The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa The Bid Election was held at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. This was the first Commonwealth Games where a computerized system was used to handle ticket sales.
| 1978 Commonwealth Games Bidding Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Round 1 | |||||
| Edmonton | 36 | |||||
| Leeds | 10 | |||||
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