Cycling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Track: Argyll Velodrome Road: North Saskatchewan River Valley
Location	Edmonton, Canada
Dates	3 to 12 August 1978
←  1974 1982  →

Cycling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the 10th appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978. ^[1]

The track events were held at Argyll Velodrome, specifically constructed for the Games. The concrete surface was 333 metres, 7 metres wide with a 37 degree bank. ^[2]

The road race ran along the North Saskatchewan River Valley over a 117 miles distance consisting of 15 laps of 7.8 miles. ^[3]

Australia topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning two more silver medals than hosts Canada. ^[4]

A cycling event at the Argyll Velodrome during the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	3	3	2	8
2	Canada*	3	1	1	5
3	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
4	England	0	2	2	4
5	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time trial	Jocelyn Lovell   Canada	Kenrick Tucker   Australia	Gordon Singleton   Canada
Sprint	Kenrick Tucker   Australia	Trevor Gadd   England	David Weller   Jamaica
Individual pursuit	Mike Richards   New Zealand	Gary Campbell   Australia	Tony Doyle   England
Team pursuit	Australia Colin Fitzgerald Kevin Nichols Gary Sutton Shane Sutton	New Zealand Kevin Blackwell Anthony Cuff Neil Lyster Jack Swart	England Tony Doyle Paul Fennell Tony James Glen Mitchell
10 miles scratch	Jocelyn Lovell   Canada	Shane Sutton   Australia	Gary Sutton   Australia
Tandem	Jocelyn Lovell Gordon Singleton   Canada	Trevor Gadd David Le Grys   England	Ron Boyle Steve Goodall   Australia
Road race	Phil Anderson   Australia	Pierre Harvey   Canada	Garry Bell   New Zealand

Results

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Road race

Phil Anderson won the gold after winning a three man sprint for the line. He had earlier fallen and remounted during the race. The course was said to be a tree lined twisting circuit and considerably less punishing than the 1974 course. The race started at 7 a.m., with 49 riders competing in intermittent rain. ^[6]

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Phil Anderson	4:22:34.41 hours
2	Pierre Harvey	4:22:34.55
3	Garry Bell	4:22:35.06
4	John Purvis	4:23:27.43
5	Steve Lawrence	4:23:28.31
6	Martin Cramaro	4:23:29.48
7	Des Fretwell	4:23:44.79
8	Ronald Leslie Hayman	4:23:44.81
9	Remo Sansonetti	4:23:45.07
10	Eon D'Ornella	4:23:46.03
11	Bob Downs	4:23:46.18
12	Neil Hodge	4:23:46.37
13	Mark Gage	4:23:46.50
14	Eward Kewley	4:23:46.66
15	Alex Gilchrist	4:23:46.82
16	Archie Cunningham	4:23:47.10
17	Fai-lui Chan	4:23:47.80
18	Stephen Cox	4:23:47.91
19	Sal Sansonetti	4:23:48.35
20	Vern Hanaray	4:23:48.61
21	Allan Miller	4:23:48.75
22	Billy Kerr	4:23:48.91
23	Robert Millar	4:23:49.08
24	Errol Walters	4:24:14.13
25	John Clark	4:24:15.70
26	Colin Thornton	4:24:15.71
27	Stephen Joughin	4:31:19.58
28	Len Kirk	4:35:07.85
29	Phil Griffiths	4:35:07.89
30	Blair Stockwell	4:35:08.10
31	Robert James Glindemann	4:39:24.61
32	Joe Smyth	4:42:00.45

10 miles scratch race

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jocelyn Lovell	20:05.81 mins
2	Shane Sutton	20:06.00
3	Gary Sutton	20:06.10
4	Tony Doyle	20:06.20
5	Glen Mitchell	20:06.32
6	Anthony Cuff	20:06.45
7	Michael Turtur	20:06.52
8	Paul Fennell	20:06.54
9	David Patten	20:06.60
10	Neil Lyster	20:06.70
11	David Watkins	20:06.90
12	Edward Kewley	20:07.59
13	Roy Crombie	20:07.66
14	Mark Gage	20:07.84
15	Tom Greene	20:07.88
16	Steve Bauer	20:08.20
17	Michael Kelly	Allan Miller
18	Mike Richards	20:08.40
19	Ian Humphreys	20:09.08
20	John Tudor	20:10.09
21	David Weller	20:13.56
22	Pat Shearer	20:14.85
23	John Clark	20:15.66
24	Aubrey Gordon	20:18.83
25	Leslie Rawlins	20:22.01
26	Phillip Taylor	20:23.03
27	Peter Aldridge	20:23.56
28	Xavier Mirander	20:24.19

