| Athletics at the 11th Commonwealth Games | |
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| Dates | 6–12 August 1978 |
| Host city | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Venue | Commonwealth Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Events | 38 |
| Participation | 520 athletes from 39 nations |
| Records set | 4Games records |
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At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Commonwealth StadiuminEdmonton, Alberta, Canada. A total of 38 events were contested, 23 for men and 15 for women.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres (wind: +7.6 m/s) details |
 Don Quarrie (JAM) |
10.03 w |  Allan Wells (SCO) |
10.07 w |  Hasely Crawford (TRI) |
10.09 w |
| 200 metres (wind: +4.4 m/s) details |
Allan Wells (SCO) |
20.12 w |  James Gilkes (GUY) |
20.18 w | Colin Bradford (JAM) |
20.43 w |
| 400 metres details |
 Rick Mitchell (AUS) |
46.34 | Joseph Coombs (TRI) |
46.54 | Glenn Bogue (CAN) |
46.63 |
| 800 metres details |
 Mike Boit (KEN) |
1:46.39 | Seymour Newman (JAM) |
1:47.30 | Peter Lemashon (KEN) |
1:47.57 |
| 1500 metres details |
 David Moorcroft (ENG) |
3:35.48 |  Filbert Bayi (TAN) |
3:35.59 | John Robson (SCO) |
3:35.60 |
| 5000 metres details |
Henry Rono (KEN) |
13:23.04 | Mike Musyoki (KEN) |
13:29.92 | Brendan Foster (ENG) |
13:31.35 |
| 10,000 metres details |
Brendan Foster (ENG) |
28:13.65 | Mike Musyoki (KEN) |
28:19.14 | Mike McLeod (ENG) |
28:34.30 |
| Marathon details |
Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) |
2:15:40 | Jerome Drayton (CAN) |
2:16:14 | Paul Bannon (CAN) |
2:16:52 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details |
Henry Rono (KEN) |
8:26.54 | James Munyala (KEN) |
8:32.21 | Kip Rono (KEN) |
8:34.07 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +6.2 m/s) details |
 Berwyn Price (WAL) |
13.70 w | Max Binnington (AUS) |
13.73 w | Warren Parr (AUS) |
13.73 w |
| 400 metres hurdles details |
Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN) |
49.48 | Garry Brown (AUS) |
50.04 | Alan Pascoe (ENG) |
50.09 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details |
Scotland Allan Wells David Jenkins Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster |
39.24 | Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Noel Hasely Crawford Christopher Brathwaite Ephraim Serrette |
39.29 | Jamaica Errol Quarrie Colin Bradford Oliver Heywood Floyd Brown |
39.33 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details |
Kenya Washington Njiri Daniel Kimaiyo Bill Koskei Joel Ngetich |
3:03.54 | Jamaica Clive Barriffe Bertland Cameron Colin Bradford Floyd Brown Seymour Newman* |
3:04.00 | Australia John Higham Chum Darvall Garry Brown Rick Mitchell |
3:04.23 |
| 30 kilometres walk details |
Olly Flynn (ENG) |
2:22:04 | Willi Sawall (AUS) |
2:22:59 | Tim Erickson (AUS) |
2:26:34 |
| High jump details |
Claude Ferragne (CAN) |
2.20 m | Greg Joy (CAN) |
2.18 m | Dean Bauck (CAN) Brian Burgess (SCO) |
2.15 m |
| Pole vault details |
Bruce Simpson (CAN) |
5.10 m | Don Baird (AUS) |
5.10 m | Brian Hooper (ENG) |
5.00 m |
| Long jump details |
Roy Mitchell (ENG) |
8.06 m (w) | Chris Commons (AUS) |
8.04 m (w) |  Suresh Babu (IND) |
7.94 m (w) |
| Triple jump details |
Keith Connor (ENG) |
17.21 m (w) | Ian Campbell (AUS) |
16.93 m (w) | Aston Moore (ENG) |
16.69 m |
| Shot put details |
Geoff Capes (ENG) |
19.77 m | Bruno Pauletto (CAN) |
19.33 m | Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) |
18.45 m |
| Discus throw details |
Borys Chambul (CAN) |
59.70 m |  Brad Cooper (BAH) |
57.30 m | Rob Gray (CAN) |
55.48 m |
| Hammer throw details |
Peter Farmer (AUS) |
71.10 m | Scott Neilson (CAN) |
69.92 m | Chris Black (SCO) |
68.14 m |
| Javelin throw details |
Phil Olsen (CAN) |
84.00 m |  Mike O'Rourke (NZL) |
83.18 m | Peter Yates (ENG) |
78.58 m |
| Decathlon details |
Daley Thompson (ENG) |
8467 pts | Peter Hadfield (AUS) |
7623 pts | Alan Drayton (ENG) |
7484 pts |
* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | England (ENG) | 16 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN)* | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Scotland (SCO) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Wales (WAL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 38 | 38 | 39 | 115 | |
Australia (44) Bahamas (6)
Bangladesh (1)
Barbados (6)
Belize (1)
Bermuda (19) Canada (78)
Cayman Islands (2)
Cyprus (1) England (87)
Gambia (10)
Ghana (16)
Gibraltar (3)
Grenada (2) Guyana (3) India (9)
Isle of Man (6) Jamaica (20)
Jersey (1) Kenya (45)
Lesotho (8)
Malaysia (5)
Mauritius (5) New Zealand (28)
Northern Ireland (13)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
Saint Lucia (6)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4) Scotland (25)
Sierra Leone (3)
Singapore (1)
Sri Lanka (1)
Swaziland (1) Tanzania (16) Trinidad and Tobago (12)
Turks and Caicos Islands (5) Wales (16)
Zambia (4)|
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