Weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Location	Edmonton, Canada
Dates	3 to 12 August 1978

Weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the eighth appearance of Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978 and featured contests in ten weight classes (an increase of one from 1974).^[1]

The events took place at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.^[2]

Australia topped the weightlifting medal table by virtue of winning more silver medals than Canada.^[3]

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	3	5	1	9
2	Canada*	3	2	2	7
3	England	1	1	3	5
4	India	1	1	0	2
5	New Zealand	1	0	2	3
6	Wales	1	0	1	2
7	Scotland	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 entries)		10	10	10	30

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52kg	Ekambaram Karunakaran  India	Charlie Revolta  Scotland	Roger Crabtree  Australia
Bantamweight 56kg	Precious McKenzie  New Zealand	M Tamil Selvan  India	Jeffrey Bryce  Wales
Featherweight 60kg	Michael Mercier  Canada	Ivan Katz  Australia	Darrell Schultz  Canada
Lightweight 67.5kg	Bill Stellios  Australia	Adrian Kebbe  Australia	Phillip Sue  New Zealand
Middleweight 75kg	Sam Castiglione  Australia	Newton Burrowes  England	Steve Pinsent  England
Light Heavyweight 82.5kg	Robert Kabbas  Australia	Charles Quagliata  Australia	Gary Shadbolt  England
Middle Heavyweight 90kg	Gary Langford  England	Terry Hadlow  Canada	Brian Marsden  New Zealand
Sub Heavyweight 100kg	John Burns  Wales	Steve Wyatt  Australia	Robert Santavy  Canada
Heavyweight 110kg	Russ Prior  Canada	Wayne Smith  Canada	Andy Drzewiecki  England
Super Heavyweight +110kg	Jean-Marc Cardinal  Canada	Bob Edmond  Australia	John Hynd  Scotland

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	Ekambaram Karunakaran	205
2	Charlie Revolta	197.5
3	Roger James Crabtree	190
4	Anil Paul	187.5
-	John McNiven	no total

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	Precious McKenzie	220
2	Muniswamy Tamil Selvan	220
3	Jeffrey Bryce	215
4	Anil Mondal	212.5
5	Leong Ah Wah	197.5
-	Wia Pee Leung	no total

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	Michel Alex Mercier	237.5
2	Ivan Eugene Katz	235.0
3	Darrell Dwaine Schultz	230.0
4	John Heron Craig	212.5
5	Robert Michael Shepherd	205.0
6	Philippe Yeung Wai Ping	197.5
-	Victor Daniels	no total
-	George Newton	no total

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	Basilios Stellios	272.5
2	Adrian Kebbe	267.5
3	Phillip Sue	262.5
4	Robert William Kennedy	252.5
5	Eric Ross Rogers	247.5
6	Gary Ross Bratty	247.5
7	Ieuan Owen	245.0
8	John N. McCreadie	225.0
9	Meafua Eneli	207.5
10	Shan Koon Lai Cheong	195.0
-	Alan Winterbourne	no total
-	Kevin Welch	no total

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	Sam Castiglione	300.0
2	Newton Burrowes	290.0
3	Steve Pinsent	290.0
4	Kaname Niimura	280.0
5	Cecil Somerset Pollard	255.0
6	John Rush	240.0
7	Vaetolu Uria	232.5
8	Absalom Shabangu	185.0
-	Tony Ebert	no total

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Robert Kabbas	322.5
2	Charles Quagliata	287.5
3	Gary Shadbolt	277.5
4	Vala Veselani	255.0
5	Bruce Bamford	255.0
6	Hugh Wilson	175.0
7	Michael Keelan	no total
-	James Holland	no total
-	Terry Bennett	no total

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Gary Langford	335.0
2	Terence Russell Hadlow	330.0
3	Brian Marsden	312.5
4	Gian Cheema Singh	292.5
5	David Brown	292.5
6	Alan Wilson Locking	280.0
7	Saofai Taliano	267.5
8	Laurence McConnell	262.5
9	Daniel Brisco	215.0

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	John Burns	340
2	Stephen John Wyatt	325
3	Robert Santavy	315
4	Ian Geoffrey Laurie	312.5

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	Russ Prior	347.5
2	Wayne Douglas Smith	337.5
3	Andy Drzewiecki	335.0
4	Rory Barrett	332.5
5	Trevor Austin	280.0

Pos	Athlete	Kg
1	Jean Marc Cardinal	365.0
2	Bob Edmond	322.5
3	John Campbell Hynd	305.0
4	Michael James Brown	282.5
5	Viliamu Petelo Masoe	282.5

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting