1978 Commonwealth Games / Athletics

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton , a total of 38 athletics competitions were held between August 6 and 12, including 23 for men and 15 for women. The venue was the Commonwealth Stadium .

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Donald Quarrie	JAM	10.03
2	Allan Wells	SCO	10.07
3	Hasely Crawford	TRI	10.09
4th	James Gilkes	GUY	10.15
5	Mike McFarlane	CLOSELY	10.29
6th	Paul Narracott	OUT	10.31
7th	Christopher Brathwaite	TRI	10.32
8th	Ernest Obeng	GHA	10.34

Final: August 7th

Wind: 7.6 m / s

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allan Wells	SCO	20.12
2	James Gilkes	GUY	20.18
3	Colin Bradford	JAM	20.43
4th	Paul Narracott	OUT	20.74
5	Floyd Brown	JAM	20.79
6th	Richard Hopkins	OUT	20.88
7th	Trevor Hoyte	CLOSELY	20.90
8th	Calvin Dill	BER	21.07

Final: August 10th

Wind: 4.4 m / s

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Rick Mitchell	OUT	46.34
2	Joseph Coombs	TRI	46.54
3	Glenn Bogue	CAN	46.63
4th	Mike Solomon	TRI	46.97
5	Glen Cohen	CLOSELY	46.99
6th	Richard Ashton	CLOSELY	47.32
7th	Fred Sowerby	ANT	47.51
8th	Brian Saunders	CAN	48.01

Final: August 7th

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mike Boit	KEN	1: 46.39
2	Seymour Newman	JAM	1: 47.30
3	Peter Lemashon	KEN	1: 47.57
4th	Chum Darvall	OUT	1: 47.74
5	Garry Cook	CLOSELY	1: 48.06
6th	Halidu Zineta	GHA	1: 48.15
7th	John Higham	OUT	1: 48.90
8th	Glen Grant	WHALE	1: 49.32

Final: August 10th

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	David Moorcroft	CLOSELY	3: 35.48
2	Filbert Bayi	TAN	3: 35.59
3	John Robson	SCO	3: 35.60
4th	Frank Clement	SCO	3: 35.66
5	Wilson Waigwa	KEN	3: 37.49
6th	Glen Grant	WHALE	3: 38.05
7th	Richard Tuwei	KEN	3: 40.51
8th	Rod Dixon	NZL	3: 41.34

Final: August 12th

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Henry Rono	KEN	13: 23.04
2	Michael Musyoki	KEN	13: 29.92
3	Brendan Foster	CLOSELY	13: 31.35
4th	Mike McLeod	CLOSELY	13: 33.20
5	Suleiman Nyambui	TAN	13: 34.08
6th	Nat Muir	SCO	13: 34.94
7th	Tony Simmons	WHALE	13: 39.81
8th	Rod Dixon	NZL	13: 43.69

Final: August 10th

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Brendan Foster	CLOSELY	28: 13.65
2	Michael Musyoki	KEN	28: 19.14
3	Mike McLeod	CLOSELY	28: 34.30
4th	Dave Black	CLOSELY	28: 37.90
5	Suleiman Nyambui	TAN	28: 56.65
6th	Tony Simmons	WHALE	29: 01.23
7th	Joel Cheruiyot	KEN	29: 20.15
8th	Allister Hutton	SCO	29: 30.68

6th of August

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Gidamis Shahanga	TAN	2:15:40
2	Jerome Drayton	CAN	2:16:14
3	Paul Bannon	CAN	2:16:52
4th	Kevin Ryan	NZL	2:17:16
5	Greg Hannon	NIR	2:17:25
6th	Paul Ballinger	NZL	2:17:46
7th	Richard Mabuza	SWZ	2:19:49
8th	Mike Critchley	WHALE	2:19:51

August 11th

30 km of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Olly Flynn	CLOSELY	2:22:04
2	Willi Sawall	OUT	2:22:59
3	Tim Erickson	OUT	2:26:34
4th	Brian Adams	CLOSELY	2:29:42
5	Amos Seddon	CLOSELY	2:29:58
6th	Helmut Boeck	CAN	2:31:21
7th	Graham Seatter	NZL	2:31:49
8th	Graham Young	IOM	2:33:15

8th August

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Berwyn Price	WHALE	13.70
2	Max Binnington	OUT	13.73
3	Warren Parr	OUT	13.73
4th	Fatwell Kimaiyo	KEN	13.75
5	Philip Sang	KEN	13.97
6th	Phillip Mills	NZL	14.09
7th	Ross Pownall	NZL	14.18
8th	Don Wright	OUT	14.31

