India competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, held from 3 to 12 August 1978. It was India's eighth appearance at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian contingent consisted of 47 competitors who competed across ten sports. India finished sixth in the medal table, winning a total of 15 medals, including five gold, five silver and five bronze medals.
Medallists India won fifteen medals, including five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals, and finished sixth in the overall medal table. Wrestling was India's most successful sport, contributing nine medals.
Prakash Padukone won India's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in badminton, winning the men's singles competition. Ekambaram Karunakaran won the gold medal in the men's flyweight in weightlifting. Badminton players Ami Ghia and Kanwal Thakar Singh were the first Indian women to win a Commonwealth Games medal, winning the women's doubles bronze during the 1978 Games.
MedalNameSportEvent GoldPrakash PadukoneBadmintonMen's singles GoldEkambaram KarunakaranWeightliftingFlyweight 52 kg GoldAshok KumarWrestlingLight flyweight 48 kg GoldSatbir SinghWrestlingBantamweight 57 kg GoldRajinder SinghWrestlingWelterweight 74 kg SilverTamil SelvanWeightliftingBantamweight 56 kg SilverSudesh KumarWrestlingFlyweight 52 kg SilverJagminder SinghWrestlingFeatherweight 62 kg SilverJagdish KumarWrestlingLightweight 68 kg SilverSatpal SinghWrestlingHeavyweight 100 kg BronzeSuresh BabuAthleticsMen's long jump BronzeAmi Ghia Kanwal Thakar SinghBadmintonWomen's doubles BronzeBirender Singh ThapaBoxingLight flyweight 48 kg BronzeKartar SinghWrestlingLight heavyweight 90 kg BronzeIshwar SinghWrestlingSuper heavyweight +100 kg
Competitors The Indian contingent consisted of 47 competitors who competed across ten sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics10010Badminton426Boxing44Cycling11Diving202Gymnastics505Shooting505Weightlifting44Wrestling1010Total45247
Athletics
Suresh Babu won the bronze medal in the men's long jump with a distance of .
Track AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRamaswamy GnanasekharanMen's 100 metres10.945 Q10.867rowspan="2" colspan="4" Men's 200 metres21.603 Q21.968Satbir SinghMen's 110 metres hurdles15.338colspan="4" colspan="2" Shivnath SinghMen's 10,000 metresrowspan="2" colspan="6" 30:26.6712Men's marathon
Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankSuresh BabuMen's triple jumpcolspan="2" Men's long jumprowspan="2" colspan="2" Ravi Kumara11Praveen KumarMen's discus throwrowspan="4" colspan="2" 10Bahadur Singh ChauhanMen's shot put7Jugraj Singh Mann8Gurdeep Singh9
Badminton
India won one gold and one bronze medal in badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, with Prakash Padukone winning the men's singles title and Ami Ghia and Kanwal Thakur Singh winning bronze in the women's doubles event.
AthleteEventRound of 16Quarter-finalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultRankPrakash PadukoneMen's singlesSyed Modicolspan="3" Partho Gangulicolspan="3" Uday Pawarcolspan="4" Kanwal Thakur SinghWomen's singlescolspan="4" Prakash PadukoneUday PawarMen's doublesrowspan="2" colspan="3" Ami GhiaKanwal Thakur SinghWomen's doubles
Boxing
India competed in four boxing events at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Birender Singh Thapa won the bronze medal in the light-flyweight division.
AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinalRankOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultBirender Singh ThapaLight-flyweight under 48 kgcolspan="1" colspan="1" Bakshish SinghLightweight 60 kgcolspan="3" Chidanandan MachaiahLight-welterweight 63.5 kgcolspan="3" Mani Kumar RaiLight-middleweight 71 kgcolspan="3"
Cycling
Avtar Dogra Singh represented the country in the men's sprint and time trial events.
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankResultResultResultResultAvtar Dogra SinghTime trial (1 km)colspan="3" 1:14.391,000 m match sprintcolspan="4"
Diving
India competed in diving events for the first time, with two athletes participating in the men's events.
AthleteEventResultRankVasant GadgeMen's 10 metre platform274.92 points11Pun DambahadurMen's 3 metre springboard300.84 points12
Gymnastics
India competed in artistic gymnastics at the 1978 British Commonwealth Games for the first time, with five athletes participating in the men's individual all-around competition. The Indian team also competed in the men's team competition.
AthleteEventPointsRankBishweshwar NandiMen's individual all-around42.8519Nemai Kanji40.0520Nandkumar Bhosle38.6521Ahmedur Bablu31.0022Manjit Singh15.7523Bishweshwar Nandi Nemai Kanji Nandkumar Bhosle Ahmedur Bablu Manjit SinghMen's team127.706
Shooting
India competed in shooting events for the first time, with five athletes participating in the men's events.
AthleteEventPointsRankSharad Chauhan50 m free pistol5251125 m rapid-fire pistol5746Raju WaderRandhir SinghClay pigeon trap1748Gurbir Singh SandhuSkeet16514Hari Singh Sandhu16515
Weightlifting
Four athletes competed in the weightlifting events, with Ekambaram Karunakaran winning the gold medal in the men's flyweight division and Muniswamy Tamil Selvan winning the silver medal in the men's bantamweight division.
AthleteEventResultRankEkambaram KarunakaranFlyweight 52 kg205 kgAnil Paul187.5 kg4Muniswamy Tamil SelvanBantamweight 56 kg220 kgAnil Mondal212.5 kg4
Wrestling
India won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal in wrestling at the Games.
Freestyle men AthleteEventCompetition roundsRankOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultAshok KumarLight flyweight 48 kgcolspan="1" Sudesh KumarFlyweight 52 kgcolspan="2" Satbir SinghBantamweight 57 kgJagminder SinghFeatherweight 62 kgJagdish KumarLightweight 68 kgcolspan="1" 4Rajinder SinghWelterweight 74 kgPannalal YadavMiddleweight 82 kgcolspan="2" 5Kartar SinghLight heavyweight 90 kgcolspan="2" Satpal SinghHeavyweight 100 kgcolspan="2" Ishwar SinghSuper heavyweight +100 kgcolspan="2"
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