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Wrestling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
VenueMain varsity gymnasium
LocationUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Dates3 to 12 August 1978

Wrestling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the 11th appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games.[1]

The events were held at the University of Alberta's main gymnasium on the modern day Van Vliet Complex.[2] Also know as the varsity gym, it opened on 17 May 1960.[3]

Canada topped the wrestling medal table by virtue of winning six gold medals.[4][5]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada*6309
2 India3339
3 Australia1214
4 England0145
5 Scotland0101
6 New Zealand0011
 Northern Ireland0011
Totals (7 entries)10101030

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight 48kg Ashok Kumar
 India		 George Gunovski
 Canada		 Mark Dunbar
 England
Flyweight 52kg Ray Takahashi
 Canada		 Sudesh Kumar
 India		 Ken Hoyt
 Australia
Bantamweight 57kg Satbir Singh
 India		 Michael Barry
 Canada		 Amrik Singh Gill
 England
Featherweight 62kg Egon Beiler
 Canada		 Jagminder Singh
 India		 Brian Aspen
 England
Lightweight 68kg Zsigmund Kelevitz
 Australia		 Joe Gilligan
 England		 Jagdish Kumar
 India
Welterweight 74kg Rajinder Singh
 India		 Victor Zilberman
 Canada		 Keith Haward
 England
Middleweight 82kg Richard Deschatelets
 Canada		 Wally Koenig
 Australia		 Ivan Weir
 Northern Ireland
Light Heavyweight 90kg Stephen Danier
 Canada		 Mick Pikos
 Australia		 Kartar Singh
 India
Heavyweight 100kg Wyatt Wishart
 Canada		 Satpal Singh
 India		 Murray Avery
 New Zealand
Super Heavyweight +100kg Robert Gibbons
 Canada		 Albert Patrick
 Scotland		 Ishwar Singh
 India

Results

[6][7][8]

Light flyweight 48kg

Winner Loser Score
India Ashok Kumar Australia Christopher Gerard Stephens pts
Canada George Gunowski England Mark Dunbar pts
Canada George Gunowski Australia Christopher Gerard Stephens pts
India Ashok Kumar England Mark Dunbar fall
India Ashok Kumar Canada George Gunowski pts

Final positions: 1. Kumar 2. Gunowski 3. Dunbar 4. Stephens

Flyweight 52kg

Only three competitors

Winner Loser Score
Canada Ray Takahashi Australia Ken Hoyt pts
Canada Ray Takahashi India Sudesh Kumar pts
India Sudesh Kumar Australia Ken Hoyt pts

Final positions: 1. Takahashi 2. Kumar 3. Hoyt

Bantamweight 57kg

Winner Loser Score
England Amrik Singh Gill Scotland Neil McKay pts
India Satbir Singh New Zealand Barry Oldridge disq
Canada Michael Barry Australia Dzafer Dzeladini pts
India Satbir Singh Scotland Neil McKay fall
Canada Michael Barry England Amrik Singh Gill pts
New Zealand Barry Oldridge Australia Dzafer Dzeladini pts
Canada Michael Barry New Zealand Barry Oldridge pts
India Satbir Singh England Amrik Singh Gill fall
England Amrik Singh Gill New Zealand Barry Oldridge fall
India Satbir Singh Canada Michael Barry pts

Final positions: 1. Satbir 2. Barry 3. Amrik 4. Oldridge 5. Dzeladini, McKay

Featherweight 62kg

Winner Loser Score
New Zealand Raymond Katting Australia Raymond Barry disq
England Brian Aspen Scotland Thomas Burke fall
Canada Egon Beiler India Jagminder Singh pts
England Brian Aspen New Zealand Raymond Katting disq
India Jagminder Singh Scotland Thomas Burke fall
Canada Egon Beiler New Zealand Raymond Katting pts
Canada Egon Beiler England Brian Aspen fall
India Jagminder Singh New Zealand Raymond Katting pts
India Jagminder Singh England Brian Aspen pts

