Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
VenueStrathcona Shooting Range
LocationEdmonton, Canada
Dates3 to 12 August 1978

Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the third appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The competition was held in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978.[1]

The events were held at the Strathcona Shooting Range, which was specifically built for the Games.[2] The range consisted of a clubhouse and various distance ranges on 160 acres of land, on the south side of Anthony Henday Drive, which is the modern day Ivor Dent Sports Park (as of 2026).[3]

Competition featured contests in six disciplines. Canada topped the shooting medal table again by virtue of winning four gold medals.[4]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada*4217
2 New Zealand1001
 Scotland1001
4 England0314
5 Wales0101
6 Australia0022
7 Isle of Man0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (8 entries)66618

Medallists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
50m free pistol Canada Yvon Trempe Canada Edward Jans Trinidad and Tobago Bertram Manhin
25m rapid-fire pistol Canada Jules Sobrian England John Cooke Australia Jeff Farrell
50m rifle prone Scotland Alister Allan Wales Bill Watkins Isle of Man Stewart Watterson
Full bore rifle Canada Desmond Vamplew England James Spaight Canada Pat Vamplew
Trap Canada John Primrose Canada George Leary Australia Terry Rumbel
Skeet New Zealand John Woolley England Paul Bentley England Joe Neville

50 metres free pistol

Pos Athlete Pts
1 Canada Yvon Trempe 543
2 Canada Edward Jans 540
3 Trinidad and Tobago Bertram Manhin 536
4 Jersey Denis Ernest Remon 536
5 England Andrew Jackson 535
6 Australia Norman Harrison 535
7 Northern Ireland Ken Stanford 535
8 England David Killick 533
9 New Zealand Barrie Wickins 532
10 Australia Colin O'Brien 529
11 Guernsey Noel Duquemin 529
12 India Sharad Chauhan 525
13 Papua New Guinea Robert Reynolds 511
14 Scotland James McAllister 509
15 Wales Peter Williams 508
16 Jersey Carol Anne Bartlett 507
17 Scotland Donald Westwater 505
18 Hong Kong Camilo Pedro 502
19 Papua New Guinea Gordon Bosanquet 492
20 Kenya John Mwau 490

25 metres rapid-fire pistol

Pos Athlete Pts
1 Canada Jules Sobrian 587
2 England John Cooke 581
3 Australia Jeffrey Kent Farrell 581
4 England Brian Girling 575
5 Australia Stephen John Faunt 574
6 India Sharad Chauhan 574
7 New Zealand Bruce McMillan 573
8 Jersey Denis Ernest Remon 571
9 Northern Ireland Ken Stanford 571
10 Canada William Graham 569
11 Wales Tony Bowden 566
12 Scotland Hugh Hunter 564
13 New Zealand Barry O'Neale 557
14 Hong Kong Solomon Lee 553
15 Papua New Guinea John Bridge 523
16 Papua New Guinea Robert Reynolds 518
17 Bangladesh Mohamad Nurul Hoda Iqbal 508
18 Turks and Caicos Islands Lewis Astwood 417

50 metres rifle prone

Pos Athlete Pts
1 Scotland Alister Allan 1194
2 Wales Bill Watkins 1191
3 Isle of Man Stewart W. Watterson 1187
4 England Barry Dagger 1187
5 Wales Colin Harris 1186
6 Canada Arne Sorensen 1185
7 New Zealand Ian Ballinger 1185
8 Sri Lanka Daya Nadarajasingham 1184
9 England Brian Burrage 1182
10 Jersey Stephen John Le Couilliard 1181
11 Scotland John Knowles 1181
12 Australia Donald Brook 1180
13 Northern Ireland George Bailie 1180
14 Canada Hans Adlhoch 1179
15 New Zealand Brian eLacey 1178
16 Guernsey Charles Trotter 1177
17 Australia Trevor John Penney 1176
18 Kenya Shafqat Sheikh 1176
19 Jersey Patrick Ryan 1173
20 Northern Ireland George Mace 1172

Full bore rifle Queens Prize Pair

Pos Athlete Pts
1 Canada Desmond Vamplew 391
2 England James Spaight 388
3 Canada Pat Vamplew 387
4 Northern Ireland David Calvert 387
5 England Sam Gilson 386
6 New Zealand Maurie Gordon 384
7 Australia Geoffrey Ayling 384
8 Scotland Neil Fyfe 384
9 Wales John Vivian 383
10 Papua New Guinea Graeme Norris 382
11 Guernsey Michael Martel 382
12 Jersey Clifford Mallett 382
13 Guernsey Richard Perkins 382
14 Scotland Colin McEachran 382
15 Jersey Philip Amy 380
16 Guyana Paul Archer 380
17 Wales Howell Morley 378
18 Isle of Man Peter Quilliam 377
19 New Zealand John Hastie 376
20 Australia Peter Raymond Hallett 376

Clay pigeon trap

Pos Athlete Pts
1 Canada John Primrose 186
2 Canada George Leary 185
3 Australia Terry Rumbel 183
4 Australia Eli Ellis 183
5 New Zealand Aubrey Bruce Lassen 177
6 England Anthony John Smith 175
7 England Kenneth Wilson 175
8 India Randhir Singh 174
9 Wales Denis Brown 171
10 Scotland Mark Campbell 170
11 Wales Emyr Breese 169
12 Isle of Man Peter Kelly 169
13 Northern Ireland Tom Hewitt 167
14 Scotland Donald Wynn 164
15 Papua New Guinea Trevan Clough 163
16 New Zealand Brian Cummings 155
17 Guernsey John Jackson 154
18 Guernsey Robert Brouard 152
19 Papua New Guinea Peter Giddings 151

Skeet

Pos Athlete Pts
1 New Zealand John Woolley 193
2 England Paul Bentley 191
3 England Joe Neville 190
4 Canada Don Kwasnycia 189
5 Canada Fred Altman 189
6 Australia Ian Hale 188
7 Wales Robert Griffiths 183
8 Malaysia Ally Ong 182
9 Australia Alec Crikis 181
10 Scotland James Dunlop 181
11 Wales Roger Rees 180
12 Guernsey Stephen Brehaut 179
13 Malaysia Edmund Yong 167
14 India Gurbir Singh Sandhu 165
15 India Hari S. Sandhu 165
16 Hong Kong Anthony Chuang 164
17 Northern Ireland Trevor West 164
18 Guernsey Francis Quin 154
19 Papua New Guinea Peter Giddings 136
20 Papua New Guinea Leslie Cheung 132

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Case Study:Remediation of Lead Impacted Soils, Former Stratcona Shooting Range" (PDF). ESAA. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Edmonton's Ivor Dent sports park officially opens". Edmonton Sun. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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