Gidamis Shahanga, of Tanzania won the 1974 edition of the Marathon at the Commonwealth Games. He won in a time of 2:15:40.He won a second Commonwealth Games title at the '82 Brisbane Games in the 10,000m.
The 1978 Commonwealth games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Canada won all two Women's Gymnastics events at the 1978 Commonwealth Games: Women's All Around (Elfi Schlegel) and the Women's Team (Elfi Schlegel, Karen Kelsall, Monica Goermann and Sherry Hawco).
Kanwal Singh and Ami Ghia were the first Indian women to win a Commonwealth Games medal when they won the Badminton Doubles bronze medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
Bangladesh have won a total of six Commonwealth Games medals (two gold, two silver and two bronze) from 1978 to 2014.
Ben Jipcho, of Kenya won the 5000m event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.
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Maldives has not won a medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Daley Thompson is the greatest decathlon athlete in Commonwealth Games history. He won the event three times: 1978, 1982 and 1986.
Cyprus joined the Commonwealth Games in 1978.