Gymnastics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the debut appearance of the Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978 and featured four events.
The gymnastics events were held at Northlands Coliseum.
Canada topped the gymnastics medal table by virtue of winning gold in all four events.
Medal table
Medallists Men's all-around Men's team Jean ChoquetteNigel RothwellOwen WalstromPhilip Delesalle Eddie ArnoldIan NealeJeff DavisTommy Wilson Lambert AriensLindsay NylundRudolf StarostaWarwick Forbes Women's all-around Women's team Elfi SchlegelKaren KelsallMonica GoermannSherry Hawco Joanna SimeKaren RobbLisa JackmanSusan Cheesebrough Deborah HurstKirsty DurwardLynette BrakeRowena Davis
Results
Men's individual all-around PosAthletePoints1 Philip Delesalle 56.402 Lindsay Nylund 54.95 3 Jean Choquette 54.25 4 Owen Carl Walstrom 53.90 5 Tommy Wilson 53.706 Terry Sale 53.457 Nigel Rothwell 53.258 Ian Neale 53.209 Eddie Arnold 52.90 10 Warwick Forbes 52.45 11 Jeff Davis 51.85 12 Lambert Ariens 51.60 13 Neil Christopher Davies 51.15 14 Gregory McBey Robertson 49.4515 Rudolf Starosta 48.4016 Hugh Richard Wilkins 47.70 17 Paul Preedy 46.70 18 Michael Joseph Higgins 42.90 19 Bishwe Shwar Nandi 42.85 20 Nemai Kanji 40.05
Men's team PosAthletePts1 Canada 165.552 England 161.953 Australia 158.504 New Zealand 154.005 Wales 138.15 6 India 127.70 7 Bangladesh 27.808 Cyprus 18.25
Women's individual all-around PosAthletePts1 Elfi Schlegel 38.250 2 Sherry Hawco 37.650 2 Monica Goermann 37.650 4 Karen Kelsall 37.550 5 Marina Sulicich 36.000 5 Susan Cheesebrough 36.000 5 Karen Robb 36.000 8 Deborah Hurst 35.950 9 Rowena Davis 35.90010 Kirsty Durward 35.60011 Joanna Sime 35.350 12 Karen Susan Edelsten 34.35013 Karen Forbes 33.850 14 Margaret Jack 33.800 15 Linda Bernard 33.800 16 Linda Surringer 33.550 17 Lynette Brake 32.95018 Jacqueline Vokes 32.950 19 Catriona Macaulay 32.850 20 Eileen Ramsay 32.700
Women's team PosAthletePts1 Canada 113.250 2 England 107.400 3 New Zealand 106.350 4 Australia 103.450 5 Wales 101.200 6 Scotland 100.550 7 Hong Kong 79.000 8 Cyprus 28.300
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