Cycling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the 10th appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978.

The track events were held at Argyll Velodrome, specifically constructed for the Games. The concrete surface was 333 metres, 7 metres wide with a 37 degree bank.

The road race ran along the North Saskatchewan River Valley over a 117 miles distance consisting of 15 laps of 7.8 miles.

Australia topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning two more silver medals than hosts Canada.

Medal table

Medallists Time trialSprintIndividual pursuitTeam pursuitColin FitzgeraldKevin NicholsGary SuttonShane SuttonKevin BlackwellAnthony CuffNeil LysterJack SwartTony DoylePaul FennellTony JamesGlen Mitchell10 miles scratchTandemRoad race

Results

Road race Phil Anderson won the gold after winning a three-man sprint for the line. He had earlier fallen and remounted during the race. The course was said to be a tree lined twisting circuit and considerably less punishing than the 1974 course. The race started at 7 a.m., with 49 riders competing in intermittent rain.

PosAthleteTime1 Phil Anderson 4:22:34.41 hours2 Pierre Harvey 4:22:34.553 Garry Bell 4:22:35.064 John Purvis 4:23:27.43 5 Steve Lawrence 4:23:28.316 Martin Cramaro 4:23:29.487 Des Fretwell 4:23:44.79 8 Ronald Leslie Hayman 4:23:44.819 Remo Sansonetti 4:23:45.0710 Eon D'Ornella 4:23:46.0311 Bob Downs 4:23:46.18 12 Neil Hodge 4:23:46.3713 Mark Gage 4:23:46.5014 Eward Kewley 4:23:46.66 15 Alex Gilchrist 4:23:46.8216 Archie Cunningham 4:23:47.1017 Fai-lui Chan 4:23:47.8018 Stephen Cox 4:23:47.9119 Sal Sansonetti 4:23:48.3520 Vern Hanaray 4:23:48.6121 Allan Miller 4:23:48.75 22 Billy Kerr 4:23:48.9123 Robert Millar 4:23:49.0824 Errol Walters 4:24:14.1325 John Clark 4:24:15.7026 Colin Thornton 4:24:15.7127 Stephen Joughin 4:31:19.5828 Len Kirk 4:35:07.8529 Phil Griffiths 4:35:07.8930 Blair Stockwell 4:35:08.1031 Robert James Glindemann 4:39:24.61 32 Joe Smyth 4:42:00.45

10 miles scratch race PosAthleteTime1 Jocelyn Lovell 20:05.81 mins2 Shane Sutton 20:06.003 Gary Sutton 20:06.104 Tony Doyle 20:06.205 Glen Mitchell 20:06.326 Anthony Cuff 20:06.457 Michael Turtur 20:06.528 Paul Fennell 20:06.54 9 David Patten 20:06.6010 Neil Lyster 20:06.7011 David Watkins 20:06.9012 Edward Kewley 20:07.5913 Roy Crombie 20:07.6614 Mark Gage 20:07.8415 Tom Greene 20:07.8816 Steve Bauer 20:08.2017 Michael Kelly Allan Miller18 Mike Richards 20:08.4019 Ian Humphreys 20:09.0820 John Tudor 20:10.0921 David Weller 20:13.56 22 Pat Shearer 20:14.8523 John Clark 20:15.6624 Aubrey Gordon 20:18.8325 Leslie Rawlins 20:22.0126 Phillip Taylor 20:23.0327 Peter Aldridge 20:23.5628 Xavier Mirander 20:24.19

4,000m individual pursuit PosAthlete1 Mike Richards 2 Gary Brian Campbell 3 Tony Doyle 4 Ronald Leslie Hayman 5 Kelvin Poole 5 Gary Sutton5 Jack Swart 5 Phil Griffiths

Quarter-final AthleteAthleteScore Richards Sutton 4.50.50/4.58.60 Campbell Griffiths 4.55.85/5.05.55 Doyle Swart 4.55.38/5.02.29 Hayman Poole 4.57.13/4.57.35 Semi finals AthleteAthleteScore Richards Hayman caught Campbell Doyle 4.49.89/4.53.86 Third place AthleteAthleteScore Doyle Hayman 4.55.87/4.56.85 Final AthleteAthleteScore Richards Campbell 4.49.74/4.55.68

Time trial (1km) PosAthleteTime1 Jocelyn Lovell 1:06.00 2 Kenrick Tucker 1:06.963 Gordon Singleton 1:07.564 Colin Fitzgerald 1:07.755 Trevor Gadd 1:08.106 Steve Goodall 1:08.667 Charles Michael Fabish 1:08.758 Anthony Cuff 1:08.859 Mike Richards 1:08.99 10 David Weller 1:09.1111 Ward Robert Kemerer 1:09.2512 Hector Edwards 1:09.2713 Xavier Mirander 1:09.5714 Charles Pile 1:10.26 15 Paul Fennell 1:10.6716 Paul Swinnerton 1:10.7317 Steven Greenidge 1:10.7418 Leslie Rawlins 1:11.4519 John Tudor 1:11.8120 Ricardo Alonzo 1:11.99

1,000m match sprint PosAthlete1 Kenrick Tucker 2 Trevor Gadd 3 David Weller 4 Gordon Singleton 5 Xavier Mirander 6 Michael Turtur 7 Charles Michael Fabish 8 Leslie Rawlins Quarter-final AthleteAthleteScore Tucker Fabish 2–0 Gadd Rawlins 2–0 Weller Turtur 2–0 Singleton Mirander 2–0 Semi finals AthleteAthleteScore Tucker Singleton 2–0 Gadd Weller 2–0 Third place AthleteAthleteScore Weller Singleton 2–0 (11.53 & 11.45) Final AthleteAthleteScore Tucker Gadd 2–0 (11.14 & 11.47)

Tandem (2,000m) PosAthlete1 Jocelyn Lovell & Gordon Singleton2 Trevor Gadd & David Le Grys3 Steve Goodall & Ron Boyle4 Mike Fabish & Eric McKenzie Semi finals TeamTeamScore Canada Australia 2–0 (11.26) England New Zealand 1–1 (disq & fall w/o) Third place TeamTeamScore Australia New Zealand w/o Final TeamTeamScore Canada England 2–0 (15.52 & w/o)

Team pursuit PosAthlete1 Fitzgerald, Nichols, G Sutton, S Sutton2 Blackwell, Cuff, Lyster, Swart3 Doyle, Fennell, James, Mitchell4 Garneau, Sudermann, Bauer, Kemerer5 Kirk, Greene, Smyth, Shearer6 Clark, Crombie, Humphreys, Whitehall7 Hamilton, Patten, Pritchard, Taylor

Qualifying Australia 4.31.13 New Zealand 4.35.30 England 4.35.34 Canada 4.47.46 Northern Ireland 4.50.76 Scotland 4.50.00 Wales 4.50.54

Semi finals TeamTeamTime New Zealand England 4:36.70/4.40.62 Australia Canada caught Third place TeamTeamTime England Canada 4.51.18/4.58.99 Final TeamTeamTime Australia New Zealand 4:29.43/4.37.73

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