England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

England competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 3 to 12 August 1978.

England finished second in the medal table behind Canada with 27 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 33 bronze medals.

Medal table (top three)

The athletes that competed are listed below.

Athletics

Name Event/s Medal/s Brian Adams 30km walk Richard John Ashton 400m, 400m relay Liz Barnes 800mChristine Benning 1,500m1 x silverDave Black 10,000m Timothy Bonsor 200m, 100m relayLorna Boothe 100m hurdles 1 x goldChristina Boxer 1,500mBeverly Callender 100m, 200m, 100m relay 1 x goldGeoff Capes shot put 1 x goldIan Chipchase hammerDennis Coates 3,000m steeplechase Glen Cohen 400m, 400m relayJane Colebrook 800m 1 x bronzeSharon Colyear 100m hurdles, 100m relay 1 x gold, 1 x bronzeKeith Connor triple jump 1 x goldGarry Cook 800m Steve Cram 1500mStanley Curran marathon Robert Antony Dale shot putPaul Dickenson hammerAlan Drayton decathlon1 x bronzeVerona Elder 400m, 400m relay1 x gold, 1 x silverOlly Flynn 30km walk 1 x gold Ann Ford 3,000m1 x bronzeBrendan Foster 5,000m 10,000m 1 x bronze Penny Forse 3,000m Paula Fudge 3,000m1 x goldBrian Green 100m, 100m relay Jeff Gutteridge pole vaultBill Hartley 400m hurdles Donna Hartley 400m, 400m relay2 x goldSue Hearnshaw long jumpJohn Hillier discusGillian Hitchen high jumpMark Holtom 110m hurdlesBrian Hooper pole vault1 x bronzeLeslie Hoyte 100m, 100m relayTrevor Hoyte 200m, 100m relay Wendy Hoyte 100m Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 400m, 400m relay1 x goldTim Hutchings 1500m David Johnson triple jumpRuth Kennedy 400m relay 1 x goldSonia Lannaman 100m, 200m, 100m relay 2 x gold, 1 x silverAngela Littlewood shot putLesley Mallin discusSue Mapstone pentathlon1 x silverMike McFarlane 100m, 200m Mike McLeod 5,000m, 10,000m1 x bronzeRoy Mitchell long jump1 x goldDavid Moorcroft 1500m 1 x goldAston Moore triple jump 1 x bronzeMark Naylor high jumpPaula Newnham 800mJeff Norman marathonGary Oakes 400m hurdlesJudy Oakes shot put1 x bronzeDavid Ottley javelinAlan Pascoe 400m hurdles, 400m relay 1 x bronzeSue Reeve long jump 1 x goldBrian Stanley Roberts javelin Nick Rose 5,000m Val Rutter high jumpTessa Sanderson javelin1 x goldAmos Seddon 30km walk Barbara Simmonds high jumpKathy Smallwood 200m, 100m relay 1 x goldShara Anne Helen Spragg javelinTony Staynings 3,000m steeplechaseMary Stewart 1,500m1 x goldShirley Strong 100m hurdles 1 x silverColin Peter Szwed 800mPete Tancred discusDaley Thompson decathlon Janet Thompson discusDavid Warren 800mBuster Watson decathlonFatima Whitbread javelinJames Robert Whitehead hammerTerry Whitehead 400m, 400m relay John Wild 3,000m steeplechase Allan Peter Williams pole vaultMike Winch discus, shot put Yvette Wray pentathlon 1 x bronzeTrevor Wright marathonPeter Yates javelin1 x silver

Badminton

Name Event/s Medal/s Karen Bridge singles, mixed, team event1 x goldDavid Eddy singles, mixed, team event1 x goldNora Gardner singles, doubles, mixed, team event3 x goldKevin Jolly singles, doubles, mixed, team event 1 x goldAnne Statt singles, doubles, mixed, team event2 x goldRay Stevens singles, doubles, team event2 x gold, 1 x bronzeBarbara Sutton doubles, mixed, team event1 x gold, 1 x bronzeDerek Talbot singles, doubles, mixed, team event1 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronzeMike Tredgett doubles, mixed, team event3 x goldJane Webster singles, doubles, team event1 x gold

Bowls

Name Event/s Medal/s Jim Ashman pairs David Bryant singles1 x goldCharlie Burch rinks/foursMal Hughes rinks/foursBill Irish rinks/foursBob Robertson rinks/foursChris Ward pairs

