Wrestling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
| Wrestling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Main varsity gymnasium |
| Location | University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Dates | 3 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 known 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)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada* | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 |  India | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Australia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  England | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 |  Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
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.svg.png){kind=small} 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
Light flyweight 48kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ashok Kumar (IND) | Christopher Gerard Stephens (AUS) | pts |
| George Gunowski (CAN) | Mark Dunbar (ENG) | pts |
| George Gunowski (CAN) | Christopher Gerard Stephens (AUS) | pts |
| Ashok Kumar (IND) | Mark Dunbar (ENG) | fall |
| Ashok Kumar (IND) | George Gunowski (CAN) | pts |
Final positions: 1. Kumar 2. Gunowski 3. Dunbar 4. Stephens
Flyweight 52kg
Only three competitors
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Takahashi (CAN) | Ken Hoyt (AUS) | pts |
| Ray Takahashi (CAN) | Sudesh Kumar (IND) | pts |
| Sudesh Kumar (IND) | Ken Hoyt (AUS) | pts |
Final positions: 1. Takahashi 2. Kumar 3. Hoyt
Bantamweight 57kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Amrik Singh Gill (ENG) | Neil McKay (SCO) | pts |
| Satbir Singh (IND) | Barry Oldridge (NZL) | disq |
| Michael Barry (CAN) | Dzafer Dzeladini (AUS) | pts |
| Satbir Singh (IND) | Neil McKay (SCO) | fall |
| Michael Barry (CAN) | Amrik Singh Gill (ENG) | pts |
| Barry Oldridge (NZL) | Dzafer Dzeladini (AUS) | pts |
| Michael Barry (CAN) | Barry Oldridge (NZL) | pts |
| Satbir Singh (IND) | Amrik Singh Gill (ENG) | fall |
| Amrik Singh Gill (ENG) | Barry Oldridge (NZL) | fall |
| Satbir Singh (IND) | Michael Barry (CAN) | pts |
Final positions: 1. Satbir 2. Barry 3. Amrik 4. Oldridge 5. Dzeladini, McKay
Featherweight 62kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond Katting (NZL) | Raymond Barry (AUS) | disq |
| Brian Aspen (ENG) | Thomas Burke (SCO) | fall |
| Egon Beiler (CAN) | Jagminder Singh (IND) | pts |
| Brian Aspen (ENG) | Raymond Katting (NZL) | disq |
| Jagminder Singh (IND) | Thomas Burke (SCO) | fall |
| Egon Beiler (CAN) | Raymond Katting (NZL) | pts |
| Egon Beiler (CAN) | Brian Aspen (ENG) | fall |
| Jagminder Singh (IND) | Raymond Katting (NZL) | pts |
| Jagminder Singh (IND) | Brian Aspen (ENG) | pts |
Final positions: 1. Beiler 2. Jagminder 3. Aspen 4. Katting 5. Barry, Burke
Lightweight 68kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jagdish Kumar (IND) |  Fitzloyd Walker (JAM) | fall |
| Clive Llewellyn (CAN) | Tam Anderson (SCO) | fall |
| Zsigmund Kelevitz (AUS) | Joey Gilligan (ENG) | pts |
| Fitzloyd Walker (JAM) | Ken Reinsfield (NZL) | fall |
| Zsigmund Kelevitz (AUS) | Jagdish Kumar (IND) | pts |
| Joey Gilligan (ENG) | Clive Llewellyn (CAN) | pts |
| Jagdish Kumar (IND) | Ken Reinsfield (NZL) | pts |
| Joey Gilligan (ENG) | Fitzloyd Walker (JAM) | pts |
| Zsigmund Kelevitz (AUS) | Clive Llewellyn (CAN) | fall |
Final positions: 1. Kelevitz 2. Gilligan 3. Jagdish 4. LLewellyn, Walker 6. Reinsfield 7. Anderson
Welterweight 74kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rajinder Singh (IND) | Stephen Robinson (NZL) | pts |
| Victor Zilberman (CAN) | Keith Haward (ENG) | fall |
| Rajinder Singh (IND) | Robert McLucas (SCO) | fall |
| Victor Zilberman (CAN) | Stephen Robinson (NZL) | pts |
| Rajinder Singh (IND) | Victor Zilberman (CAN) | disq |
| Keith Haward (ENG) | Robert McLucas (SCO) | pts |
| Rajinder Singh (IND) | Keith Haward (ENG) | disq |
Final positions: 1. Rajinder 2. Zilberman 3. Haward 4. McLucas Robinson
Middleweight 82kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wally Koenig (AUS) | Robert Hoffman (NZL) | fall |
| Richard Deschatelets (CAN) | Pannalal Yadav (IND) | pts |
| Tony Shacklady (ENG) | Ivan Weir (NIR) | pts |
| Wally Koenig (AUS) | Pannalal Yadav (IND) | fall |
| Ivan Weir (NIR) | Robert Hoffman (NZL) | disq |
| Richard Deschatelets (CAN) | Tony Shacklady (ENG) | fall |
| Richard Deschatelets (CAN) | Ivan Weir (NIR) | fall |
| Wally Koenig (AUS) | Tony Shacklady (ENG) | pts |
| Wally Koenig (AUS) | Ivan Weir (NIR) | injury |
| Richard Deschatelets (CAN) | Wally Koenig (AUS) | pts |
Final positions: 1. Deschatelets 2. Koenig 3. Weir 4. Shacklady 5. Yadav Hoffman
Light Heavyweight 90kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mick Pikos (AUS) | Scott Murray (SCO) | fall |
| Stephen Danier (CAN) | Nigel Sargent (NZL) | disq |
| ? | Scott Murray (SCO) | ? |
| ? | Nigel Sargent (NZL) | ? |
| Mick Pikos (AUS) | Kartar Singh (IND) | countback |
| Stephen Danier (CAN) | Kartar Singh (IND) | pts |
Final positions: 1. Danier 2. Pikos 3. Kartar 4. Sargent, Murray
Heavyweight 100kg
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Keith Peache (ENG) | ? |
| ? | Walter Denis Armstrong (AUS) | ? |
| Wyatt Wishart (CAN) | Murray Avery (NZL) | pts |
| Murray Avery (NZL) | Keith Peache (ENG) | disq |
| ? | Walter Denis Armstrong (AUS) | ? |
| Satpal Singh (IND) | Murray Avery (NZL) | pts |
| Wyatt Wishart (CAN) | Satpal Singh (IND) | disq |
Final positions: 1. Wishart 2. Satpal 3. Avery 4. Peache 5. Armstrong
Super Heavyweight +100kg
Only three competitors
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Gibbons (CAN) | Ishwar Singh (IND) | ? |
| Robert Gibbons (CAN) | Albert Patrick (SCO) | fall |
| Albert Patrick (SCO) | Ishwar Singh (IND) | fall 0.33 |
Final positions: 1. Gibbons 2. Patrick 3. Ishwar
References
- ↑ "Medal Standings Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ "History of Commonwealth Stadium". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ "The Main Gym's Last Hurrah". University of Alberta. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games of 1978". EBSCO. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
- ↑ "Wrestling". The Scotsman. 11 August 1978. p. 20. Retrieved 7 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wrestling". Sports Argus. 12 August 1978. p. 35. Retrieved 7 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wrestling". Sunday Express. 13 August 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 7 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