Final positions: 1. Beiler 2. Jagminder 3. Aspen 4. Katting 5. Barry, Burke

Lightweight 68kg

Winner Loser Score
India Jagdish Kumar Jamaica Fitzloyd Walker fall
Canada Clive Llewellyn Scotland Tam Anderson fall
Australia Zsigmund Kelevitz England Joey Gilligan pts
Jamaica Fitzloyd Walker New Zealand Ken Reinsfield fall
Australia Zsigmund Kelevitz India Jagdish Kumar pts
England Joey Gilligan Canada Clive Llewellyn pts
India Jagdish Kumar New Zealand Ken Reinsfield pts
England Joey Gilligan Jamaica Fitzloyd Walker pts
Australia Zsigmund Kelevitz Canada Clive Llewellyn fall

Final positions: 1. Kelevitz 2. Gilligan 3. Jagdish 4. LLewellyn, Walker 6. Reinsfield 7. Anderson

Welterweight 74kg

Winner Loser Score
India Rajinder Singh New Zealand Stephen Robinson pts
Canada Victor Zilberman England Keith Haward fall
India Rajinder Singh Scotland Robert McLucas fall
Canada Victor Zilberman New Zealand Stephen Robinson pts
India Rajinder Singh Canada Victor Zilberman disq
England Keith Haward Scotland Robert McLucas pts
India Rajinder Singh England Keith Haward disq

Final positions: 1. Rajinder 2. Zilberman 3. Haward 4. McLucas Robinson

Middleweight 82kg

Winner Loser Score
Australia Wally Koenig New Zealand Robert Hoffman fall
Canada Richard Deschatelets India Pannalal Yadav pts
England Tony Shacklady Northern Ireland Ivan Weir pts
Australia Wally Koenig India Pannalal Yadav fall
Northern Ireland Ivan Weir New Zealand Robert Hoffman disq
Canada Richard Deschatelets England Tony Shacklady fall
Canada Richard Deschatelets Northern Ireland Ivan Weir fall
Australia Wally Koenig England Tony Shacklady pts
Australia Wally Koenig Northern Ireland Ivan Weir injury
Canada Richard Deschatelets Australia Wally Koenig pts

Final positions: 1. Deschatelets 2. Koenig 3. Weir 4. Shacklady 5. Yadav Hoffman

Light Heavyweight 90kg

Winner Loser Score
Australia Mick Pikos Scotland Scott Murray fall
Canada Stephen Danier New Zealand Nigel Sargent disq
? Scotland Scott Murray ?
? New Zealand Nigel Sargent ?
Australia Mick Pikos India Kartar Singh countback
Canada Stephen Danier India Kartar Singh pts

Final positions: 1. Danier 2. Pikos 3. Kartar 4. Sargent, Murray

Heavyweight 100kg

Winner Loser Score
England Keith Peache ?
Australia Walter Denis Armstrong ?
Canada Wyatt Wishart New Zealand Murray Avery pts
New Zealand Murray Avery England Keith Peache disq
Australia Walter Denis Armstrong ?
India Satpal Singh New Zealand Murray Avery pts
Canada Wyatt Wishart India Satpal Singh disq

Final positions: 1. Wishart 2. Satpal 3. Avery 4. Peache 5. Armstrong

Super Heavyweight +100kg

Only three competitors

Winner Loser Score
Canada Robert Gibbons India Ishwar Singh ?
Canada Robert Gibbons Scotland Albert Patrick fall
Scotland Albert Patrick India Ishwar Singh fall 0.33

Final positions: 1. Gibbons 2. Patrick 3. Ishwar

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ^ "History of Commonwealth Stadium". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  3. ^ "The Main Gym's Last Hurrah". University of Alberta. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games of 1978". EBSCO. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Wrestling". The Scotsman. 11 August 1978. p. 20. Retrieved 7 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Wrestling". Sports Argus. 12 August 1978. p. 35. Retrieved 7 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Wrestling". Sunday Express. 13 August 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 7 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

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