The XI Games was the first to bear the current day name of the Commonwealth Games. Forty-six countries sent a total of 1,474 athletes and 504 officials to the Edmonton Games. As host nation, Canada also topped the medal table for the first time. Ten sports were featured at the Edmonton Games - athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, swimming and diving, Weightlifting and wrestling. The countries competing were: * Antigua & Barbuda * Australia * Bahamas * Bangladesh * Barbados * Belize * Bermuda * Canada * Cayman Islands * Cook Islands * Cyprus * England * Fiji * Ghana * Gibraltar * Grenada * Guernsey * Guyana * Hong Kong * India * Isle of Man * Jamaica * Jersey * Kenya * Lesotho * Malawi * Malaysia * Mauritius * New Zealand * Northern Ireland * Papua New Guinea * Samoa * Scotland * Sierra Leone * Singapore * Sri Lanka * St. Kitts & Nevis * St. Lucia * St. Vincent & The Grenadines * Swaziland * Tanzania * The Gambia * Trinidad & Tobago * Turks & Caicos Islands * Wales * Zambia * Zimbabwe
Canada has always been a part of the Commonwealth Games . They were originally known as the British Empire Games and were first held in Canada in 1930. As former Empire countries became independent the name has changed over the years first to British Empire and Commonwealth games in 1954 then to the British Commonwealth games until the present name was adopted in 1978. Canada has participated in every games and hosted them several times.
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.
Yes, Kenya has participated at fifteen Commonwealth Games: 1954, 1958,1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014.
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Cyprus joined the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
Britain does not have a team. The constituent countries send separate teams.
No, the nearest Commonwealth Games to 1980 were the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games.
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 3 October 2010
The British Empire Games have changed names on three occasions: British Empire and Commonwealth Games (1954) British Commonwealth Games (1970) Commonwealth Games (1978)
The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.