28/4/2020 Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A total of 38 Athletics at the 11th events were contested, 23 for men and 15 for women. Commonwealth Games Contents Medal summary Men Women Medal table Dates 6–12 August 1978 Participating nations Host city Edmonton, Alberta, References Canada Venue Commonwealth Medal summary Stadium Level Senior Men Events 38 Participation 520 athletes from 39 nations Records set 4 Games records ← 1974 Christchurch 1982 Brisbane → 1978 Commonwealth Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games 1/6 28/4/2020 Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres Don Allan Hasely (wind: 10.03 w 10.07 w 10.09 w Quarrie (JAM) Wells (SCO) Crawford (TRI) +7.6 m/s) 200 metres Allan James Colin (wind: 20.12 w 20.18 w 20.43 w Wells (SCO) Gilkes (GUY) Bradford (JAM) +4.4 m/s) Rick Joseph Glenn 400 metres 46.34 46.54 46.63 Mitchell (AUS) Coombs (TRI) Bogue (CAN) Mike Seymour Peter 800 metres 1:46.39 1:47.30 1:47.57 Boit (KEN) Newman (JAM) Lemashon (KEN) David Filbert John 1500 metres 3:35.48 3:35.59 3:35.60 Moorcroft (ENG) Bayi (TAN) Robson (SCO) Henry Mike Brendan 5000 metres 13:23.04 13:29.92 13:31.35 Rono (KEN) Musyoki (KEN) Foster (ENG) 10,000 Brendan Mike Mike 28:13.65 28:19.14 28:34.30 metres Foster (ENG) Musyoki (KEN) McLeod (ENG) Gidamis Jerome Paul Marathon 2:15:40 2:16:14 2:16:52 Shahanga (TAN) Drayton (CAN) Bannon (CAN) 3000 metres Henry James Kip 8:26.54 8:32.21 8:34.07 steeplechase Rono (KEN) Munyala (KEN) Rono (KEN) 110 metres hurdles Berwyn Max Warren 13.70 w 13.73 w 13.73 w (wind: Price (WAL) Binnington (AUS) Parr (AUS) +6.2 m/s) 400 metres Daniel Garry Alan 49.48 50.04 50.09 hurdles Kimaiyo (KEN) Brown (AUS) Pascoe (ENG) Trinidad and Tobago Scotland Jamaica Edwin Noel Allan Wells Errol Quarrie 4 × 100 Hasely Crawford David Jenkins 39.24 39.29 Colin Bradford 39.33 metres relay Christopher Cameron Sharp Oliver Heywood Brathwaite Drew McMaster Floyd Brown Ephraim Serrette Jamaica Clive Barriffe Kenya Australia Bertland Washington Njiri John Higham 4 × 400 Cameron Daniel Kimaiyo 3:03.54 3:04.00 Chum Darvall 3:04.23 metres relay Colin Bradford Bill Koskei Garry Brown Floyd Brown Joel Ngetich Rick Mitchell Seymour Newman* 30 Olly Willi Tim kilometres 2:22:04 2:22:59 2:26:34 Flynn (ENG) Sawall (AUS) Erickson (AUS) walk High jump Claude 2.20 m Greg 2.18 m Dean 2.15 m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games 2/6 28/4/2020 Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia Ferragne (CAN) Joy (CAN) Bauck (CAN) Brian Burgess (SCO) Bruce Don Brian Pole vault 5.10 m 5.10 m 5.00 m Simpson (CAN) Baird (AUS) Hooper (ENG) Roy 8.06 m Chris 8.04 m Suresh 7.94 m Long jump Mitchell (ENG) (w) Commons (AUS) (w) Babu (IND) (w) Keith 17.21 m Ian 16.93 m Aston Triple jump 16.69 m Connor (ENG) (w) Campbell (AUS) (w) Moore (ENG) Geoff Bruno Bishop Shot put 19.77 m 19.33 m 18.45 m Capes (ENG) Pauletto (CAN) Dolegiewicz (CAN) Borys Brad Rob Discus throw 59.70 m 57.30 m 55.48 m Chambul (CAN) Cooper (BAH) Gray (CAN) Hammer Peter Scott Chris 71.10 m 69.92 m 68.14 m throw Farmer (AUS) Neilson (CAN) Black (SCO) Phil Mike Peter Javelin throw 84.00 m 83.18 m 78.58 m Olsen (CAN) O'Rourke (NZL) Yates (ENG) Daley Peter Alan Decathlon 8467 pts 7623 pts 7484 pts Thompson (ENG) Hadfield (AUS) Drayton (ENG) Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games 3/6 28/4/2020 Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres Sonia 11.27 Raelene 11.35 Denise 11.37 (wind: +2.9 