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Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
VenueKinsmen Aquatic Centre
LocationEdmonton, Canada
Dates3 to 12 August 1978

Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the 11th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. There were 29 swimming events and they took place from 3 to 12 August 1978.[1]

The events were held at the Kinsmen Aquatic Centre, part of the Kinsmen Sports Centre complex. The aquatic centre was constructed in 1976 specifically for the Games.[2]

Canada topped the medal table with 15 gold medals. It was the first time since 1938 that Australia had failed to top the table and only four nations managed to secure swimming medals.[3][4]

The aquatic centre (on the left) was constructed in 1976

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada*157931
2 Australia1091130
3 England211720
4 New Zealand2226
Totals (4 entries)29292987

Medallists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Australia Mark Morgan Canada Bill Sawchuk Canada Gary MacDonald
200 m freestyle Australia Ron McKeon Australia Graeme Brewer Australia Mark Morgan
400 m freestyle Australia Ron McKeon England Simon Gray Australia Max Metzker
1500 m freestyle Australia Max Metzker England Simon Gray England Andrew Astbury
100 m backstroke Australia Glenn Patching England Gary Abraham Canada Jay Tapp
200 m backstroke New Zealand Gary Hurring Australia Glenn Patching Australia Paul Moorfoot
100 m breaststroke Canada Graham Smith England Duncan Goodhew England Paul Naisby
200 m breaststroke Canada Graham Smith England Duncan Goodhew Australia Lindsay Spencer
100 m butterfly Canada Dan Thompson England John Mills Canada Bill Sawchuk
200 m butterfly Canada George Nagy Canada Claus Bredschneider England Phil Hubble
200 m individual medley Canada Graham Smith Canada Bill Sawchuk Australia Peter Dawson
400 m individual medley Canada Graham Smith England Simon Gray Canada Bill Sawchuk
4 × 100 m freestyle relay Canada
Bill Sawchuk
Gary MacDonald
Graham Smith
Peter Szmidt 		Australia
Glenn Patching
Graeme Brewer
Mark Morgan
Ron McKeon 		England
David Dunne
Kevin Burns
Martin Smith
Richard Burrell
4 × 200 m freestyle relay Australia
Graeme Brewer
Mark Morgan
Max Metzker
Ron McKeon 		Canada
Bill Sawchuk
Dennis Corcoran
Peter Szmidt
Robert Baylis 		England
David Dunne
Martin Smith
Philip Hubble
Simon Gray
4 × 100 m medley relay Canada
Bill Sawchuk
Dan Thompson
Graham Smith
Jay Tapp 		England
Gary Abraham
Duncan Goodhew
John Mills
Martin Smith 		Australia
Glenn Patching
Graeme Brewer
Lindsay Spencer
Mark Morgan

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Canada Carol Klimpel Australia Rosemary Brown Canada Wendy Quirk
200 m freestyle New Zealand Rebecca Perrott Australia Tracey Wickham Australia Michelle Ford
400 m freestyle Australia Tracey Wickham Australia Michelle Ford New Zealand Rebecca Perrott
800 m freestyle Australia Tracey Wickham Australia Michelle Ford New Zealand Rebecca Perrott
100 m backstroke Australia Debra Forster Canada Hélène Boivin Canada Cheryl Gibson
200 m backstroke Canada Cheryl Gibson Australia Lisa Forrest Australia Glenda Robertson
100 m breaststroke Canada Robin Corsiglia England Maggie Kelly Canada Marian Stuart
200 m breaststroke Canada Lisa Borsholt England Debbie Rudd England Maggie Kelly
100 m butterfly Canada Wendy Quirk New Zealand Penny McCarthy Australia Linda Hanel
200 m butterfly Australia Michelle Ford Canada Wendy Quirk Australia Linda Hanel
200 m individual medley England Sharron Davies New Zealand Rebecca Perrott Canada Becky Smith
400 m individual medley England Sharron Davies Canada Becky Smith Canada Cheryl Gibson
4 × 100 m freestyle relay Canada
Carol Klimpel
Gail Amundrud
Sue Sloan
Wendy Quirk 		England
Cheryl Brazendale
Heidi Turk
Kaye Lovatt
Sharron Davies 		Australia
Lisa Burnes
Michelle Ford
Rosemary Brown
Tracey Wickham
4 × 100 m medley relay Canada
Carol Klimpel
Hélène Boivin
Marian Stuart
Wendy Quirk 		Australia
Debra Forster
Lisa Curry-Kenny
Rosemary Brown
Tracey Wickham 		England
Helen Gilyard
Margaret Kelly
Sharron Davies
Sue Jenner

