Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games
Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
International athletics championship event
At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A total of 38 events were contested, 23 for men and 15 for women.
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Athletics at the 11th Commonwealth Games | |
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Dates | 6–12 August 1978 |
Host city | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Venue | Commonwealth Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Events | 38 |
Participation | 520 athletes from 39 nations |
Records set | 4 Games records |
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Men
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +7.6 m/s) details |
Don Quarrie (JAM) | 10.03 w | Allan Wells (SCO) | 10.07 w | Hasely Crawford (TRI) | 10.09 w |
200 metres (wind: +4.4 m/s) details |
Allan Wells (SCO) | 20.12 w | James Gilkes (GUY) | 20.18 w | Colin Bradford (JAM) | 20.43 w |
400 metres details |
Rick Mitchell (AUS) | 46.34 | Joseph Coombs (TRI) | 46.54 | Glenn Bogue (CAN) | 46.63 |
800 metres details |
Mike Boit (KEN) | 1:46.39 | Seymour Newman (JAM) | 1:47.30 | Peter Lemashon (KEN) | 1:47.57 |
1500 metres details |
David Moorcroft (ENG) | 3:35.48 | Filbert Bayi (TAN) | 3:35.59 | John Robson (SCO) | 3:35.60 |
5000 metres details |
Henry Rono (KEN) | 13:23.04 | Mike Musyoki (KEN) | 13:29.92 | Brendan Foster (ENG) | 13:31.35 |
10,000 metres details |
Brendan Foster (ENG) | 28:13.65 | Mike Musyoki (KEN) | 28:19.14 | Mike McLeod (ENG) | 28:34.30 |
Marathon details |
Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) | 2:15:40 | Jerome Drayton (CAN) | 2:16:14 | Paul Bannon (CAN) | 2:16:52 |
3000 metres steeplechase details |
Henry Rono (KEN) | 8:26.54 | James Munyala (KEN) | 8:32.21 | Kip Rono (KEN) | 8:34.07 |
110 metres hurdles (wind: +6.2 m/s) details |
Berwyn Price (WAL) | 13.70 w | Max Binnington (AUS) | 13.73 w | Warren Parr (AUS) | 13.73 w |
400 metres hurdles details |
Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN) | 49.48 | Garry Brown (AUS) | 50.04 | Alan Pascoe (ENG) | 50.09 |
4 × 100 metres relay details |
Scotland Allan Wells David Jenkins Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster | 39.24 | Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Noel Hasely Crawford Christopher Brathwaite Ephraim Serrette | 39.29 | Jamaica Errol Quarrie Colin Bradford Oliver Heywood Floyd Brown | 39.33 |
4 × 400 metres relay details |
Kenya Washington Njiri Daniel Kimaiyo Bill Koskei Joel Ngetich | 3:03.54 | Jamaica Clive Barriffe Bertland Cameron Colin Bradford Floyd Brown Seymour Newman* | 3:04.00 | Australia John Higham Chum Darvall Garry Brown Rick Mitchell | 3:04.23 |
30 kilometres walk details |
Olly Flynn (ENG) | 2:22:04 | Willi Sawall (AUS) | 2:22:59 | Tim Erickson (AUS) | 2:26:34 |
High jump details |
Claude Ferragne (CAN) | 2.20 m | Greg Joy (CAN) | 2.18 m | Dean Bauck (CAN) Brian Burgess (SCO) | 2.15 m |
Pole vault details |
Bruce Simpson (CAN) | 5.10 m | Don Baird (AUS) | 5.10 m | Brian Hooper (ENG) | 5.00 m |
Long jump details |
Roy Mitchell (ENG) | 8.06 m (w) | Chris Commons (AUS) | 8.04 m (w) | Suresh Babu (IND) | 7.94 m (w) |
Triple jump details |
Keith Connor (ENG) | 17.21 m (w) | Ian Campbell (AUS) | 16.93 m (w) | Aston Moore (ENG) | 16.69 m |
Shot put details |
Geoff Capes (ENG) | 19.77 m | Bruno Pauletto (CAN) | 19.33 m | Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) | 18.45 m |
Discus throw details |
Borys Chambul (CAN) | 59.70 m | Brad Cooper (BAH) | 57.30 m | Rob Gray (CAN) | 55.48 m |
Hammer throw details |
Peter Farmer (AUS) | 71.10 m | Scott Neilson (CAN) | 69.92 m | Chris Black (SCO) | 68.14 m |
Javelin throw details |
Phil Olsen (CAN) | 84.00 m | Mike O'Rourke (NZL) | 83.18 m | Peter Yates (ENG) | 78.58 m |
Decathlon details |
Daley Thompson (ENG) | 8467 pts | Peter Hadfield (AUS) | 7623 pts | Alan Drayton (ENG) | 7484 pts |
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Women
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* Host nation (Canada)
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
9 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 entries) | 38 | 38 | 39 | 115 |
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- Antigua and Barbuda (5)
- Australia (44)
- Bahamas (6)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Barbados (6)
- Belize (1)
- 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)
- 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)
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.