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.
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's 800 metres Athletics Women's high jump Athletics Women's shot put Boxing Men's Middleweight Cycling Men's Sprint Kevin Nichols Gary Sutton Shane Sutton Cycling Men's Team Pursuit Cycling Men's Road Race Swimming Men's 100 metres Freestyle Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle Swimming Men's 400 metres Freestyle Swimming Men's 1500 metres Freestyle Swimming Men's 100 metres Backstroke Mark Morgan Max Metzker Ron McKeon Swimming Men's 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay Swimming Women's 400 metres Freestyle Swimming Women's 800 metres Freestyle Swimming Women's 100 metres Backstroke Swimming Women's 200 metres Butterfly WeightliftingMen's Lightweight WeightliftingMen's Middleweight WeightliftingMen's Light Heavyweight WrestlingMen's Lightweight Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Athletics Men's 30 km walk Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's long jump Athletics Men's Triple Jump Athletics Men's decathlon Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's long jump Athletics Women's discus throw Denise Robertson Maxine Corcoran Judy Peckham Athletics Women's 4 x 400 metres relay Lawn bowls Men's Singles Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit Cycling Men's Time Trial Cycling Men's 10 Miles Scratch Diving Women's 10 Metres Highboard Gymnastics Men's All Around Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle Swimming Men's 200 metres Backstroke Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan Ron McKeon Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metres Freestyle Swimming Women's 400 metres Freestyle Swimming Women's 800 metres Freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metres Backstroke Lisa Curry Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham Swimming Women'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 Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Athletics Men's 30km walk Chum Darvall Garry Brown Rick Mitchell Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres Denise Robertson Lyn Jacenko Roxanne GelleAthletics Women's 4 x 400 metres relay Boxing Men's Flyweight Cycling Men's 10 Miles Scratch Stephen Goodall Cycling Men's Tandem Diving Men's 3 Metres Springboard Lindsay Nylund Rudolf Starosta Warwick Forbes Gymnastics Men's Team Shooting Men's Open Rapid-Fire Pistol Shooting Men's Open Trap Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle Swimming Men's 400 metres Freestyle Swimming Men's 200 metres Backstroke Swimming Men's 200 metres Breaststroke Swimming Men's 200 metres Individual Medley Graeme Brewer Lindsay Spencer Mark Morgan Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay Swimming Women's 200 metres Freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metres Backstroke Swimming Women's 100 metres Butterfly Swimming Women's 200 metres Butterfly Michelle Ford Rosemary Brown Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay WeightliftingMen's Flyweight WrestlingMen's Flyweight
| width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sportSport Swimming1091130Athletics611724Cycling3328Weightlifting3519Boxing1012Diving0112Gymnastics0112Shooting0022Lawn bowls0101Wrestling1214Total24332784
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
See also Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics
References
External links Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database