COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1978
Photo-Finish Data
Times for events above 400 metres were rounded off to tenths in many of
the published results. The following are details in hundredths, obtained
for the most part from local newspapers. Special thanks for additional
material from Bob Phillips, Daniel Schamps and Cecil Smith.
800 metres
(Heat 1)
Darvall 1:51.49
Lemashon 1:51.61
Newman 1:51.63
McGuinness 1:51.71
Philip 1:52.83
Hill 1:53.77
Small 1:55.24
(Heat 2)
Higham 1:48.91
Szwed 1:49.05
Hoffman 1:49.12
Grant 1:49.27
Zinentah 1:50.18
Wournell 1:50.38
Carver 1:54.83
Calderon 2:01.08
(Heat 3)
Maina 1:49.48
Cook 1:49.92
Forbes 1:50.03
Beaton 1:50.34
Francis 1:52.22
Amakye 1:54.90
Erysthee 1:58.43
(Heat 4)
Boit 1:50.62
Warren 1:51.43
Norris 1:51.45
Favell 1:51.56
Pierre 1:52.61
Wilson 1:52.66
(SF.1)
Newman 1:48.83
Grant 1:49.25
Darvall 1:49.26
Lemashon 1:49.93
Hoffman 1:50.10
Szwed 1:50.89
Wournell 1:51.23
(SF.2)
Boit 1:49.88
Zinentah 1:50.62
Cook 1:50.73
Higham 1:50.75
Norris 1:50.77
Beaton 1:51.86
Warren 1:51.96
Forbes 1:56.80
(Final)
Boit 1:46.39
Newman 1:47.30
Lemashon 1:47.57
Darvall 1:47.74
Cook 1:48.06
Zinentah 1:48.15
Higham 1:48.90
Grant 1:49.32
1500 metres
(Heat 1)
Waigwa 3:41.36
Tuwei 3:41.41
Moorcroft 3:41.47
Grant 3:41.58
Clement 3:41.63
Craig,J 3:42.66
Lawther 3:44.42
Norris 3:45.96
Charvetto 3:52.43
Davies 3:53.48
Mopeli 4:00.27
Erystree 4:13.94
Lewis 4:34.48
(Heat 2)
Bayi 3:38.76
Robson 3:38.84
Dixon 3:39.03
Koskei 3:39.24
McGuinness 3:39.24
Craig,P 3:39.83
Hutchings 3:40.57
Childs 3:44.32
Cram 3:44.83
Jones 3:49.35
Watson 3:50.38
Zinentah 3:53.99
Francis 4:07.13
Akers 4:10.29
Ingham 4:45.36
(Final)
Moorcroft 3:35.48
Bayi 3:35.59
Robson 3:35.60
Clement 3:35.66
Waigwa 3:37.49
Grant 3:38.05
Tuwei 3:40.51
Dixon 3:41.34
McGuinness 3:42.59
Hutchings 3:43.05
Craig,P 3:43.42
Koskei 3:45.45
5000 metres
(Heat 1)
Nyambui 13:51.15
Koskei 13:51.48
Musyoki 13:53.24
Fitzsimons 13:55.81
Rose 13:57.75
Simmons 13:57.76
Hutton 14:09.16
Thurlow 14:27.19
Charvetto 14:33.78
Hendry 14:40.88
Akers 15:45.44
(Heat 2)
Rono 14:02.15
Dixon 14:08.02
McLeod 14:08.54
Spence 14:09.64
Foster 14:10.28
Muir 14:10.35
Jones 14:10.76
Falero 14:56.25
Musonda 15:00.52
Mphafi 15:25.55
Butler 15:43.85
Swann 18:37.91
(Final)
Rono 13:23.04
Musyoki 13:29.92
Foster 13:31.35
McLeod 13:33.20
Nyambui 13:34.08
Muir 13:34.94
Simmons 13:39.81
Dixon 13:43.69
Hutton 13:50.06
Koskei 13:52.54
Jones 13:54.59
Rose 13:55.18
Spence 14:28.10
10,000 metres
Foster 28:13.65
Musyoki 28:19.14
McLeod 28:34.30
Black 28:37.90
Nyambui 28:56.65
Simmons 29:01.23
Cheruiyot 29:20.15
Hutton 29:30.68
Quax 29:58.00
Thurlow 30:05.24
Kimobwa 30:13.40
Singh 30:26.67
Butler 31:17.18
Falero 31:31.39
Musonda 31:59.52
Rakabaele 32:08.43
Chiwala 32:14.89
Akers 33:29.01
Thabana 35:32.24
Baptiste 35:57.36
3km Steeplechase
(Heat 1)
Rono,K 8:31.80
Davies 8:48.14
Coates 8:48.36
Healey 8:48.37
Munyala 8:57.90
Sax 8:59.21
(Heat 2)
Rono,H 8:26.25
Staynings 8:50.79
Robertson 8:53.08
