England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 27 Silver 27 Bronze 33 Total 87
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England competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 3 to 12 August 1978.^[1][2]

England finished second in the medal table.

Medal table (top three)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	45	31	33	109
2	England	27	27	33	87
3	Australia	24	33	27	84
Totals (3 entries)		96	91	93	280

The athletes that competed are listed below.^[3][4]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Brian Adams	30km walk
Richard John Ashton	400m, 400m relay
Liz Barnes	800m
Christine Benning	1,500m	1 x silver
Dave Black	10,000m
Timothy Bonsor	200m, 100m relay
Lorna Boothe	100m hurdles	1 x gold
Christina Boxer	1,500m
Beverly Callender	100m, 200m, 100m relay	1 x gold
Geoff Capes	shot put	1 x gold
Ian Chipchase	hammer
Dennis Coates	3,000m steeplechase
Glen Cohen	400m, 400m relay
Jane Colebrook	800m	1 x bronze
Sharon Colyear	100m hurdles, 100m relay	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Keith Connor	triple jump	1 x gold
Garry Cook	800m
Steve Cram	1500m
Stanley Curran	marathon
Robert Antony Dale	shot put
Paul Dickenson	hammer
Alan Drayton	decathlon	1 x bronze
Verona Elder	400m, 400m relay	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Olly Flynn	30km walk	1 x gold
Ann Ford	3,000m	1 x bronze
Brendan Foster	5,000m 10,000m	1 x bronze
Penny Forse	3,000m
Paula Fudge	3,000m	1 x gold
Brian Green	100m, 100m relay
Jeff Gutteridge	pole vault
Bill Hartley	400m hurdles
Donna Hartley	400m, 400m relay	2 x gold
Sue Hearnshaw	long jump
John Hillier	discus
Gillian Hitchen	high jump
Mark Holtom	110m hurdles
Brian Hooper	pole vault	1 x bronze
Leslie Hoyte	100m, 100m relay
Trevor Hoyte	200m, 100m relay
Wendy Hoyte	100m
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	400m, 400m relay	1 x gold
Tim Hutchings	1500m
David Johnson	triple jump
Ruth Kennedy	400m relay	1 x gold
Sonia Lannaman	100m, 200m, 100m relay	2 x gold, 1 x silver
Angela Littlewood	shot put
Lesley Mallin	discus
Sue Mapstone	pentathlon	1 x silver
Mike McFarlane	100m, 200m
Mike McLeod	5,000m, 10,000m	1 x bronze
Roy Mitchell	long jump	1 x gold
David Moorcroft	1500m	1 x gold
Aston Moore	triple jump	1 x bronze
Mark Naylor	high jump
Paula Newnham	800m
Jeff Norman	marathon
Gary Oakes	400m hurdles
Judy Oakes	shot put	1 x bronze
David Ottley	javelin
Alan Pascoe	400m hurdles, 400m relay	1 x bronze
Sue Reeve	long jump	1 x gold
Brian Stanley Roberts	javelin
Nick Rose	5,000m
Val Rutter	high jump
Tessa Sanderson	javelin	1 x gold
Amos Seddon	30km walk
Barbara Simmonds	high jump
Kathy Smallwood	200m, 100m relay	1 x gold
Shara Anne Helen Spragg	javelin
Tony Staynings	3,000m steeplechase
Mary Stewart	1,500m	1 x gold
Shirley Strong	100m hurdles	1 x silver
Colin Peter Szwed	800m
Pete Tancred	discus
Daley Thompson	decathlon
Janet Thompson	discus
David Warren	800m
Buster Watson	decathlon
Fatima Whitbread	javelin
James Robert Whitehead	hammer
Terry Whitehead	400m, 400m relay
John Wild	3,000m steeplechase
Allan Peter Williams	pole vault
Mike Winch	discus, shot put
Yvette Wray	pentathlon	1 x bronze
Trevor Wright	marathon
Peter Yates	javelin	1 x silver

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Karen Bridge	singles, mixed, team event	1 x gold
David Eddy	singles, mixed, team event	1 x gold
Nora Gardner	singles, doubles, mixed, team event	3 x gold
Kevin Jolly	singles, doubles, mixed, team event	1 x gold
Anne Statt	singles, doubles, mixed, team event	2 x gold
Ray Stevens	singles, doubles, team event	2 x gold, 1 x bronze
Barbara Sutton	doubles, mixed, team event	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Derek Talbot	singles, doubles, mixed, team event	1 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Mike Tredgett	doubles, mixed, team event	3 x gold
Jane Webster	singles, doubles, team event	1 x gold

Bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Jim Ashman	pairs
David Bryant	singles	1 x gold
Charlie Burch	rinks/fours
Mal Hughes	rinks/fours
Bill Irish	rinks/fours
Bob Robertson	rinks/fours
Chris Ward	pairs

