| Athletics at the 11th Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
* 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 | |
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)
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