Commonwealth Games 1978

Commonwealth Games 1978
venue	Edmonton , Canada
participating countries	47
Participating athletes	1474
Competitions	128 in 10 sports
Opening ceremony	August 3, 1978
Closing ceremony	August 12, 1978

The 11th Commonwealth Games took place from August 3 to 12, 1978 in the Canadian city ​​of Edmonton .

128 competitions were held in the following sports: badminton , bowls , boxing , gymnastics , weightlifting , athletics , cycling , wrestling , shooting and swimming (including diving ). 1474 athletes from 47 countries took part.

Competition gate

• Commonwealth Stadium : athletics, opening and closing ceremonies
• Clare Drake Arena: Badminton
• Commonwealth Bowls: Bowls
• Edmonton Gardens: Boxing
• Argyll Velodrome: cycling
• Northlands Coliseum : gymnastics
• Strathcona Shooting Range: Shooting
• Kinsmen Aquatic Center: swimming and diving
• Jubilee Auditorium: Weightlifting
• University of Alberta Gym: Wrestling

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Bangladesh  Barbados  Bermuda  British Honduras  Cook Islands  England  Fiji  Gambia  Ghana Gibraltar  Grenada guernsey  Guyana

Hong Kong  India  Isle of Man  Jamaica jersey  Cayman Islands  Canada  Kenya  Lesotho  Malawi  Malaysia  Mauritius  New Zealand  Northern Ireland  Papua New Guinea  Rhodesia

Zambia  Western Samoa  Scotland  Sierra Leone  Singapore  Sri Lanka  St. Christopher Nevis Anguilla  St. Lucia  St. Vincent and the Grenadines  Swaziland  Tanzania  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  Wales  Cyprus

sports

• badminton
• Bowls
• Boxing
• Weightlifting
• athletics
• Cycling
• Wrestling
• shoot
• swim
• do gymnastics
• Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Canada	45	31	33	109
2	England	27	27	33	87
3	Australia	24	33	27	84
4th	Kenya	7th	6th	5	18th
5	New Zealand	5	6th	9	20th
6th	India	5	5	5	15th
7th	Scotland	3	6th	5	14th
8th	Jamaica	2	2	3	7th
9	Wales	2	1	5	8th
10	Northern Ireland	2	1	2	5
11	Hong Kong	2	-	-	2
12	Malaysia	1	2	1	4th
13	Ghana	1	1	1	3
	Guyana	1	1	1	3
15th	Tanzania	1	1	-	2
16	Trinidad and Tobago	-	2	2	4th
	Zambia	-	2	2	4th
18th	Bahamas	-	1	-	1
	Papua New Guinea	-	1	-	1
20th	Western Samoa	-	-	3	3
21st	Isle of Man	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Commonwealth Games Federation