Final: August 7th

Wind: 6.2 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Daniel Kimaiyo	KEN	49.48
2	Garry Brown	OUT	50.04
3	Alan Pascoe	CLOSELY	50.09
4th	Peter Kipchumba	KEN	50.50
5	William Koskei	KEN	50.69
6th	Clive Barriffe	JAM	51.50
7th	Gary Oakes	CLOSELY	51.60
8th	Phillip Mills	NZL	52.01

Final: August 10th

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Henry Rono	KEN	8: 26.54
2	James Munyala	KEN	8: 32.21
3	Kiprotich Rono	KEN	8: 34.07
4th	Euan Robertson	NZL	8: 41.32
5	Howard Healey	NZL	8: 43.75
6th	Dennis Coates	CLOSELY	8: 47.35
7th	Tony Staynings	CLOSELY	8: 48.87
8th	Ian Gilmour	SCO	8: 49.68

August 7th

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Scotland	David Jenkins Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster	39.24
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Edwin Noel Hasely Crawford Christopher Brathwaite Ephraim Serrette	39.29
3	Jamaica	Errol Quarrie Colin Bradford Oliver Heywood Floyd Brown	39.33
4th	Canada	Desai Williams Marvin Nash Hugh Fraser Cole Doty	39.60
5	Ghana	Ernest Obeng Albert Lomotey George Enchill Ohene Karikari	39.73
6th	England	Brian Green Tim Bonsor Les Hoyte Trevor Hoyte	40.05
7th	Australia	Don Wright Paul Narracott Max Binnington Richard Hopkins	40.24
8th	Bermuda	Kimberley Wade Dennis Trott Calvin Dill Gregory Simons	40.33

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Kenya	Washington Njiri Daniel Kimaiyo William Koskei Joel Ngetich	3: 03.54
2	Jamaica	Clive Barriffe Bert Cameron Colin Bradford Floyd Brown	3:04.00
3	Australia	John Higham Chum Darvall Garry Brown Rick Mitchell	3: 04.23
4th	Canada	Frank Van Doorn Dacre Bowen Brian Saunders Glenn Bogue	3: 05.94
5	Trinidad and Tobago	Mike Paul Mike Solomon Ray Astor Joseph Coombs	3: 06.72
6th	Scotland	David Jenkins Peter Hoffman Paul Forbes Roger Jenkins	3: 07.73
7th	Antigua and Barbuda	Elroy Turner Cuthbert Jacobs Lester Flax Fred Sowerby	3: 10.45
	England	Terry Whitehead Alan Pascoe Glen Cohen Richard Ashton	DQ

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Claude Ferragne	CAN	2.20
2	Greg Joy	CAN	2.18
3	Brian Burgess	SCO	2.15
	Dean Bauck	CAN	2.15
5	Gordon Windeyer	OUT	2.15
6th	Mark Naylor	CLOSELY	2.10
7th	Baljit Singh Sidhu	MAS	2.05
8th	Winston Strachan	BAH	2.00

August 10

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Bruce Simpson	CAN	5.10
2	Donald Baird	OUT	5.10
3	Brian Hooper	CLOSELY	5.00
4th	Jeffrey Gutteridge	CLOSELY	5.00
5	Harold Heer	CAN	4.80
6th	Glen Colivas	CAN	4.80
	Allan Williams	CLOSELY	NM
	Mike Bull	NIR	NM

August 11th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Roy Mitchell	CLOSELY	8.06 w
2	Chris Commons	OUT	8.04 w
3	Suresh Babu	IND	7.94 w
4th	Dennis Trott	BER	7.89
5	Richard Rock	CAN	7.85 w
6th	Emmanuel Mifetu	GHA	7.82 w
7th	Bogger Mushanga	ZAM	7.68 w
8th	Ken Lorraway	OUT	7.57 w

August 7th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Keith Connor	CLOSELY	17.21 w
2	Ian Campbell	OUT	16.93 w
3	Aston Moore	CLOSELY	16.69
4th	Ken Lorraway	OUT	16.27
5	Michael Nipinak	CAN	16.24
6th	Phil Wood	NZL	16.05
7th	Steve Hanna	BAH	15.97
8th	David Johnson	CLOSELY	15.84

