1978 Commonwealth Games

XI Commonwealth Games

Host city	Edmonton, Canada
Nations	47
Athletes	1,475
Events	128 events in 11 sports
Opening	3 August 1978
Closing	12 August 1978
Opened by	Elizabeth II
Athlete's Oath	Beverly Boys
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Diane Jones Konihowski
Main venue	Commonwealth Stadium
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The 1978 Commonwealth Games was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, as well as by Uganda, in protest at alleged Canadian hostility towards the government of Idi Amin.^[1] The Bid Election was held at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

This was the first Commonwealth Games where a computerised system was used to handle ticket sales. This was the first Commonwealth Games to be named Commonwealth Games, having dropped British. The Games were opened by Queen Elizabeth II for the first time since becoming Queen in 1952.