Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games


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.
MedalNameSportEvent
AthleticsMen's 400 metres
AthleticsMen's hammer throw
AthleticsWomen's 200 metres
AthleticsWomen's 800 metres
AthleticsWomen's high jump
AthleticsWomen's shot put
BoxingMen's Middleweight
CyclingMen's Sprint

Kevin Nichols
Gary Sutton
Shane Sutton		CyclingMen's Team Pursuit
CyclingMen's Road Race
SwimmingMen's 100 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 1500 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 metres Backstroke

Mark Morgan
Max Metzker
Ron McKeon		SwimmingMen's 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 800 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Butterfly
WeightliftingMen's Lightweight
WeightliftingMen's Middleweight
WeightliftingMen's Light Heavyweight
WrestlingMen's Lightweight
AthleticsMen's 110 metres hurdles
AthleticsMen's 400 metres hurdles
AthleticsMen's 30 km walk
AthleticsMen's pole vault
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsMen's Triple Jump
AthleticsMen's decathlon
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres
AthleticsWomen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's discus throw

Denise Robertson
Maxine Corcoran
Judy Peckham		AthleticsWomen's 4 x 400 metres relay
Lawn bowlsMen's Singles
CyclingMen's Individual Pursuit
CyclingMen's Time Trial
CyclingMen's 10 Miles Scratch
DivingWomen's 10 Metres Highboard
GymnasticsMen's All Around
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Backstroke

Graeme Brewer
Mark Morgan
Ron McKeon		SwimmingMen's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 800 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Backstroke

Lisa Curry
Rosemary Brown
Tracey Wickham		SwimmingWomen'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
AthleticsMen's 110 metres hurdles
AthleticsMen's 30km walk

Chum Darvall
Garry Brown
Rick Mitchell		AthleticsMen's 4 x 400 metres relay
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres
AthleticsWomen's 200 metres
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres

Denise Robertson
Lyn Jacenko
Roxanne Gelle		AthleticsWomen's 4 x 400 metres relay
BoxingMen's Flyweight
CyclingMen's 10 Miles Scratch

Stephen Goodall		CyclingMen's Tandem
DivingMen's 3 Metres Springboard

Lindsay Nylund
Rudolf Starosta
Warwick Forbes		GymnasticsMen's Team
ShootingMen's Open Rapid-Fire Pistol
ShootingMen's Open Trap
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Individual Medley

Graeme Brewer
Lindsay Spencer
Mark Morgan		SwimmingMen's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Butterfly

Michelle Ford
Rosemary Brown
Tracey Wickham		SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay
WeightliftingMen's Flyweight
WrestlingMen's Flyweight

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 Tunstall
  • Attache - 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