12. August

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Geoff Capes	CLOSELY	19.77
2	Bruno Pauletto	CAN	19.33
3	Bishop Dolegiewicz	CAN	18.45
4th	Mike Mercer	CAN	17.83
5	Mike Winch	CLOSELY	16.93
6th	Bob Dale	CLOSELY	16.89
7th	Bahadur Singh Chouhan	IND	16.57
8th	Jugraj Singh man	IND	16.50

12. August

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Borys Chambul	CAN	59.70
2	Bradley Cooper	BAH	57.30
3	Robert Gray	CAN	55.48
4th	Robin Tait	NZL	55.22
5	Wayne Martin	OUT	54.98
6th	Pete Tancred	CLOSELY	54.78
7th	John Hillier	CLOSELY	52.26
8th	Richard Priman	OUT	50.42

August 11th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Peter Farmer	OUT	71.10
2	Scott Neilson	CAN	69.92
3	Chris Black	SCO	68.14
4th	Paul Dickenson	CLOSELY	66.42
5	Jim Whitehead	CLOSELY	65.48
6th	Ian Chipchase	CLOSELY	64.80
7th	Martin Girvan	NIR	60.86
8th	Gus Puopolo	OUT	59.74

6th of August

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Phil Olsen	CAN	84.00
2	Mike O'Rourke	NZL	83.18
3	Peter Yates	CLOSELY	78.58
4th	Brian Roberts	CLOSELY	75.10
5	David Ottley	CLOSELY	74.28
6th	Luc Laperriere	CAN	73.44
7th	Manfred Rohkämper	OUT	71.74
8th	John Mayaka	KEN	70.00

12. August

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Daley Thompson	CLOSELY	8470 w
2	Peter Hadfield	OUT	7561
3	Alan Drayton	CLOSELY	7431
4th	Luke Watson	CLOSELY	7143
5	Pan Zeniou	CYP	7107
6th	Rob Town	CAN	7048
7th	Robert Sadler	NZL	7010
8th	Charles Kokoyo	KEN	6760

8th August

Women

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sonia Lannaman	CLOSELY	11.27
2	Raelene Boyle	OUT	11.35
3	Denise Boyd	OUT	11.37
4th	Hannah Afriyie	GHA	11.38
5	Beverley Goddard	CLOSELY	11.40
6th	Patty Loverock	CAN	11.40
7th	Leleith Hodges	JAM	11.47
8th	Wendy Clarke	CLOSELY	11.48

Final: August 7th

Wind: 2.9 m / s

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Denise Boyd	OUT	22.82
2	Sonia Lannaman	CLOSELY	22.89
3	Colleen Beazley	OUT	22.93
4th	Beverley Goddard	CLOSELY	22.95
5	Kathy Smallwood	CLOSELY	22.96
6th	Helen Golden	SCO	23.28
7th	Patty Loverock	CAN	23.47
8th	Linda McCurry	NIR	23.71

Final: August 10th

Wind: 5.1

400 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Donna Hartley	CLOSELY	51.69
2	Verona Elder	CLOSELY	52.94
3	Bethanie Nail	OUT	53.06
4th	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	CLOSELY	53.22
5	June Griffith	GUY	53.25
6th	Karen Williams	SCO	53.66
7th	Helen Blake	JAM	54.15
8th	Maxine Corcoran	OUT	54.46

Final: August 7th

800 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Judy Peckham	OUT	2: 02.82
2	Tekla Chemabwai	KEN	2: 02.87
3	Jane Colebrook	CLOSELY	2: 03.10
4th	Liz Barnes	CLOSELY	2: 03.41
5	Francine Gendron	CAN	2: 04.02
6th	Evelyn McMeekin	SCO	2: 04.10
7th	Anne Mackie-Morelli	CAN	2: 04.16
8th	Charlene Rendina	OUT	2: 04.82

Final: August 10th

1500 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mary Stewart	CLOSELY	4: 06.34
2	Christine Benning	CLOSELY	4: 07.53
3	Penny Werthner	CAN	4: 08.14
4th	Christine McMeekin	SCO	4: 12.43
5	Hilary Hollick	WHALE	4: 12.72
6th	Alison Wright	NZL	4: 12.93
7th	Francine Gendron	CAN	4: 16.88
8th	Angela Cook	OUT	4: 17.30

Final: August 12th

3000 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paula Fudge	CLOSELY	09: 12.95
2	Heather Thomson	NZL	09: 20.69
3	Ann Ford	CLOSELY	09: 24.05
4th	Shauna Miller	CAN	09: 30.75
5	Nancy Rooks	CAN	09: 34.14
6th	Angela Cook	OUT	09: 43.56
7th	Mwinga Mwanjala	TAN	09: 49.98
8th	J. Rose Chepyator-Thomson	KEN	10: 00.46

August 7th

The women's 3000m was part of the Commonwealth Games' program for the first time.