Finals (men)

100m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Mark Morgan 52.70
2 Canada Bill Sawchuk 52.81
3 Canada Gary MacDonald 52.90
4 Australia Graeme Brewer 52.95
5 Canada Peter Szmidt 53.13
6 Australia Glenn Patching 53.63
7 Scotland Gordon Downie 53.81
8 England Richard Burrell 53.82

200m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Ron McKeon 1:52.06
2 Australia Graeme Brewer 1:52.86
3 Australia Mark Morgan 1:53.16
4 Scotland Gordon Downie 1:54.44
5 England David Dunne 1:54.58
6 Canada Peter Szmidt 1:55.41
7 Canada Dennis Michael Corcoran 1:56.07
8 England Martin Smith 1:56.07

400m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Ron McKeon 3:54.43
2 England Simon Gray 3:56.87
3 Australia Max Metzker 3:58.83
4 Canada Peter Szmidt 3:58.86
5 England Andrew Astbury 4:01.12
6 New Zealand Brett Naylor 4:03.59
7 Canada Dennis Michael Corcoran 4:04.63
8 England Steve Lewington 4:05.62

1500m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Max Metzker 15:31.92
2 England Simon Gray 15:39.39
3 England Andrew Astbury 15:42.89
4 Australia Paul Nash 15:44.42
5 Canada Peter Szmidt 15.57.18
6 Canada Robert David Baylis 16:14.88
7 England Steve Lewington 16:15.05
8 Canada Dennis Michael Corcoran 16:27.35

100m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Glenn Patching 57.90
2 England Gary Abraham 58.48
3 Canada Jay Tapp 59.05
4 Canada Wade Flemons 59.56
5 Scotland Paul Julian Marshall 59.57
6 Scotland James Carter 59.79
7 Canada Cameron Henning 1:00.33
8 Australia Paul Moorfoot 1:00.92

200m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand Gary Hurring 2:04.37
2 Australia Glenn Patching 2:05.76
3 Australia Paul Moorfoot 2:05.99
4 Canada Cameron Henning 2:06.35
5 Canada Mike Scarth 2:07.13
6 Scotland James Carter 2:07.91
7 England Gary Abraham 2:08.45
8 New Zealand Ian R. Bullock 2:09.24

100m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Graham Smith 1:03.81
2 England Duncan Goodhew 1:04.24
3 England Paul Naisby 1:06.36
4 Canada Bruce Kent 1:06.96
5 Australia Lindsay Spencer 1:07.00
6 Wales Leigh Atkinson 1:07.70
7 Canada Gregory Luke Wurzback 1:07.83
8 Australia Michael Joseph Foley 1:07.95

200m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Graham Smith 2:20.86
2 England Duncan Goodhew 2:21.92
3 Australia Lindsay Spencer 2:22.49
4 Australia Michael Joseph Foley 2:24.76
5 Canada Gregory Luke Wurzback 2:25.31
6 Canada Bruce Kent 2:25.38
7 England Paul Naisby 2:27.46
8 Wales Leigh Atkinson 2:27.95

100m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Dan Thompson 55.04
2 England John Mills 56.22
3 Canada Bill Sawchuk 56.37
4 New Zealand Paul Rowe 56.61
5 England Phil Hubble 56.78
6 Canada George Nagy 57.13
7 England Gary Abraham 57.29
8 Australia Mark Morgan 57.51

200m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada George Nagy 2:01.99
2 Canada Claus Bredschneider 2:02.49
3 England Phil Hubble 2:02.53
4 England Simon Gray 2:03.48
5 Canada Richard Robert Nagy 2:04.57
6 Australia Trevor George Cracknell 2:05.01
7 Scotland Alan McClatchey 2:05.69
8 Wales Peter Morris 2:06.84

