1978 Commonwealth Games

The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3–12 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.<ref name="MacintoshHawes1994">Template:Cite book</ref> 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

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

Boxing

Light Flyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Flyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Bantamweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Featherweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Lightweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Light Welterweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Welterweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Light Middleweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Middleweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Light Heavyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
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Heavyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist

Cycling

Track

Men's Time Trial	Template:Flagmedalist	1:06.00	Template:Flagmedalist	00:01:07	Template:Flagmedalist	00:01:08
Men's Sprint	Template:Flagmedalist		Template:Flagmedalist		Template:Flagmedalist
Men's Individual Pursuit	Template:Flagmedalist	00:04:50	Template:Flagmedalist	00:04:56	Template:Flagmedalist	00:04:56
Men's Team Pursuit	Template:AUS Colin Fitzgerald Kevin Nichols Gary Sutton Shane Sutton	00:04:29	Template:NZL Kevin Blackwell Anthony Cuff Neil Lyster Jack Swart	00:04:38	Template:ENG Tony Doyle Paul Fennell Tony James Glen Mitchell	00:04:51
Men's 10 Miles Scratch	Template:Flagmedalist	00:20:06	Template:Flagmedalist	00:20:06	Template:Flagmedalist	00:20:06
Men's Tandem	Template:Flagmedalist	15.52	Template:Flagmedalist		Template:Flagmedalist

Road

Men's Road Race

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04:22:34

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04:22:35

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04:22:35

Gymnastics

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

Shooting

Pistol

Men's/Open 50m Free Pistol	Template:Flagmedalist	543	Template:Flagmedalist	540	Template:Flagmedalist	536
Men's/Open 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol	Template:Flagmedalist	587	Template:Flagmedalist	581	Template:Flagmedalist	581

Rifle

Men's/Open 50m Rifle Prone	Template:Flagmedalist	1194	Template:Flagmedalist	1191	Template:Flagmedalist	1187
Men's/Open Fullbore Rifle	Template:Flagmedalist	391	Template:Flagmedalist	388	Template:Flagmedalist	387

Shotgun

Men's/Open Trap	Template:Flagmedalist	186	Template:Flagmedalist	185	Template:Flagmedalist	183
Men's/Open Skeet	Template:Flagmedalist	193	Template:Flagmedalist	191	Template:Flagmedalist	190

Swimming

Men's events

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	Template:CAN Bill Sawchuk Gary MacDonald Graham Smith Peter Szmidt	3:27.94	Template:AUS Glenn Patching Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan Ron McKeon	3:28.62	Template:ENG David Dunne Kevin Burns Martin Smith Richard Burrell	3:30.10
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Template:AUS Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan Max Metzker Ron McKeon	7:34.83	Template:CAN Bill Sawchuk Dennis Corcoran Peter Szmidt Robert Baylis	7:36.58	Template:ENG David Dunne Martin Smith Philip Hubble Simon Gray	7:42.02
4 × 100 m medley relay	Template:CAN Bill Sawchuk Dan Thompson Graham Smith Jay Tapp	3:49.76	Template:ENG Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith	3:50.22	Template:AUS Glenn Patching Graeme Brewer Lindsay Spencer Mark Morgan	3:53.16

Women's events

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	Template:CAN Carol Klimpel Gail Amundrud Sue Sloan Wendy Quirk	3:50.28	Template:ENG Cheryl Brazendale Heidi Turk Kaye Lovatt Sharron Davies	3:53.27	Template:AUS Lisa Burnes Michelle Ford Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham	3:54.11
4 × 100 m medley relay	Template:CAN Carol Klimpel Hélène Boivin Marian Stuart Wendy Quirk	4:15.26	Template:AUS Debra Forster Lisa Curry-Kenny Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham	4:16.75	Template:ENG Helen Gilyard Margaret Kelly Sharron Davies Sue Jenner	4:19.87

Weightlifting

Flyweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	205	Template:Flagmedalist	197.5	Template:Flagmedalist	190
Bantamweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	220	Template:Flagmedalist	220	Template:Flagmedalist	215
Featherweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	237.5	Template:Flagmedalist	235	Template:Flagmedalist	230
Lightweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	272.5	Template:Flagmedalist	267.5	Template:Flagmedalist	262.5
Middleweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	300	Template:Flagmedalist	290	Template:Flagmedalist	290
Light Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	322.5	Template:Flagmedalist	287.5	Template:Flagmedalist	277.5
Middle Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	335	Template:Flagmedalist	330	Template:Flagmedalist	312.5
Sub Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	340	Template:Flagmedalist	325	Template:Flagmedalist	315
Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	347.5	Template:Flagmedalist	337.5	Template:Flagmedalist	335
Super Heavyweight – Overall	Template:Flagmedalist	365	Template:Flagmedalist	322.5	Template:Flagmedalist	305

Wrestling

Light Flyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Flyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Bantamweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Featherweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Lightweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Welterweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Middleweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Light Heavyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Heavyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist
Super Heavyweight	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist	Template:Flagmedalist

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