in 11 sports |
Opening | 3 August 1978 |
Closing | 12 August 1978 |
Opened by | Elizabeth II |
Athlete's Oath | Beverly Boys |
Queen's Baton Final Runner | Diane Jones Konihowski |
Main venue | Commonwealth Stadium |
The 1978 Commonwealth Games was held in Edmonton , Alberta 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 Queen Elizabeth II for the first time since becoming Queen in 1952.
Host selection
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
).
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 |
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
Bowls
Boxing
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
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
- Women's events
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
- 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. p. 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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