m/s) Lannaman (ENG) w Boyle (AUS) w Boyd (AUS) w 200 metres Denise 22.82 Sonia 22.89 Colleen 22.93 (wind: +5.1 m/s) Boyd (AUS) w Lannaman (ENG) w Beazley (AUS) w Donna Verona Bethanie 400 metres 51.69 52.94 53.06 Hartley (ENG) Elder (ENG) Nail (AUS) Judy Tekla Jane 800 metres 2:02.82 2:02.87 2:03.10 Peckham (AUS) Chemabwai (KEN) Colebrook (ENG) Mary 4:06.34 Chris Penny 1500 metres 4:07.53 4:08.14 Stewart (ENG) GR Benning (ENG) Werthner (CAN) Paula Heather Ann 3000 metres 9:12.95 9:20.69 9:24.05 Fudge (ENG) Thomson (NZL) Ford (ENG) 100 metres Lorna Shirley Sharon hurdles 12.98w 13.08w 13.17w Boothe (ENG) Strong (ENG) Colyear (ENG) (wind: +3.6 m/s) England Canada Australia Beverley Angela Bailey Colleen Beazley 4 × 100 metres Goddard 43.70 Margaret Howe 44.26 Denise Boyd 44.78 relay Kathy Smallwood Marjorie Bailey Lyn Jacenko Sharon Colyear Patty Loverock Roxanne Gelle Sonia Lannaman Canada Anne Mackie- England Australia Morelli Ruth Kennedy Bethanie Nail 4 × 400 metres 3:27.19 Debbie Joslyn Hoyte Denise Boyd 3:28.65 3:35.83 relay GR Campbell Verona Elder Maxine Corcoran Margaret Stride Donna Hartley Judy Peckham Rachelle Campbell Katrina 1.93 m Debbie Julie High jump 1.90 m 1.83 m Gibbs (AUS) GR Brill (CAN) White (CAN) Sue Erica June Long jump 6.59 m 6.58 m 6.52 m Reeve (ENG) Hooker (AUS) Griffith (GUY) Gael 17.31 Carmen 16.45 Judy 16.14 Shot put Mulhall (AUS) m Ionesco (CAN) m Oakes (ENG) m Carmen 62.16 Gael 57.60 Lucette 56.64 Discus throw Ionesco (CAN) m Mulhall (AUS) m Moreau (CAN) m Tessa 61.34 Alison 54.52 Laurie 53.60 Javelin throw Sanderson (ENG) m Hayward (CAN) m Kern (CAN) m Diane 4768 Sue 4222 Yvette 4211 Pentathlon Konihowski (CAN) pts GR Mapstone (ENG) pts Wray (ENG) pts Medal table * Host nation (Canada) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games 4/6 28/4/2020 Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 England (ENG) 16 5 12 33 2 Australia (AUS) 6 11 7 24 3 Canada (CAN)* 6 8 10 24 4 Kenya (KEN) 5 4 2 11 5 Scotland (SCO) 2 1 3 6 6 Jamaica (JAM) 1 2 2 5 7 Tanzania (TAN) 1 1 0 2 8 Wales (WAL) 1 0 0 1 England's Dave Moorcroft won the Trinidad and 9 0 2 1 3 men's 1500 metres. Tobago (TRI) New 10 0 2 0 2 Zealand (NZL) 11 Guyana (GUY) 0 1 1 2 12 Bahamas (BAH) 0 1 0 1 13 India (IND) 0 0 1 1 Totals (13 nations) 38 38 39 115 Participating nations Antigua and Barbuda (5) Australia (44) Bahamas (6) Bangladesh (1) Barbados (6) Tessa Sanderson won her first Belize (1) major javelin title. Bermuda (19) Canada (78) Cayman Islands (2) Cyprus (1) England (87) Gambia (10) Ghana (16) Gibraltar (3) Grenada (2) Guyana (3) India (9) Isle of Man (6) Jamaica (20) Jersey (1) Kenya (45) Lesotho (8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games 5/6 28/4/2020 Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia Malaysia (5) Mauritius (5) New Zealand (28) Northern Ireland (13) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2) Saint Lucia (6) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4) Scotland (25) Sierra Leone (3) Singapore (1) Sri Lanka (1) Swaziland (1) Tanzania (16) Trinidad and Tobago (12) Turks and Caicos Islands (5) Wales (16) Zambia (4) References Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men (http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21. Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women (http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cgw.htm). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21. 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