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Julius Awome	91kg heavyweight	1 x gold
Joe Dawson	48kg light-flyweight
George Gilbody	60kg lightweight
Paul Kelly	67kg light-welterweight
Gary Nickels	51kg flyweight
Moss O'Brien	57kg featherweight	1 x bronze
Delroy Parkes	75kg middleweight	1 x silver
Vince Smith	81kg light-heavyweight	1 x silver
Jackie Turner	54kg bantamweight

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Dave Akam	pursuit
Bob Downs	road race
Tony Doyle	scratch race, pursuit, team pursuit	2 x bronze
Paul Fennell	scratch race, time trial, team pursuit	1 x bronze
Des Fretwell	road race
Trevor Gadd	match sprint, time trial, tandem	2 x silver
Phil Griffiths	road race, pursuit
Tony James	team pursuit	1 x bronze
Steve Lawrence	road race
Dave Le Grys	match sprint, tandem	1 x silver
Glen Mitchell	scratch race, team pursuit	1 x bronze
Paul Swinnerton	match sprint, time trial

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Martyn Brown	3m springboard & 10m platform
Alison Drake	3m springboard
Marion Saunders	10m platform
Trevor Simpson	3m springboard
Chris Snode	3m springboard & 10m platform	2 x gold

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Eddie Arnold	individual, team	1 x silver
Susan Cheesebrough	individual, team	1 x silver
Jeff Davis	individual, team	1 x silver
Lisa Jackman	individual, team	1 x silver
Ian Neale	individual, team	1 x silver
Karen Robb	individual, team	1 x silver
Tommy Wilson	individual, team	1 x silver
Joanna Sime	individual, team	1 x silver

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Paul Bentley	skeet	1 x silver
Brian Burrage	50m rifle prone
John Cooke	rapid fire pistol	1 x silver
Barry Dagger	50m rifle prone
Sam Gilson	fullbore rifle Queens prize
Brian Girling	rapid fire pistol
Andrew Carlisle Jackson	50m free pistol
David Killick	50m free pistol
Joe Neville	skeet	1 x bronze
Anthony John Smith	clay pigeon trap
James Spaight	fullbore rifle Queens prize	1 x silver
Kenneth Wilson	clay pigeon trap

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Gary Abraham	100/200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, relay	2 x silver
Andrew Astbury	400/1500 freestyle	1 x bronze
Joy Beasley	100/200 backstroke
Cheryl Brazendale	100/200/400 freestyle, relay	1 x silver
Kevin Burns	100 freestyle, relay	1 x bronze
Richard Burrell	100 freestyle, relay	1 x bronze
Duncan Cleworth	200/400 medley
Sharron Davies	200 backstroke, 200 freestyle, 200/400 medley, relays	2 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronze
David Dunne	100/200 freestyle, relays	2 x bronze
Helen Gilyard	100 backstroke, relay	1 x bronze
Duncan Goodhew	100/200 breaststroke, relay	3 x silver
Simon Gray	400/1500 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 400 medley, relay	3 x silver, 1 x bronze
Stephen Harrison	100/200 backstroke
Moira Houston	200 freestyle, 200/400 medley
Phil Hubble	100/200 butterfly, 200 freestyle, relay	2 x bronze
Sue Jenner	100/200 butterfly, relay	1 x bronze
Margaret Kelly	100/200 breaststroke, relay	1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Steve Lewington	400/1500 freestyle
Kaye Lovatt	100 freestyle, relay	1 x silver
John Mills	100/200 butterfly, relay	2 x silver
Paul Naisby	100/200 breaststroke	1 x bronze
Ann Osgerby	100/200 butterfly
Debbie Rudd	100/200 breaststroke	1 x silver
Martin Smith	200 freestyle, relays	1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Heidi Turk	100 freestyle, relay	1 x silver

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Newton Burrowes	75kg middleweight	1 x silver
Victor Daniels	60kg featherweight
Andy Drzewiecki	110kg heavyweight	1 x bronze
Michael Keelan	82.5kg light-heavyweight
Gary Langford	90kg middle-heavyweight	1 x gold
Steve Pinsent	75kg middleweight	1 x bronze
Gary Shadbolt	82.5kg light-heavyweight	1 x bronze
Gian Cheema Singh	90kg middle-heavyweight
Kevin Welch-Kennedy	67.5kg lightweight
Alan Winterbourne	67.5kg lightweight

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Brian Aspen	62kg featherweight	1 x bronze
Mark Dunbar	48kg light flyweight	1 x bronze
Amrik Singh Gill	57kg bantamweight	1 x bronze
Joey Gilligan	68kg lightweight
Keith Haward	74kg welterweight	1 x bronze
Keith Peache	100kg heavyweight
Tony Shacklady	82kg middleweight

References

1. "1978 Edmonton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
2. "Edmonton, Canada 1978 Team". Team England.
3. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. "1978 Team". Team England.