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 events were contested, 23 for men and 15 for women.

Athletics at the 11th Commonwealth Games
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
← 1974 Christchurch 1982 Brisbane → 1978 Commonwealth Games

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +7.6 m/s)	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)	Allan Wells (SCO)	20.12 w	James Gilkes (GUY)	20.18 w	Colin Bradford (JAM)	20.43 w
400 metres	Rick Mitchell (AUS)	46.34	Joseph Coombs (TRI)	46.54	Glenn Bogue (CAN)	46.63
800 metres	Mike Boit (KEN)	1:46.39	Seymour Newman (JAM)	1:47.30	Peter Lemashon (KEN)	1:47.57
1500 metres	David Moorcroft (ENG)	3:35.48	Filbert Bayi (TAN)	3:35.59	John Robson (SCO)	3:35.60
5000 metres	Henry Rono (KEN)	13:23.04	Mike Musyoki (KEN)	13:29.92	Brendan Foster (ENG)	13:31.35
10,000 metres	Brendan Foster (ENG)	28:13.65	Mike Musyoki (KEN)	28:19.14	Mike McLeod (ENG)	28:34.30
Marathon	Gidamis Shahanga (TAN)	2:15:40	Jerome Drayton (CAN)	2:16:14	Paul Bannon (CAN)	2:16:52
3000 metres steeplechase	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)	Berwyn Price (WAL)	13.70 w	Max Binnington (AUS)	13.73 w	Warren Parr (AUS)	13.73 w
400 metres hurdles	Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN)	49.48	Garry Brown (AUS)	50.04	Alan Pascoe (ENG)	50.09
4 × 100 metres relay	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	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	Olly Flynn (ENG)	2:22:04	Willi Sawall (AUS)	2:22:59	Tim Erickson (AUS)	2:26:34
High jump	Claude Ferragne (CAN)	2.20 m	Greg Joy (CAN)	2.18 m	Dean Bauck (CAN) Brian Burgess (SCO)	2.15 m
Pole vault	Bruce Simpson (CAN)	5.10 m	Don Baird (AUS)	5.10 m	Brian Hooper (ENG)	5.00 m
Long jump	Roy Mitchell (ENG)	8.06 m (w)	Chris Commons (AUS)	8.04 m (w)	Suresh Babu (IND)	7.94 m (w)
Triple jump	Keith Connor (ENG)	17.21 m (w)	Ian Campbell (AUS)	16.93 m (w)	Aston Moore (ENG)	16.69 m
Shot put	Geoff Capes (ENG)	19.77 m	Bruno Pauletto (CAN)	19.33 m	Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)	18.45 m
Discus throw	Borys Chambul (CAN)	59.70 m	Brad Cooper (BAH)	57.30 m	Rob Gray (CAN)	55.48 m
Hammer throw	Peter Farmer (AUS)	71.10 m	Scott Neilson (CAN)	69.92 m	Chris Black (SCO)	68.14 m
Javelin throw	Phil Olsen (CAN)	84.00 m	Mike O'Rourke (NZL)	83.18 m	Peter Yates (ENG)	78.58 m
Decathlon	Daley Thompson (ENG)	8467 pts	Peter Hadfield (AUS)	7623 pts	Alan Drayton (ENG)	7484 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Sonia Lannaman (ENG)	11.27 w	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	11.35 w	Denise Boyd (AUS)	11.37 w
200 metres (wind: +5.1 m/s)	Denise Boyd (AUS)	22.82 w	Sonia Lannaman (ENG)	22.89 w	Colleen Beazley (AUS)	22.93 w
400 metres	Donna Hartley (ENG)	51.69	Verona Elder (ENG)	52.94	Bethanie Nail (AUS)	53.06
800 metres	Judy Peckham (AUS)	2:02.82	Tekla Chemabwai (KEN)	2:02.87	Jane Colebrook (ENG)	2:03.10
1500 metres	Mary Stewart (ENG)	4:06.34 GR	Chris Benning (ENG)	4:07.53	Penny Werthner (CAN)	4:08.14
3000 metres	Paula Fudge (ENG)	9:12.95	Heather Thomson (NZL)	9:20.69	Ann Ford (ENG)	9:24.05
100 metres hurdles (wind: +3.6 m/s)	Lorna Boothe (ENG)	12.98w	Shirley Strong (ENG)	13.08w	Sharon Colyear (ENG)	13.17w
4 × 100 metres relay	England Beverley Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman	43.70	Canada Angela Bailey Margaret Howe Marjorie Bailey Patty Loverock	44.26	Australia Colleen Beazley Denise Boyd Lyn Jacenko Roxanne Gelle	44.78
4 × 400 metres relay	England Ruth Kennedy Joslyn Hoyte Verona Elder Donna Hartley	3:27.19 GR	Australia Bethanie Nail Denise Boyd Maxine Corcoran Judy Peckham	3:28.65	Canada Anne Mackie-Morelli Debbie Campbell Margaret Stride Rachelle Campbell	3:35.83
High jump	Katrina Gibbs (AUS)	1.93 m GR	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.90 m	Julie White (CAN)	1.83 m
Long jump	Sue Reeve (ENG)	6.59 m	Erica Hooker (AUS)	6.58 m	June Griffith (GUY)	6.52 m
Shot put	Gael Mulhall (AUS)	17.31 m	Carmen Ionesco (CAN)	16.45 m	Judy Oakes (ENG)	16.14 m
Discus throw	Carmen Ionesco (CAN)	62.16 m	Gael Mulhall (AUS)	57.60 m	Lucette Moreau (CAN)	56.64 m
Javelin throw	Tessa Sanderson (ENG)	61.34 m	Alison Hayward (CAN)	54.52 m	Laurie Kern (CAN)	53.60 m
Pentathlon	Diane Konihowski (CAN)	4768 pts GR	Sue Mapstone (ENG)	4222 pts	Yvette Wray (ENG)	4211 pts

Medal table

England's Dave Moorcroft won the men's 1500 metres.

Tessa Sanderson won her first major javelin title.

  *   Host nation (Canada)

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
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

Participating nations

• 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)

References

• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.