| Cga: | AUS |
| Cganame: | Australian Commonwealth Games Association |
| Games: | Commonwealth Games |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Competitors: | 148 |
| Sports: | 11 |
| Flagbearer: | Opening: - Remo Sansonetti and Salvatore Sansonetti [1] Closing:Tracey Wickham [2] |
| Rank: | 3 |
| Gold: | 24 |
| Silver: | 33 |
| Bronze: | 27 |
| Officials: | 42 |
Australia competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978. It was Australia's eleventh appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.
Australia won medals in ten of the eleven sports that it entered.
The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.
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| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | ||
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| Men's 400 metres | |||||
| Men's hammer throw | |||||
| Women's 200 metres | |||||
| Women's 800 metres | |||||
| Women's high jump | |||||
| Women's shot put | |||||
| Men's Middleweight | |||||
| Men's Sprint | |||||
| Kevin Nichols Gary Sutton Shane Sutton | Men's Team Pursuit | ||||
| Men's Road Race | |||||
| Men's 100 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Men's 200 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Men's 400 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Men's 1500 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Men's 100 metres Backstroke | |||||
| Men's 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay | |||||
| Women's 400 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Women's 800 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Women's 100 metres Backstroke | |||||
| Women's 200 metres Butterfly | |||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Lightweight | ||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Middleweight | ||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Light Heavyweight | ||||
| Wrestling | Men's Lightweight | ||||
| Men's 110 metres hurdles | |||||
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | |||||
| Men's 30 km walk | |||||
| Men's pole vault | |||||
| Men's long jump | |||||
| Men's Triple Jump | |||||
| Men's decathlon | |||||
| Women's 100 metres | |||||
| Women's long jump | |||||
| Women's discus throw | |||||
| Denise Robertson Maxine Corcoran Judy Peckham | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay | ||||
| Men's Singles | |||||
| Men's Individual Pursuit | |||||
| Men's Time Trial | |||||
| Men's 10 Miles Scratch | |||||
| Women's 10 Metres Highboard | |||||
| Men's All Around | |||||
| Men's 200 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Men's 200 metres Backstroke | |||||
| Men's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay | |||||
| Women's 100 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Women's 200 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Women's 400 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Women's 800 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Women's 200 metres Backstroke | |||||
| Women's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay | |||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Featherweight | ||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Light Heavyweight | ||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Lightweight | ||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Sub Heavyweight | ||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Super Heavyweight | ||||
| Wrestling | Men's Middleweight | ||||
| Wrestling | Men's Light Heavyweight | ||||
| Men's 110 metres hurdles | |||||
| Men's 30km walk | |||||
| Chum Darvall Garry Brown Rick Mitchell | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay | ||||
| Women's 100 metres | |||||
| Women's 200 metres | |||||
| Women's 400 metres | |||||
| Denise Robertson Lyn Jacenko Roxanne Gelle | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay | ||||
| Men's Flyweight | |||||
| Men's 10 Miles Scratch | |||||
| Men's Tandem | |||||
| Men's 3 Metres Springboard | |||||
| Men's Team | |||||
| Men's Open Rapid-Fire Pistol | |||||
| Men's Open Trap | |||||
| Men's 200 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Men's 400 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Men's 200 metres Backstroke | |||||
| Men's 200 metres Breaststroke | |||||
| Men's 200 metres Individual Medley | |||||
| Men's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay | |||||
| Women's 200 metres Freestyle | |||||
| Women's 200 metres Backstroke | |||||
| Women's 100 metres Butterfly | |||||
| Women's 200 metres Butterfly | |||||
| Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay | |||||
| Weightlifting | Men's Flyweight | ||||
| Wrestling | Men's Flyweight |
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| Medals by sport | ||||||||
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| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | ||||
| Swimming | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | ||||
| Athletics | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| Cycling | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Lawn bowls | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Wrestling | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 33 | 27 | 84 | ||||
General Manager - Les Martyn
Assistant Manager - James Barry
Administrative Officer - John Bourke
Transport Officer - Arthur Tunstall
Office Assistant - Miriam Fay
Medical: Medical Officer - Dr Anthony Millar, Physiotherapists - Thomas Dobson, Rcahel Kalman, Messeurs - George Saunders
Advance Party - Bill Young, Leslie Dunn, Massue McQuiston, Peggy TunstallAttache - Bill Sturgeon
Section Officials - Athletics Manager - Geoffrey Martin, Assistant Manager - Frederick Napier, Manager Women - Gwen Chester, Athletic Coaches - Francis Day, Norman Osborne ; Badminton Manager - Don Stockins, Basminton Training Co-ordinator - Ian Hutchinson ; Lawn Bowls Manager - Leslie Fynmore; Boxing Manager - Sol Spitanic, Boxing Coach - Paul Thompson ; Cycling Manager - Bernard Sweetman, Track Coach - Alexander Fulcher, Road Coach - Kenneth Trowell ; Gymnastics Manager - Graham Bond, Men's Coach - Barry Cheales, Women's Coach - Ollie Maywald ; Shooting Manager - Newton Thomas ; Training Coordinator - Peter Anderson ; Swimming Manager - Clive Rickards, Manager Women - Joyce Horne, Head Coach - Terry Buck, Coaches - Joe King, Bill Sweetenham, Diving Manager - John Sherry ; Weightlifting Manager - Lyn Jones, Trainer - Paul Coffa ; Wrestling Manager - Geoffrey Jameson ; Coachj - Sam Parker [3]