Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Website	commonwealthgames.org.au
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors	148 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: - Remo Sansonetti and Salvatore Sansonetti [1] Closing:Tracey Wickham [2]
Officials	42
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 24 Silver 33 Bronze 27 Total 84
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

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.

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Rick Mitchell Athletics Men's 400 metres  Gold Peter Farmer Athletics Men's hammer throw  Gold Denise Boyd Athletics Women's 200 metres  Gold Judy Peckham Athletics Women's 800 metres  Gold Katrina Gibbs Athletics Women's high jump  Gold Gael Mulhall Athletics Women's shot put  Gold Philip McElwaine Boxing Men's Middleweight  Gold Kenrick Tucker Cycling Men's Sprint  Gold Colin Fitzgerald Kevin Nichols Gary Sutton Shane Sutton Cycling Men's Team Pursuit  Gold Phil Anderson Cycling Men's Road Race  Gold Mark Morgan Swimming Men's 100 metres Freestyle  Gold Ron McKeon Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle  Gold Ron McKeon Swimming Men's 400 metres Freestyle  Gold Max Metzker Swimming Men's 1500 metres Freestyle  Gold Glenn Patching Swimming Men's 100 metres Backstroke  Gold Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan Max Metzker Ron McKeon Swimming Men's 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay  Gold Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 400 metres Freestyle  Gold Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 800 metres Freestyle  Gold Debra Forster Swimming Women's 100 metres Backstroke  Gold Michelle Ford Swimming Women's 200 metres Butterfly  Gold Bill Stellios Weightlifting Men's Lightweight  Gold Sam Castiglione Weightlifting Men's Middleweight  Gold Robert Kabbas Weightlifting Men's Light Heavyweight  Gold Zsigmund Kelevitz Wrestling Men's Lightweight  Silver Max Binnington Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles  Silver Garry Brown Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles  Silver Willi Sawall Athletics Men's 30 km walk  Silver Don Baird Athletics Men's pole vault  Silver Chris Commons Athletics Men's long jump  Silver Ian Campbell Athletics Men's Triple Jump  Silver Peter Hadfield Athletics Men's decathlon  Silver Raelene Boyle Athletics Women's 100 metres  Silver Erica Hooker Athletics Women's long jump  Silver Gael Mulhall Athletics Women's discus throw  Silver Bethanie Nail Denise Robertson Maxine Corcoran Judy Peckham Athletics Women's 4 x 400 metres relay  Silver John Snell Lawn bowls Men's Singles  Silver Gary Campbell Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit  Silver Kenrick Tucker Cycling Men's Time Trial  Silver Shane Sutton Cycling Men's 10 Miles Scratch  Silver Valerie McFarlane Diving Women's 10 Metres Highboard  Silver Lyndsay Nyland Gymnastics Men's All Around  Silver Graeme Brewer Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle  Silver Glenn Patching Swimming Men's 200 metres Backstroke  Silver Glenn Patching Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan Ron McKeon Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay  Silver Rosemary Brown Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle  Silver Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 200 metres Freestyle  Silver Michelle Ford Swimming Women's 400 metres Freestyle  Silver Michelle Ford Swimming Women's 800 metres Freestyle  Silver Lisa Forrest Swimming Women's 200 metres Backstroke  Silver Debra Forster Lisa Curry Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay  Silver Ivan Katz Weightlifting Men's Featherweight  Silver Charles Quagliata Weightlifting Men's Light Heavyweight  Silver Adrian Kebbe Weightlifting Men's Lightweight  Silver Steve Wyatt Weightlifting Men's Sub Heavyweight  Silver Bob Edmond Weightlifting Men's Super Heavyweight  Silver Wally Koenig Wrestling Men's Middleweight  Silver Mick Pikos Wrestling Men's Light Heavyweight  Bronze Warren Parr Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles  Bronze Tim Erickson Athletics Men's 30km walk  Bronze John Higham Chum Darvall Garry Brown Rick Mitchell Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay  Bronze Denise Boyd Athletics Women's 100 metres  Bronze Collen Beazley Athletics Women's 200 metres  Bronze Beathanie Nail Athletics Women's 400 metres  Bronze Colleen Beazley Denise Robertson Lyn Jacenko Roxanne Gelle Athletics Women's 4 x 400 metres relay  Bronze Peter Wighton Boxing Men's Flyweight  Bronze Gary Sutton Cycling Men's 10 Miles Scratch  Bronze Ron Boyle Stephen Goodall Cycling Men's Tandem  Bronze Don Wagstaff Diving Men's 3 Metres Springboard  Bronze Lambert Ariens Lindsay Nylund Rudolf Starosta Warwick Forbes Gymnastics Men's Team  Bronze Jeff Farrell Shooting Men's Open Rapid-Fire Pistol  Bronze Terry Rumbel Shooting Men's Open Trap  Bronze Mark Morgan Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle  Bronze Max Metzker Swimming Men's 400 metres Freestyle  Bronze Paul Moorfoot Swimming Men's 200 metres Backstroke  Bronze Lindsay Spencer Swimming Men's 200 metres Breaststroke  Bronze Peter Dawson Swimming Men's 200 metres Individual Medley  Bronze Glenn Patching Graeme Brewer Lindsay Spencer Mark Morgan Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay  Bronze Michelle Ford Swimming Women's 200 metres Freestyle  Bronze Glenda Robertson Swimming Women's 200 metres Backstroke  Bronze Linda Hanel Swimming Women's 100 metres Butterfly  Bronze Linda Hanel Swimming Women's 200 metres Butterfly  Bronze Lisa Burnes Michelle Ford Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay  Bronze Roger Crabtree Weightlifting Men's Flyweight  Bronze Ken Hoyt Wrestling Men's Flyweight

Medals by sport Sport 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 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^[3]

• Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

• Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database