Boxing

Name Event/s Medal/s Julius Awome 91kg heavyweight1 x goldJoe Dawson 48kg light-flyweightGeorge Gilbody 60kg lightweightPaul Kelly 67kg welterweightGary Nickels 51kg flyweight Moss O'Brien 57kg featherweight1 x bronzeDelroy Parkes 75kg middleweight1 x silverVince Smith 81kg light-heavyweight1 x silverJackie Turner 54kg bantamweight

Cycling

Name Event/s Medal/s Dave Akam pursuitBob Downs road raceTony Doyle scratch race, pursuit, team pursuit2 x bronzePaul Fennell scratch race, time trial, team pursuit1 x bronzeDes Fretwell road raceTrevor Gadd match sprint, time trial, tandem2 x silverPhil Griffiths road race, pursuitTony James team pursuit1 x bronzeSteve Lawrence road raceDave Le Grys match sprint, tandem1 x silverGlen Mitchell scratch race, team pursuit1 x bronzePaul Swinnerton match sprint, time trial

Diving

Name Event/s Medal/s Martyn Brown 3m springboard & 10m platformAlison Drake 3m springboardMarion Saunders 10m platformTrevor Simpson 3m springboardChris Snode 3m springboard & 10m platform2 x gold

Gymnastics

Name Event/s Medal/s Eddie Arnold individual, team 1 x silverSusan Cheesebrough individual, team 1 x silverJeff Davis individual, team 1 x silver Lisa Jackman individual, team 1 x silverIan Neale individual, team 1 x silverKaren Robb individual, team 1 x silverTommy Wilson individual, team 1 x silverJoanna Sime individual, team 1 x silver

Shooting

Name Event/s Medal/s Paul Bentley skeet1 x silverBrian Burrage 50m rifle proneJohn Cooke rapid fire pistol1 x silverBarry Dagger 50m rifle proneSam Gilson fullbore rifle Queens prizeBrian Girling rapid fire pistolAndrew Carlisle Jackson 50m free pistol David Killick50m free pistolJoe Neville skeet1 x bronzeAnthony John Smith clay pigeon trapJames Spaight fullbore rifle Queens prize1 x silverKenneth Wilson clay pigeon trap

Swimming

Name Event/s Medal/s Gary Abraham 100/200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, relay2 x silverAndrew Astbury 400/1500 freestyle1 x bronzeJoy Beasley 100/200 backstrokeCheryl Brazendale 100/200/400 freestyle, relay1 x silverKevin Burns 100 freestyle, relay1 x bronzeRichard Burrell 100 freestyle, relay1 x bronzeDuncan Cleworth 200/400 medleySharron Davies 200 backstroke, 200 freestyle, 200/400 medley, relays2 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronzeDavid Dunne 100/200 freestyle, relays2 x bronzeHelen Gilyard 100 backstroke, relay1 x bronzeDuncan Goodhew 100/200 breaststroke, relay3 x silverSimon Gray 400/1500 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 400 medley, relay3 x silver, 1 x bronzeStephen Harrison 100/200 backstrokeMoira Houston 200 freestyle, 200/400 medleyPhil Hubble 100/200 butterfly, 200 freestyle, relay2 x bronzeSue Jenner 100/200 butterfly, relay1 x bronzeMargaret Kelly 100/200 breaststroke, relay1 x silver, 2 x bronzeSteve Lewington 400/1500 freestyleKaye Lovatt 100 freestyle, relay 1 x silverJohn Mills 100/200 butterfly, relay2 x silverPaul Naisby 100/200 breaststroke1 x bronzeAnn Osgerby 100/200 butterflyDebbie Rudd 100/200 breaststroke1 x silverMartin Smith 200 freestyle, relays1 x silver, 2 x bronzeHeidi Turk 100 freestyle, relay1 x silver

Weightlifting

Name Event/s Medal/s Newton Burrowes 75kg middleweight1 x silverVictor Daniels 60kg featherweightAndy Drzewiecki 110kg heavyweight 1 x bronzeMichael Keelan 82.5kg light-heavyweightGary Langford 90kg middle-heavyweight1 x gold Steve Pinsent 75kg middleweight 1 x bronzeGary Shadbolt 82.5kg light-heavyweight 1 x bronzeGian Cheema Singh 90kg middle-heavyweightKevin Welch-Kennedy 67.5kg lightweightAlan Winterbourne 67.5kg lightweight

Wrestling

Name Event/s Medal/s Brian Aspen 62kg featherweight1 x bronzeMark Dunbar 48kg light flyweight1 x bronzeAmrik Singh Gill 57kg bantamweight 1 x bronzeJoey Gilligan 68kg lightweightKeith Haward 74kg welterweight1 x bronzeKeith Peache 100kg heavyweight Tony Shacklady 82kg middleweight

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