Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the third appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The competition was held in Edmonton, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978.
The events were held at the Strathcona Shooting Range, which was specifically built for the Games. The range consisted of a clubhouse and various distance ranges on 160 acres of land, on the south side of Anthony Henday Drive, which is the modern day Ivor Dent Sports Park (as of 2026).
Competition featured contests in six disciplines. Canada topped the shooting medal table again by virtue of winning four gold medals.
Medal table
Medallists 50m free pistol Yvon Trempe Edward Jans Bertram Manhin25m rapid-fire pistol Jules Sobrian John Cooke Jeff Farrell50m rifle prone Alister Allan Bill Watkins Stewart WattersonFull bore rifle Desmond Vamplew James Spaight Pat VamplewTrap John Primrose George Leary Terry RumbelSkeet John Woolley Paul Bentley Joe Neville
50 metres free pistol PosAthletePts1 Yvon Trempe 5432 Edward Jans 5403 Bertram Manhin 5364 Denis Ernest Remon 5365 Andrew Jackson 5356 Norman Harrison 5357 Ken Stanford 5358 David Killick 5339 Barrie Wickins 53210 Colin O'Brien 52911 Noel Duquemin 52912 Sharad Chauhan 52513 Robert Reynolds 51114 James McAllister 50915 Peter Williams 50816 Carol Anne Bartlett 50717 Donald Westwater 50518 Camilo Pedro 50219 Gordon Bosanquet 49220 John Mwau 490
25 metres rapid-fire pistol PosAthletePts1 Jules Sobrian 5872 John Cooke 5813 Jeffrey Kent Farrell 5814 Brian Girling 5755 Stephen John Faunt 5746 Sharad Chauhan 5747 Bruce McMillan 5738 Denis Ernest Remon 5719 Ken Stanford 57110 William Graham 56911 Tony Bowden 56612 Hugh Hunter 56413 Barry O'Neale 55714 Solomon Lee 55315 John Bridge 52316 Robert Reynolds 51817 Mohamad Nurul Hoda Iqbal 50818 Lewis Astwood 417
50 metres rifle prone PosAthletePts1 Alister Allan 11942 Bill Watkins 11913 Stewart W. Watterson 11874 Barry Dagger 11875 Colin Harris 11866 Arne Sorensen 11857 Ian Ballinger 11858 Daya Nadarajasingham 11849 Brian Burrage 118210 Stephen John Le Couilliard 118111 John Knowles 118112 Donald Brook 118013 George Bailie 118014 Hans Adlhoch 117915 Brian eLacey 117816 Charles Trotter 117717 Trevor John Penney 117618 Shafqat Sheikh 117619 Patrick Ryan 117320 George Mace 1172
Full bore rifle Queens Prize Pair PosAthletePts1 Desmond Vamplew 3912 James Spaight 3883 Pat Vamplew 3874 David Calvert 3875 Sam Gilson 3866 Maurie Gordon 3847 Geoffrey Ayling 3848 Neil Fyfe 3849 John Vivian 38310 Graeme Norris 38211 Michael Martel 38212 Clifford Mallett 38213 Richard Perkins 38214 Colin McEachran 38215 Philip Amy 38016 Paul Archer 38017 Howell Morley 37818 Peter Quilliam 37719 John Hastie 37620 Peter Raymond Hallett 376
Clay pigeon trap PosAthletePts1 John Primrose 1862 George Leary 1853 Terry Rumbel 1834 Eli Ellis 1835 Aubrey Bruce Lassen 1776 Anthony John Smith 1757 Kenneth Wilson 1758 Randhir Singh 1749 Denis Brown 17110 Mark Campbell 17011 Emyr Breese 16912 Peter Kelly 16913 Tom Hewitt 16714 Donald Wynn 16415 Trevan Clough 16316 Brian Cummings 15517 John Jackson 15418 Robert Brouard 15219 Peter Giddings 151
Skeet PosAthletePts1 John Woolley 1932 Paul Bentley 1913 Joe Neville 1904 Don Kwasnycia 1895 Fred Altman 1896 Ian Hale 1887 Robert Griffiths 1838 Ally Ong 1829 Alec Crikis 18110 James Dunlop 18111 Roger Rees 18012 Stephen Brehaut 17913 Edmund Yong 16714 Gurbir Singh Sandhu 16515 Hari S. Sandhu 16516 Anthony Chuang 16417 Trevor West 16418 Francis Quin 15419 Peter Giddings 13620 Leslie Cheung 132
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