200m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Graham Smith 2:05.25
2 Canada Bill Sawchuk 2:05.61
3 Australia Peter Dawson 2:09.05
4 Canada Christopher Erickson 2:10.64
5 England Duncan Cleworth 2:10.68
6 Jamaica Andrew Phillips 2:15.55
7 Northern Ireland Ian Stanley Corry 2:16.45
8 Wales Martin Morgan Thomas 2:18.35

400m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Graham Smith 4:27.34
2 England Simon Gray 4:27.70
3 Canada Bill Sawchuk 4:27.99
4 Canada George Michael Nagy 4:34.65
5 Australia Peter Dawson 4:35.25
6 Scotland Alan McClatchey 4:36.47
7 England Duncan Cleworth 4:38.10
8 Australia Paul Moorfoot 4:40.69

4 x 100m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Sawchuk, MacDonald, Smith, Szmidt 3:27.94
2 Australia Patching, Brewer, Morgan, McKeon 3:28.62
3 England Dunne, Burns, Smith, Burrell 3:30.10
4 Scotland Iredale, McClatchey, Dawson, Downie 3:34.23
5 New Zealand Salisbury, Naylor, Bullock, Rowe 3:35.53
6 Wales Taylor, Thomas, Roberts, Sadler, 3:42.17
7 Gibraltar S.Sivers, Standish, L.Sivers, Vinales 4:06.96

4 x 200 freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Brewer, Morgan, Metzker, McKeon 7:34.83
2 Canada Sawchuk, Corcoran, Szmidt, Baylis 7:36.58
3 England Dunne, Smith, Hubble, Gray 7:42.02
4 Scotland McClatchey, Campbell, Marshall, Downie 7:46.89
5 New Zealand Salisbury, Naylor, Bullock, Rowe 7:52.00

4 x 100 medley relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Sawchuk, Thompson, Smith, Tapp 3:49.76
2 England Abraham, Goodhew, Mills, Smith 3:50.22
3 Australia Patching, Brewer, Spencer, Morgan 3:53.16
4 Scotland Downie, Oldershaw, Marshall, Iredale 3:59.67
5 Wales Sadler, Atkinson, Taylor, Roberts 4:02.14
6 Northern Ireland Corry, Meharg, Howard, Magowan 4:11.52

Finals (women)

100m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Carol Klimpel X57.78
2 Australia Rosemary Brown 58.30
3 Canada Wendy Quirk 58.41
4 Canada Sue Sloan 58.44
5 England Cheryl Brazendale 59.57
6 England Heidi Turk 59.58
7 Wales Vanessa Jane Bullock 1:00.08
8 Australia Lisa Gaye Burnes 1:00.29

200m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand Rebecca Perrott 2:00.63
2 Australia Tracey Wickham 2:01.50
3 Australia Michelle Ford 2:01.64
4 Canada Wendy Quirk 2:04.08
5 England Sharron Davies 2:04.11
6 Canada Nancy Garapick 2:04.19
7 Australia Rosemary Brown 2:05.40
8 Canada Gail Amundrud 2:05.59

400m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Tracey Wickham 4:08.45
2 Australia Michelle Ford 4:10.25
3 New Zealand Rebecca Perrott 4:16.70
4 Australia Rosemary Brown 4:18.06
5 Canada Susan Marguereite Mason 4:24.63
6 Canada Barbara Anna Shockey 4:25.51
7 England Cheryl Brazendale 4:26.41
8 Scotland Denise McPhillamy 4:34.39

800m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Tracey Wickham 8:24.62
2 Australia Michelle Ford 8:25.78
3 New Zealand Rebecca Perrott 8:44.87
4 Australia Joanne Lynn Litzow 8:47.42
5 Canada Barbara Anna Shockey 9:02.23
6 Canada Lorinda Marianne Parkes 9:04.82
7 Canada Jennifer Boulianne 9:05.41
8 Singapore Junie Sng 9:24.49

