![]() | |
Host city | Edmonton, Canada |
---|---|
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, 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 Queen Elizabeth II for the first time since becoming Queen in 1952.
City | Round 1 |
---|---|
![]() |
36 |
![]() |
10 |
46 teams were represented at the 1978 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).
* Host nation ( Canada)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4 | 6 | 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 entries) | 128 | 128 | 139 | 395 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's Road Race | ![]() |
04:22:34 | ![]() |
04:22:35 | ![]() |
04:22:35 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Jeff 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 Cheesebrough |
107.4 | ![]() Deborah Hurst Kirsty Durward Lynette Brake Rowena Davis |
106.35 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's/Open 50m Free Pistol | ![]() |
543 | ![]() |
540 | ![]() |
536 |
Men's/Open 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol | ![]() |
587 | ![]() |
581 | ![]() |
581 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's/Open 50m Rifle Prone | ![]() |
1194 | ![]() |
1191 | ![]() |
1187 |
Men's/Open Fullbore Rifle | ![]() |
391 | ![]() |
388 | ![]() |
387 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's/Open Trap | ![]() |
186 | ![]() |
185 | ![]() |
183 |
Men's/Open Skeet | ![]() |
193 | ![]() |
191 | ![]() |
190 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Light Flyweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Flyweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bantamweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Featherweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Lightweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Welterweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Middleweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Light Heavyweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Heavyweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Super Heavyweight | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Preceded by Christchurch |
Commonwealth Games Edmonton XI Commonwealth Games |
Succeeded by Brisbane |