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, of which athletes 23 were male and 15 female.
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 |
| 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 |
| 30 km road walk | Olly Flynn (ENG) |
2:22:04 | Willi Sawall (AUS) |
2:22:59 | Tim Erickson (AUS) |
2:26:34 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Scotland Allan Wells Drew McMaster David Jenkins Cameron Sharp |
39.24 | Trinidad and Tobago Chris Brathwaite Edwin Noel Ephraim Serrette Hasely Crawford |
39.29 | Jamaica Colin Bradford Errol Quarrie Floyd Brown Oliver Heywood |
39.33 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Kenya Daniel Kimaiyo Joel Ngetich Washington Njiri Bill Koskei |
3:03.54 | Jamaica Bertland Cameron Clive Barriffe Colin Bradford Floyd Brown Seymour Newman |
3:04.00 | Australia Chum Darvall Garry Brown John Higham Rick Mitchell |
3:04.23 |
Women
Medal table
- Key
The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
| 1 | England |
16 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Australia |
6 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Canada |
6 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Kenya |
5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Scotland |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Jamaica |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Tanzania |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Wales |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | New Zealand |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Guyana |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Bahamas |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | India |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 38 | 38 | 39 | 115 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
