Antigua and Barbuda at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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Antigua and Barbuda at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg
CGF codeANT
CGA The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association
Website antiguaolympiccommittee.com
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors5 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
British Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games

Antigua and Barbuda competed in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from August 3 to August 12, 1978. Their team consisted of five male athletes competing in track and field events. [1]

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1978 Commonwealth Games 11th edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest of New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, as well as by Uganda, in protest of alleged Canadian hostility towards the government of Idi Amin. The Bid Election was held at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

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Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Cuthbert Jacobs 200 m 21.635Did not advance
Fred Sowerby 400 m N/AN/A47.517
Elory Turner 48.356Did not advance
Lester Flax 49.426Did not advance
Cuthbert Jacobs
Elory Turner
Fred Sowerby
Lester Flax
4 × 400 m relay N/AN/A3:10.457
Field events
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Maxwell Peters Triple jump 15.0613Did not advance

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References

  1. "1978 Commonwealth Games". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2014.