Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
30 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The women's long jump event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 and 11 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [1]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Sue Reeve England | Erica Hooker Australia | June Griffith Guyana |
Held on 10 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Erica Hooker | Australia | 6.16 | q | |
Lynette Jacenko | Australia | 6.16 | q | |
13 | Jennifer Swanston | Barbados | 5.52 | |
Charity Muhuhe | Kenya | DNS | ||
Hannah Bantamoi | Sierra Leone | DNS |
Held on 11 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Sue Reeve | England | 6.59 | ||
Erica Hooker | Australia | 6.58 | ||
June Griffith | Guyana | 6.52 | ||
4 | Susan Hearnshaw | England | 6.40 | |
5 | Shonel Ferguson | Bahamas | 6.24 | |
6 | Jeanette Yawson | Ghana | 6.19 | |
7 | Ruth Howell | Wales | 6.17 | |
8 | Lynette Jacenko | Australia | 6.14 | |
9 | Jill Ross | Canada | 6.07 | |
10 | Diane Jones-Konihowski | Canada | 6.05 | |
11 | Noeline Hodgins | New Zealand | 5.86 | |
12 | Esther Otieno | Kenya | 5.84 |
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