Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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]

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

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

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

• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results