Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games explained

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.

Medallists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.

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MedalNameSportEvent
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
WeightliftingMen's Lightweight
WeightliftingMen's Middleweight
WeightliftingMen's Light Heavyweight
WrestlingMen'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
WeightliftingMen's Featherweight
WeightliftingMen's Light Heavyweight
WeightliftingMen's Lightweight
WeightliftingMen's Sub Heavyweight
WeightliftingMen's Super Heavyweight
WrestlingMen's Middleweight
WrestlingMen'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
WeightliftingMen's Flyweight
WrestlingMen's Flyweight

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Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Swimming1091130
Athletics611724
Cycling3328
Weightlifting3519
Boxing1012
Diving0112
Gymnastics0112
Shooting0022
Lawn bowls0101
Wrestling1214
Total24332784

Officials

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]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Flag bearers. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/19981123130000/http:/www.commonwealthgames.org.au/index.html. dead. 23 November 1998. Australian Web Archive. 11 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Annual Report 2017. Commonwealth Games Australia. 11 February 2018.
  3. Book: 1911-2010 Australia at the Commonwealth Games : Delhi 2010 XIX Commonwealth Games 3-14 October. Australian Commonwealth Games Association. 2010. Melbourne.

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