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
Template:Flagicon Edmonton	36
Template:Flagicon Leeds	10

Participating teams

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Participating countries

46 teams were represented at the 1978 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

Medals by country

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Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and their two younger sons, Andrew and Edward, at the opening of the 1978 Commonwealth Games, in Edmonton, Alberta

Medals by event

Badminton

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed Team	Template:Flagathlete Anne Statt Barbara Sutton David Eddy Derek Talbot Jane Webster Karen Bridge Kevin Jolly Mike Tredgett Nora Perry Raymond Stevens	Template:Flagathlete Claire Backhouse Gregory Carter Jamie McKee Jane Youngberg Johanne Falardeau John Czich Kenneth Priestman Lucio Fabris Sharon Crawford Wendy Clarkson	Template:Flagathlete 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	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Men's Doubles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Women's Singles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Women's Doubles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Mixed Doubles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Flyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Bantamweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Featherweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Lightweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Light Welterweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Welterweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Light Middleweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Middleweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Light Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
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Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

Cycling

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Time Trial	Template:Flagathlete	1:06.00	Template:Flagathlete	00:01:07	Template:Flagathlete	00:01:08
Men's Sprint	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
Men's Individual Pursuit	Template:Flagathlete	00:04:50	Template:Flagathlete	00:04:56	Template:Flagathlete	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	Template:Flagathlete	00:20:06	Template:Flagathlete	00:20:06	Template:Flagathlete	00:20:06
Men's Tandem	Template:Flagathlete	15.52	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete

Road

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Road Race	Template:Flagathlete	04:22:34	Template:Flagathlete	04:22:35	Template:Flagathlete	04:22:35

Gymnastics

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's All-Around	Template:Flagathlete	56.4	Template:Flagathlete	54.95	Template:Flagathlete	54.25
Men's Team	Template:Flagathlete Jean Choquette Nigel Rothwell Owen Walstrom Philip Delesalle	165.55	Template:Flagathlete Edward Arnold Ian Neale Jeff Davis Thomas Wilson	161.95	Template:Flagathlete Lambert Ariens Lindsay Nylund Rudolf Starosta Warwick Forbes	158.5
Women's All-Around	Template:Flagathlete	38.25	Template:Flagathlete	37.25
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Women's Team	Template:Flagathlete Elfi Schlegel Karen Kelsall Monica Goermann Sherry Hawco	113.25	Template:Flagathlete Joanna Sime Karen Robb Lisa Jackman Susan Cheesebrough	107.4	Template:Flagathlete Deborah Hurst Kirsty Durward Lynette Brake Rowena Davis	106.35

Shooting

Pistol

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's/Open 50m Free Pistol	Template:Flagathlete	543	Template:Flagathlete	540	Template:Flagathlete	536
Men's/Open 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol	Template:Flagathlete	587	Template:Flagathlete	581	Template:Flagathlete	581

Rifle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's/Open 50m Rifle Prone	Template:Flagathlete	1194	Template:Flagathlete	1191	Template:Flagathlete	1187
Men's/Open Fullbore Rifle	Template:Flagathlete	391	Template:Flagathlete	388	Template:Flagathlete	387

Shotgun

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's/Open Trap	Template:Flagathlete	186	Template:Flagathlete	185	Template:Flagathlete	183
Men's/Open Skeet	Template:Flagathlete	193	Template:Flagathlete	191	Template:Flagathlete	190

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	52.70	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	52.81	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	52.90
200 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:52.06	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:52.86	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:53.16
400 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	3:54.43	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	3:56.87	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	3:58.83
1500 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	15:31.92	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	15:39.39	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	15:42.89
100 m backstroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	57.90	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	58.48	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	59.05
200 m backstroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:04.37	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:05.76	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:05.99
100 m breaststroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:03.81	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:04.24	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:06.36
200 m breaststroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:20.86	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:21.92	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:22.49
100 m butterfly	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	55.04	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	56.22	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	56.37
200 m butterfly	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:01.99	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:02.49	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:02.53
200 m individual medley	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:05.25	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:05.61	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:09.05
400 m individual medley	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	4:27.34	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	4:27.70	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	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
100 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	57.78	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	58.30	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	58.41
200 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:00.63	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:01.50	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:01.64
400 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	4:08.45	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	4:10.25	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	4:16.70
800 m freestyle	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	8:24.62	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	8:25.78	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	8:44.87
100 m backstroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:03.97	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:04.54	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:04.68
200 m backstroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:16.57	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:17.66	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:18.32
100 m breaststroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:13.56	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:13.69	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:13.72
200 m breaststroke	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:37.70	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:38.07	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:38.63
100 m butterfly	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:01.92	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:02.27	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	1:02.69
200 m butterfly	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:11.29	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:13.65	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:14.52
200 m individual medley	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:18.37	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:18.70	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	2:18.95
400 m individual medley	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	4:52.44	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	4:57.83	Template:FlagCGFmedalist	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 Hélène 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
Flyweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	205	Template:Flagathlete	197.5	Template:Flagathlete	190
Bantamweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	220	Template:Flagathlete	220	Template:Flagathlete	215
Featherweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	237.5	Template:Flagathlete	235	Template:Flagathlete	230
Lightweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	272.5	Template:Flagathlete	267.5	Template:Flagathlete	262.5
Middleweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	300	Template:Flagathlete	290	Template:Flagathlete	290
Light Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	322.5	Template:Flagathlete	287.5	Template:Flagathlete	277.5
Middle Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	335	Template:Flagathlete	330	Template:Flagathlete	312.5
Sub Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	340	Template:Flagathlete	325	Template:Flagathlete	315
Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	347.5	Template:Flagathlete	337.5	Template:Flagathlete	335
Super Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagathlete	365	Template:Flagathlete	322.5	Template:Flagathlete	305

Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Flyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Bantamweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Featherweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Lightweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Welterweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Middleweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Light Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Super Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

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

External links

• "Edmonton 1978". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
• Going the Distance, an NFB documentary

Preceded by Christchurch

Commonwealth Games Edmonton XI Commonwealth Games

Succeeded by Brisbane