Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 12 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Keith Connor  England	Ian Campbell  Australia	Aston Moore  England

Results

Qualification

Held on 11 August

Qualification: 15.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ian Campbell	Australia	16.56	Q
	Ken Lorraway	Australia	15.63	Q
14	Bogger Mushanga	Zambia	15.45
15	Ronald Chambers	Jamaica	15.44
	James Malleh Wadda	Gambia	NM
	Suresh Babu	India	DNS

Final

Held on 12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Keith Connor	England	17.21w
	Ian Campbell	Australia	16.93w
	Aston Moore	England	16.69
4	Ken Lorraway	Australia	16.27
5	Mike Nipinak	Canada	16.24
6	Phil Wood	New Zealand	16.05
7	Steve Hanna	Bahamas	15.97
8	David Johnson	England	15.84
9	John Phillips	Wales	15.59
10	Dave Watt	Canada	15.29
11	Gideon Cheruiyot	Kenya	15.28
12	Gerry Swan	Bermuda	15.06
13	Maxwell Peters	Antigua and Barbuda	15.06

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-26.

• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results