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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, 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.
Host selection
[edit]City | Round 1 |
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36 |
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10 |
Participating teams
[edit]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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* 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 | 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 |
Medals by event
[edit]Athletics
[edit]Badminton
[edit]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 Backhouse 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 | ![]() |
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Men's Doubles | ![]() Mike Tredgett (ENG) |
![]() Ong Beng Teong (MAS) |
![]() Richard Purser (NZL) |
Women's Singles | ![]() |
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Women's Doubles | ![]() Anne Statt (ENG) |
![]() Jane Youngberg (CAN) |
![]() Kanwal Thakar Singh (IND) |
Mixed Doubles | ![]() Nora Perry (ENG) |
![]() Joanna Flockhart (SCO) |
![]() Barbara Sutton (ENG) |
Bowls
[edit]Boxing
[edit]Cycling
[edit]- 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 | ![]() |
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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
[edit]Gymnastics
[edit]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 Jeff Davis Thomas Wilson |
161.95 | ![]() Lambert Ariens Lindsay Nylund Rudolf Starosta Warwick Forbes |
158.5 |
Women's All-Around | ![]() |
38.25 | ![]() |
37.25 | ||
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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 |
Shooting
[edit]- Pistol
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's/Open 50m Free Pistol | ![]() |
543 | ![]() |
540 | ![]() |
536 |
Men's/Open 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol | ![]() |
587 | ![]() |
581 | ![]() |
581 |
- Rifle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's/Open 50m Rifle Prone | ![]() |
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
[edit]- Men's events
- Women's events
Weightlifting
[edit]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
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light Flyweight | ![]() |
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Flyweight | ![]() |
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Bantamweight | ![]() |
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Featherweight | ![]() |
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Lightweight | ![]() |
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Welterweight | ![]() |
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Middleweight | ![]() |
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Light Heavyweight | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | ![]() |
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Super Heavyweight | ![]() |
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Venues
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- "Edmonton 1978". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
- Going the Distance, an NFB documentary
Preceded by Christchurch |
Commonwealth Games Edmonton XI Commonwealth Games |
Succeeded by Brisbane |