100 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lorna Boothe	CLOSELY	12.98
2	Shirley Strong	CLOSELY	13.08
3	Sharon Colyear	CLOSELY	13.17
4th	Elaine Davidson	SCO	13.76
5	Gail Wooten	NZL	13.77
6th	Sharon Lane	CAN	13.88
7th	Diane Konihowski	CAN	14.11
8th	June Caddle	BAR	14.13

Final: August 11th

Wind: 3.6 m / s

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	England	Beverley Goddard Kathy Smallwood Sharon Colyear Sonia Lannaman	43.70
2	Canada	Marjorie Bailey Patty Loverock Margaret Howe Angela Bailey	44.26
3	Australia	Roxanne Gelle Denise Boyd Colleen Beazley Lyn Jacenko	44.78
4th	New Zealand	Wendy Brown Penny Hunt Gail Wooten Kim Robertson	45.06
5	Jamaica	Normalee Murray Dorothy Scott Maureen Gottshalk Carmeta Drummond	45.75
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Marilyn Bradley Joanne Gardner Janice Bernard Esther Hope	45.80
7th	Scotland	Elaine Davidson Margot Wells Helen Golden Karen Williams	45.91

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	England	Ruth Kennedy Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Verona Elder Donna Hartley	3: 27.19
2	Australia	Judy Peckham Denise Boyd Maxine Corcoran Bethanie Nail	3: 28.65
3	Canada	Margaret Stride Debbie Campbell Anne Mackie-Morelli Rachelle Campbell	3: 35.83
4th	Scotland	Ann Harley Evelyn McMeekin Helen Golden Karen Williams	3: 36.52
5	Ghana	Helena Opoku Grace Bakari Georgina Aidoo Hannah Afriyie	3: 37.12
6th	Jamaica	Debbie Byfield-White Maureen Gottshalk Normalee Murray Helen Blake	3: 37.92

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Katrina Gibbs	OUT	1.93
2	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.90
3	Julie White	CAN	1.83
4th	Gillian Hitchen	CLOSELY	1.80
5	Barbara Simmonds	CLOSELY	1.78
6th	Maggie Woods	CAN	1.78
7th	Val Rutter	CLOSELY	1.75
8th	Wendy Phillips	NIR	1.70

August 11th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sue Reeve	CLOSELY	6.59
2	Erica Hooker	OUT	6.58
3	June Griffith	GUY	6.52
4th	Susan Hearnshaw	CLOSELY	6.40
5	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	6.26 w
6th	Jeanette Yawson	GHA	6.19 w
7th	Ruth Howell	WHALE	6.17
8th	Lyn Jacenko	OUT	6.14

August 11th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gael Mulhall	OUT	17.31
2	Carmen Ionesco	CAN	16.45
3	Judy Oakes	CLOSELY	16.14
4th	Angela Littlewood	CLOSELY	15.71
5	Bev Francis	OUT	15.66
6th	Venissa Head	WHALE	15.52
7th	Luigina torso	OUT	15.09
8th	Meg Ritchie	SCO	14.99

8th August

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carmen Ionesco	CAN	62.16
2	Gael Mulhall	OUT	57.60
3	Lucette Moreau	CAN	56.64
4th	Meg Ritchie	SCO	55.66
5	Janet Thompson	CLOSELY	53.70
6th	Lesley Mallin	CLOSELY	50.56
7th	Luigina torso	OUT	47.10
8th	Venissa Head	WHALE	45.72

August 7th

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tessa Sanderson	CLOSELY	61.34
2	Alison Hayward	CAN	54.52
3	Laurie Kern	CAN	53.60
4th	Eunice Nekesa	KEN	51.46
5	Margaret Phillpott	OUT	50.08
6th	Fatima Whitbread	CLOSELY	49.16
7th	Shara Spragg	CLOSELY	49.02
8th	Diane Royle	SCO	46.02

August 10

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Diane Konihowski	CAN	4768
2	Sue Mapstone	CLOSELY	4222
3	Yvette Wray	CLOSELY	4211
4th	Jill Ross	CAN	4205
5	Karen Page	NZL	4099
6th	Ruth Howell	WHALE	4022
7th	Barbara Beable	NZL	3989
8th	Julie White	CAN	3940

6th of August

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• XI Commonwealth Game, Edmonton 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• XI Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics