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
[edit]* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  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 |
 Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Medallists
[edit]| 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 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
[edit]Light flyweight 48kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ashok Kumar | Christopher Gerard Stephens | pts |
| George Gunowski | Mark Dunbar | pts |
| George Gunowski | Christopher Gerard Stephens | pts |
| Ashok Kumar | Mark Dunbar | fall |
| Ashok Kumar | George Gunowski | pts |
Final positions: 1. Kumar 2. Gunowski 3. Dunbar 4. Stephens
Flyweight 52kg
[edit]Only three competitors
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Takahashi | Ken Hoyt | pts |
| Ray Takahashi | Sudesh Kumar | pts |
| Sudesh Kumar | Ken Hoyt | pts |
Final positions: 1. Takahashi 2. Kumar 3. Hoyt
Bantamweight 57kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Amrik Singh Gill | Neil McKay | pts |
| Satbir Singh | Barry Oldridge | disq |
| Michael Barry | Dzafer Dzeladini | pts |
| Satbir Singh | Neil McKay | fall |
| Michael Barry | Amrik Singh Gill | pts |
| Barry Oldridge | Dzafer Dzeladini | pts |
| Michael Barry | Barry Oldridge | pts |
| Satbir Singh | Amrik Singh Gill | fall |
| Amrik Singh Gill | Barry Oldridge | fall |
| Satbir Singh | Michael Barry | pts |
Final positions: 1. Satbir 2. Barry 3. Amrik 4. Oldridge 5. Dzeladini, McKay
Featherweight 62kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond Katting | Raymond Barry | disq |
| Brian Aspen | Thomas Burke | fall |
| Egon Beiler | Jagminder Singh | pts |
| Brian Aspen | Raymond Katting | disq |
| Jagminder Singh | Thomas Burke | fall |
| Egon Beiler | Raymond Katting | pts |
| Egon Beiler | Brian Aspen | fall |
| Jagminder Singh | Raymond Katting | pts |
| Jagminder Singh | Brian Aspen | pts |
Final positions: 1. Beiler 2. Jagminder 3. Aspen 4. Katting 5. Barry, Burke
Lightweight 68kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jagdish Kumar |  Fitzloyd Walker | fall |
| Clive Llewellyn | Tam Anderson | fall |
| Zsigmund Kelevitz | Joey Gilligan | pts |
| Fitzloyd Walker | Ken Reinsfield | fall |
| Zsigmund Kelevitz | Jagdish Kumar | pts |
| Joey Gilligan | Clive Llewellyn | pts |
| Jagdish Kumar | Ken Reinsfield | pts |
| Joey Gilligan | Fitzloyd Walker | pts |
| Zsigmund Kelevitz | Clive Llewellyn | fall |
Final positions: 1. Kelevitz 2. Gilligan 3. Jagdish 4. LLewellyn, Walker 6. Reinsfield 7. Anderson
Welterweight 74kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rajinder Singh | Stephen Robinson | pts |
| Victor Zilberman | Keith Haward | fall |
| Rajinder Singh | Robert McLucas | fall |
| Victor Zilberman | Stephen Robinson | pts |
| Rajinder Singh | Victor Zilberman | disq |
| Keith Haward | Robert McLucas | pts |
| Rajinder Singh | Keith Haward | disq |
Final positions: 1. Rajinder 2. Zilberman 3. Haward 4. McLucas Robinson
Middleweight 82kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wally Koenig | Robert Hoffman | fall |
| Richard Deschatelets | Pannalal Yadav | pts |
| Tony Shacklady | Ivan Weir | pts |
| Wally Koenig | Pannalal Yadav | fall |
| Ivan Weir | Robert Hoffman | disq |
| Richard Deschatelets | Tony Shacklady | fall |
| Richard Deschatelets | Ivan Weir | fall |
| Wally Koenig | Tony Shacklady | pts |
| Wally Koenig | Ivan Weir | injury |
| Richard Deschatelets | Wally Koenig | pts |
Final positions: 1. Deschatelets 2. Koenig 3. Weir 4. Shacklady 5. Yadav Hoffman
Light Heavyweight 90kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mick Pikos | Scott Murray | fall |
| Stephen Danier | Nigel Sargent | disq |
| ? | Scott Murray | ? |
| ? | Nigel Sargent | ? |
| Mick Pikos | Kartar Singh | countback |
| Stephen Danier | Kartar Singh | pts |
Final positions: 1. Danier 2. Pikos 3. Kartar 4. Sargent, Murray
Heavyweight 100kg
[edit]| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Peache | ? | |
| Walter Denis Armstrong | ? | |
| Wyatt Wishart | Murray Avery | pts |
| Murray Avery | Keith Peache | disq |
| Walter Denis Armstrong | ? | |
| Satpal Singh | Murray Avery | pts |
| Wyatt Wishart | Satpal Singh | disq |
Final positions: 1. Wishart 2. Satpal 3. Avery 4. Peache 5. Armstrong
Super Heavyweight +100kg
[edit]Only three competitors
| Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Gibbons | Ishwar Singh | ? |
| Robert Gibbons | Albert Patrick | fall |
| Albert Patrick | Ishwar Singh | fall 0.33 |
Final positions: 1. Gibbons 2. Patrick 3. Ishwar
References
[edit]- ↑ "Medal Standings Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. 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.
