1978 Southern Cross Games - Sports

Sports

A total number of 480 athletes competed for medals in sixteen sports:

  • Aquatic sports
    • Swimming
  • Athletics
  • Baseball†
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Cycling
    • Road Cycling
    • Track Cycling
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
    • Artistic Gymnastics
    • Trampoline
  • Judo
  • Shooting
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling

Note:† One source only references 15 events with no indication for baseball in the medal lists.

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