4,000m individual pursuit

Pos	Athlete
1	Mike Richards
2	Gary Brian Campbell
3	Tony Doyle
4	Ronald Leslie Hayman
5	Kelvin Poole
5	Gary Sutton
5	Jack Swart
5	Phil Griffiths

Quarter-final

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Richards	Sutton	4.50.50/4.58.60
Campbell	Griffiths	4.55.85/5.05.55
Doyle	Swart	4.55.38/5.02.29
Hayman	Poole	4.57.13/4.57.35

Semi finals

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Richards	Hayman	caught
Campbell	Doyle	4.49.89/4.53.86

Third place

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Doyle	Hayman	4.55.87/4.56.85

Final

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Richards	Campbell	4.49.74/4.55.68

Time trial (1km)

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jocelyn Lovell	1:06.00
2	Kenrick Tucker	1:06.96
3	Gordon Singleton	1:07.56
4	Colin Fitzgerald	1:07.75
5	Trevor Gadd	1:08.10
6	Steve Goodall	1:08.66
7	Charles Michael Fabish	1:08.75
8	Anthony Cuff	1:08.85
9	Mike Richards	1:08.99
10	David Weller	1:09.11
11	Ward Robert Kemerer	1:09.25
12	Hector Edwards	1:09.27
13	Xavier Mirander	1:09.57
14	Charles Pile	1:10.26
15	Paul Fennell	1:10.67
16	Paul Swinnerton	1:10.73
17	Steven Greenidge	1:10.74
18	Leslie Rawlins	1:11.45
19	John Tudor	1:11.81
20	Ricardo Alonzo	1:11.99

1,000m match sprint

Pos	Athlete
1	Kenrick Tucker
2	Trevor Gadd
3	David Weller
4	Gordon Singleton
5	Xavier Mirander
6	Michael Turtur
7	Charles Michael Fabish
8	Leslie Rawlins

Quarter-final

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Tucker	Fabish	2–0
Gadd	Rawlins	2–0
Weller	Turtur	2–0
Singleton	Mirander	2–0

Semi finals

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Tucker	Singleton	2–0
Gadd	Weller	2–0

Third place

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Weller	Singleton	2–0 (11.53 & 11.45)

Final

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Tucker	Gadd	2–0 (11.14 & 11.47)

Tandem (2,000m)

Pos	Athlete
1	Jocelyn Lovell & Gordon Singleton
2	Trevor Gadd & David Le Grys
3	Steve Goodall & Ron Boyle
4	Mike Fabish & Eric McKenzie

Semi finals

Team	Team	Score
Canada	Australia	2–0 (11.26)
England	New Zealand	1–1 (disq & fall w/o)

Third place

Team	Team	Score
Australia	New Zealand	w/o

Final

Team	Team	Score
Canada	England	2–0 (15.52 & w/o)

Team pursuit

Pos	Athlete
1	Fitzgerald, Nichols, G Sutton, S Sutton
2	Blackwell, Cuff, Lyster, Swart
3	Doyle, Fennell, James, Mitchell
4	Garneau, Sudermann, Bauer, Kemerer
5	Kirk, Greene, Smyth, Shearer
6	Clark, Crombie, Humphreys, Whitehall
7	Hamilton, Patten, Pritchard, Taylor

Qualifying

• Australia 4.31.13
• New Zealand 4.35.30
• England 4.35.34
• Canada 4.47.46
• Northern Ireland 4.50.76
• Scotland 4.50.00
• Wales 4.50.54

Semi finals

Team	Team	Time
New Zealand	England	4:36.70/4.40.62
Australia	Canada	caught

Third place

Team	Team	Time
England	Canada	4.51.18/4.58.99

Final

Team	Team	Time
Australia	New Zealand	4:29.43/4.37.73

References

1. "Medal Standings Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
2. "Games Calendar" . Newcastle Journal. 3 August 1978. p. 14. Retrieved 5 February 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Billy Chases Gold in Canada" . Belfast Telegraph. 28 July 1978. p. 23. Retrieved 5 February 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
5. "Cycling" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 9 August 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 6 February 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Billy Chases Gold in Canada" . Ballymena Observer. 10 August 1978. p. 23. Retrieved 5 February 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.