Gilmour 8:56.53
Wild 8:59.86
Evans 9:05.30
Childs 9:09.77
Lawther 9:19.20
(Final)
Rono,H 8:26.54
Munyala 8:32.21
Rono,K 8:34.07
Robertson 8:41.32
Healey 8:43.75
Coates 8:47.35
Staynings 8:48.87
Gilmour 8:49.68
Wild 8:57.94
Davies 9:01.95
Evans 9:06.43
Sax 9:15.27
Decathlon 1500 metres
Verhoeven 4:12.82
Sadler 4:20.10
Zeniou 4:20.48
Thompson 4:25.78
Town 4:32.30
Kokoyo 4:32.80
Watson 4:44.73
Drayton 4:54.11
Hadfield 4:54.54
Bull 5:05.71
Campbell 5:26.50
4x400 metres
(Heat 1)
Jamaica 3:09.17
Trinidad & Tob. 3:09.31
Australia 3:09.32
Antigua 3:11.72
Wales 3:11.89
St.Lucia 3:22.96
(Heat 2)
Canada 3:06.75
Kenya 3:06.82
England 3:06.88
Scotland 3:06.90
(Final)
England (DQ) (3:03.53)
Kenya 3:03.54
Jamaica 3:04.00
Australia 3:04.23
Canada 3:05.94
Trinidad & Tob. 3:06.72
Scotland 3:07.73
Antigua 3:10.45
(Women)
800 metres
(Heat 1)
Barnes 2:03.94
Chemabwai 2:05.07
Campton 2:07.59
Campbell 2:08.41
Opoku 2:10.25
Reece 2:11.03
Corea 2:22.20
(Heat 2)
Smyth 2:07.54
Wright 2:07.66
Rendina 2:07.85
Mackie-Morelli 2:08.16
Newnham 2:09.70
Konadu 2:12.93
Molobeka 2:15.02
(Heat 3)
McMeekin,E 2:06.08
Gendron 2:06.51
Colebrook 2:06.67
Peckham 2:06.82
Tata-Muya 2:08.35
Blake 2:20.79
Boca 2:22.58
Bantamoi 2:52.59
(SF.1)
McMeekin 2:02.99
Rendina 2:04.78
Colebrook 2:04.78
Mackie-Morelli 2:05.05
Campbell 2:05.47
Newnham 2:07.68
Tata-Muya 2:13.72
Reece 2:20.12
(SF.2)
Peckham 2:05.22
Barnes 2:05.38
Gendron 2:05.66
Chemabwai 2:05.71
Smyth 2:06.68
Wright 2:06.71
Campton 2:08.30
Opoku 2:18.79
(Final)
Peckham 2:02.82
Chemabwai 2:02.87
Colebrook 2:03.10
Barnes 2:03.41
Gendron 2:04.02
McMeekin 2:04.10
Mackie-Morelli 2:04.16
Rendina 2:04.82
1500 metres
(Heat 1)
McMeekin,C 4:16.99
Wright 4:17.03
Kiteti 4:17.11
Benning 4:17.19
Gendron 4:17.58
Boxer 4:17.90
Mwanjala 4:21.37
Campton 4:22.61
Scott 4:24.36
Conadu 4:43.08
Corea 4:53.71
Delancy 5:06.90
(Heat 2)
Stewart 4:15.88
Werthner 4:16.40
Cook 4:17.45
Kiprop 4:17.54
Hollick 4:18.36
Coomber 4:18.95
Thompson 4:20.98
Issac 4:20.98
Reece 4:41.46
Kandasamy 4:58.52
(Final)
Stewart 4:06.34
Benning 4:07.53
Werthner 4:08.14
McMeekin 4:12.43
Hollick 4:12.72
Wright 4:12.93
Gendron 4:16.88
Cook 4:17.30
Kiteti 4:18.72
Kiprop 4:23.17
Boxer 4:26.14
Coomber 4:26.28
3000 metres
Fudge 9:12.95
Thompson 9:20.69
Ford 9:24.05
Miller 9:30.75
Rooks 9:34.14
Cook 9:43.56
Mwanjala 9:49.98
Thompson 10:00.46
Scott 10:02.59
Kiteti 10:12.56
Chepyator 10:18.49
Masaka 10:45.79
Jayamani 11:13.01
Delancy 11:20.87
Pentathlon 800 metres
Times in hundredths not known
Ross 2:11.5 ?
Konihowski 2:12.1 ?
Page 2:13.7 ?
Wray 2:15.6 ?
Mapstone 2:19.3 ?
Howell 2:21.2 ?
White 2:23.8 ?
Swanston 2:26.9 ?
Beable 2:37.1 ?
Phillips 2:37.2 ?
4x400 metres
England 3:27.19
Australia 3:28.65
Canada 3:35.83
Scotland 3:36.52
Ghana 3:37.12
Jamaica 3:37.92
References
"Honour of Empire, Glory of Sport" by Bob Phillips (Parrs Wood Press, 2000)
"Commonwealth Athletics Statistics" by Stan Greenberg ("Track Stats", 1989)
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