100m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Debra Forster 1:03.97
2 Canada Hélène Boivin 1:04.54
3 Canada Cheryl Gibson 1:04.68
4 Canada Becky Smith 1:05.37
5 England Helen Gilyard 1:05.98
6 England Joy Beasley 1:06.03
7 Australia Lisa Forrest 1:06.40
8 Australia Glenda Robertson 1:06.68

200m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Cheryl Gibson 2:16.57
2 Australia Lisa Forrest 2:17.66
3 Australia Glenda Robertson 2:18.32
4 Australia Debra Forster 2:18.41
5 Canada Suzanne Kwasny 2:18.69
6 Canada Jennifer Boulianne 2:21.04
7 New Zealand Melanie Jones 2:21.20
8 England Joy Beasley 2:23.59

100m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Robin Corsiglia 1:13.56
2 England Maggie Kelly 1:13.69
3 Canada Marian Stuart 1:13.72
4 Australia Lisa Curry 1:13.85
5 England Debbie Rudd 1:14.69
6 Canada Judy Susan Garay 1:14.72
7 Scotland Jean Hill 1:16.04
8 Scotland Maureen Campbell 1:16.30

200m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Lisa Borsholt 2:37.70
2 England Debbie Rudd 2:38.07
3 England Maggie Kelly 2:38.63
4 Australia Lisa Curry 2:38.81
5 Canada Christine Hodson 2:40.36
6 Canada Robin Corsiglia 2:44.54
7 Scotland Maureen Campbell 2:45.94
8 Australia Lynne Prosser 2:48.04

100m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Wendy Quirk 1:01.92
2 New Zealand Penny McCarthy 1:02.27
3 Australia Linda Hanel 1:02.69
4 Canada Sue Sloan 1:03.02
5 Canada Kelly Albright 1:03.12
6 England Sue Jenner 1:03.31
7 Australia Karen Van de Graaf 1:03.53
8 England Ann Osgerby 1:03.64

200m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Michelle Ford 2:11.29
2 Canada Wendy Quirk 2:13.65
3 Australia Linda Hanel 2:14.52
4 Canada Kelly Albright 2:14.83
5 Canada Cheryl Gibson 2:16.77
6 England Sue Jenner 2:16.78
7 England Ann Osgerby 2:17.00
8 Australia Karen Van de Graaf 2:18.32

200m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Sharron Davies 2:18.37
2 New Zealand Rebecca Perrott 2:18.70
3 Canada Becky Smith 2:18.95
4 Australia Lisa Curry 2:20.59
5 Canada Nancy Garapick 2:21.46
6 Canada Cheryl Gibson 2:22.40
7 Australia Michelle Pearson 2:24.82
8 New Zealand Andrea Jane Hawcridge 2:27.07

400m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Sharron Davies 4:52.44
2 Canada Becky Smith 4:57.83
3 Canada Cheryl Gibson 4:59.39
4 England Moira Houston 5:02.98
5 Australia Michele Pearson 5:04.10
6 Canada Christine Hodson 5:05.49
7 Australia Lynne Prosser 5:09.26
8 Australia Karen Van de Graaf 5:11.63

4 x 100 freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Kilmpel, Amundrud, Sloan, Quirk 3:50.28
2 England Brazendale, Turk, Lovatt, Davies 3:53.27
3 Australia Burnes, Ford, Brown, Wickham 3:54.11
4 Wales James, Adams, Motley, Bullock 4:02.28
5 Scotland Rose, McPhillamy, Hendry, Dickie 4:07.30
6 New Zealand Hawcridge, Jones, McCarthy, Perrott disq

4 x 100 medley relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Klimpel, Boivin, Stuart, Quirk 4:15.26
2 Australia Forster, Curry, Brown, Wickham 4:16.75
3 England Gilyard, Kelly, Davies, Jenner 4:19.87
4 Scotland Rose, McPhillamy, Campbell, Dickie 4:30.15
5 Wales James, Adams, Motley, Bullock 4:32.15
6 Northern Ireland Scott, Logan, Law, Parkes 4:43.99

See also

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Kinsmen Sports Centre". Archived from the original on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and diving (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and diving (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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