Wales competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978.
Several events were organised in order to raise funds to send a Welsh team to the Games.
Wales came 9th overall with 2 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals.
Medallists Gold John Burns (weightlifting) Berwyn Price (athletics)
Silver Bill Watkins (shooting)
Bronze Jeffrey Bryce (weightlifting) John Russell Evans (lawn bowls) Anthony Feal (boxing) Men's pairs (lawn bowls) Men's fours (lawn bowls)
Team Athletics
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals John Davies 1500, 5000m, steeplechase Michael J. Critchley marathon Michael Delaney 400m Glen Arthur Barry Grant 800m, 1500m Jeffrey Stephen Griffiths 200, 400m Steve James 400m hurdles Steve Jones 1500m, 5000m John Evan David Phillips triple jump Berwyn Price 110m hurdles David Lloyd Roberts 100, 200m Michael J. Rowland marathon Tony Simmons 5000m, 10000m Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Venissa Head discus throw, shot put Hilary Jane Hollick 1500m Ruth Howell long jump, pentathlon Jacqueline Zaslona javelin throw
Badminton
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Brian Jones singles, doubles, mixed Upton Badminton Club Yim Chong Lim singles, doubles, mixed Penarth Badminton Club Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Linda Blake singles, doubles, mixed Penarth Badminton Club Sue Brimble singles, doubles, mixed Cwmbran Badminton Club
Boxing
AthleteEventsClubMedals Tony Feal 67kg welterweight Prince of Wales BC, Cardiff David George 54kg bantamweight Swansea Docks ABC Russell Jones 51kg flyweight Rhondda ABC
Cycling
AthleteEventsClubMedals Peter Hamilton road race, indiv & team pursuit Neil Hodge road race David Patten scratch, time trial, team pursuit John Pritchard road race, indiv & team pursuit Phillip Taylor scratch, time trial, team pursuit Colin Thornton road race, pursuit John Tudor scratch, sprint, time trial
Gymnastics
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Michael Joseph Higgins all-around Robert Jones all-around Paul Preedy all-around Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Linda Bernard all-around, team Christina Pocock all-around, team Linda Surringer all-around, team Jacqueline Vokes all-around, team
Lawn bowls
AthleteEventsClubMedals Gwyn Evans fours Gelli Park BC John Russell Evans singles Barry Athletic BC Jim Morgan pairs Barry Athletic BC Ellis Stanbury fours Llanbradach BC Ian Sutherland fours Beaufort BC Jock Thompson fours Rhiwbina BC Ray Williams pairs Bedwas BC
Shooting
AthleteEventsClubMedals Tony Bowden rapid fire pistol Emyr Breese trap Denis Brown trap Robert Griffiths skeet Colin Thomas Harris 50m rifle prone Howell Morley fullbore rifle pair Roger Rees skeet John Vivian fullbore rifle pair Bill Watkins 50m free pistol Peter Williams 50m free pistol
Swimming
Men Athlete EventsClubMedals Leigh Atkinson 100, 200m breaststroke, relay Peter Morris 100, 200m butterfly, 400 medley Michael Roberts 100m backstroke, relay Graham Sadler 100, 200, 400m free, relay Mark Taylor 100 butterfly, 100, 200 free, relay Martin Morgan Thomas 100, 200m Butterfly, 200 medley Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Anne Adams 100, 200m butterfly, 200 medley, 100m breaststroke, relayx2 Vanessa Jane Bullock 100, 200m free, relayx2 Lindsey Adriene Motley 100 free, 100m backstroke, relayx2 Amanda James 100m free, 100, 200m backstroke, relayx2 Keri Jones 100, 200m breaststroke
Weightlifting
AthleteEventsClubMedals Terry Bennett 82.5kg Jeffrey Bryce 56kg David Brown 90kg Michael James Brown +110kg John Burns 100kg Alan Wilson Locking 90kg John N. McCreadie 67.5kg Ieuan Owen 67.5kg Robert Michael Shepherd 60kg
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