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Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

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Athletics at the 9th British Commonwealth Games
The track and the athletics main stadium.
Dates17–25 July 1970
Host cityEdinburgh, Scotland Scotland
VenueMeadowbank Stadium
LevelSenior
Events36
Participation534 athletes from
34 nations
Records set1 WR, 2 GR


At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. A total of 36 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 13 by female athletes. This was the first athletics competition at the British Commonwealth Games to feature events in metric units, rather than imperial units. One world record and two Games records were broken at the competition.

Medal summary

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Men

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Men's track and road events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time
100 metres
(wind: +3.6 m/s)
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 Don Quarrie (JAM) 10.24w  Lennox Miller (JAM) 10.32w  Hasely Crawford (TRI) 10.33w
200 metres
(wind: +1.7 m/s)
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 Don Quarrie (JAM) 20.56  Edwin Roberts (TRI) 20.69  Charles Asati (KEN) 20.74
400 metres
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 Charles Asati (KEN) 45.01  Ross Wilson (AUS) 45.61  Saimoni Tamani (FIJ) 45.82
800 metres
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 Robert Ouko (KEN) 1:46.89  Ben Cayenne (TRI) 1:47.42  William Smart (CAN) 1:47.43
1500 metres
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 Kip Keino (KEN) 3:36.68  Dick Quax (NZL) 3:38.19  Brendan Foster (ENG) 3:40.63
5000 metres
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 Ian Stewart (SCO) 13:22.85  Ian McCafferty (SCO) 13:23.34  Kip Keino (KEN) 13:27.6
10,000 metres
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 Lachie Stewart (SCO) 28:11.72  Ron Clarke (AUS) 28:13.45  Dick Taylor (ENG) 28:15.35
Marathon
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 Ron Hill (ENG) 2:09:28  Jim Alder (SCO) 2:12:04  Don Faircloth (ENG) 2:12:19
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +2.9 m/s)
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 David Hemery (ENG) 13.66w  Mal Baird (AUS) 13.86w  Godfrey Murray (JAM) 14.02w
400 metres hurdles
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 John Sherwood (ENG) 50.03  William Koskei (UGA) 50.15  Charles Kipkemboi Yego (KEN) 50.19
3000 metres steeplechase
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 Tony Manning (AUS) 8:26.2  Ben Jipcho (KEN) 8:29.6  Amos Biwott (KEN) 8:30.8
4 × 100 metres relay
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 Jamaica
Errol Stewart
Lennox Miller
Carl Lawson
Don Quarrie
39.46  Ghana
Michael Ahey
James Addy
Edward Owusu
George Daniels
39.82  England
Ian Green
Martin Reynolds
Dave Dear
Brian Green
40.05
4 × 400 metres relay
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 Kenya
Munyoro Nyamau
Julius Sang
Robert Ouko
Charles Asati
3:03.63  Trinidad and Tobago
Mel Wong Shing
Ben Cayenne
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
3:05.49  England
Martin Bilham
Len Walters
Mike Hauck
John Sherwood
3:05.53
20 miles walk
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 Noel Freeman (AUS) 2:33:33 GR  Bob Gardiner (AUS) 2:35:55  Bill Sutherland (SCO) 2:37:24
Men's field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance
High jump
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 Lawrie Peckham (AUS) 2.14 m  John Hawkins (CAN) 2.12 m  Sheikh Faye (GAM) 2.10 m
Pole vault
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 Mike Bull (NIR) 5.10 m  Alan Kane (CAN) 4.90 m  Robert Raftis (CAN) 4.90 m
Long jump
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 Lynn Davies (WAL) 8.06 m (w)  Phil May (AUS) 7.94 m (w)  Alan Lerwill (ENG) 7.94 m (w)
Triple jump
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 Phil May (AUS) 16.72 m  Mick McGrath (AUS) 16.41 m  Mohinder Singh Gill (IND) 15.90 m
Shot put
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 Dave Steen (CAN) 19.21 m  Jeff Teale (ENG) 18.43 m  Les Mills (NZL) 18.40 m
Discus throw
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 George Puce (CAN) 59.02 m  Les Mills (NZL) 57.84 m  Bill Tancred (ENG) 56.68 m
Hammer throw
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 Howard Payne (ENG) 67.80 m  Bruce Fraser (ENG) 62.90 m  Barry Williams (ENG) 61.58 m
Javelin throw
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 Dave Travis (ENG) 79.50 m  John McSorley (ENG) 76.74 m  John FitzSimons (ENG) 73.20 m
Men's mixed events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Points Athlete Points Athlete Points
Decathlon
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 Geoff Smith (AUS) 7492  Peter Gabbett (ENG) 7469  Barry King (ENG) 7201

Women

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Women's track events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time
100 metres
(wind: +5.3 m/s)
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 Raelene Boyle (AUS) 11.26w  Alice Anum (GHA) 11.32w  Marion Hoffman (AUS) 11.36w
200 metres
(wind: +4.0 m/s)
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 Raelene Boyle (AUS) 22.75w  Alice Anum (GHA) 22.86w  Margaret Critchley (ENG) 23.16w
400 metres
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 Marilyn Neufville (JAM) 51.02 WR  Sandra Brown (AUS) 53.66  Judith Ayaa (UGA) 53.77
800 metres
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 Rosemary Stirling (SCO) 2:06.24  Pat Lowe (ENG) 2:06.27  Cheryl Peasley (AUS) 2:06.33
1500 metres
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 Rita Ridley (ENG) 4:18.8  Joan Page (ENG) 4:19.0  Thelma Fynn (CAN) 4:19.1
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -0.3 m/s)
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 Pam Kilborn (AUS) 13.27  Maureen Caird (AUS) 13.73  Christine Bell (ENG) 13.82
4 × 100 metres relay
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 Australia
Jennifer Lamy
Pam Kilborn
Marion Hoffman
Raelene Boyle
44.14  England
Anita Neil
Margaret Critchley
Madeleine Cobb
Val Peat
44.28  Canada
Joan Hendry
Joyce Sadowick
Patty Loverock
Stephanie Berto
44.68
Women's field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance
High jump
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 Debbie Brill (CAN) 1.78 m  Ann Wilson (ENG) 1.70 m  Moira Walls (SCO) 1.70 m
Long jump
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 Sheila Sherwood (ENG) 6.73 m  Ann Wilson (ENG) 6.50 m  Joan Hendry (CAN) 6.28 m
Shot put
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 Mary Peters (NIR) 15.93 m  Barbara Poulsen (NZL) 15.87 m  Jean Roberts (AUS) 15.32 m
Discus throw
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 Rosemary Payne (SCO) 54.46 m  Jean Roberts (AUS) 51.02 m  Carol Martin (CAN) 48.42 m
Javelin throw
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 Petra Rivers (AUS) 52.00 m  Anne Farquhar (ENG) 50.82 m  Jay Dahlgren (CAN) 49.54 m
Women's mixed events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Points Athlete Points Athlete Points
Pentathlon
details
 Mary Peters (NIR) 5148 GR  Ann Wilson (ENG) 5037  Jenny Meldrum (CAN) 4736

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medal table, by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)109322
2 England (ENG)7111230
3 Scotland (SCO)*4228
4 Kenya (KEN)4149
5 Jamaica (JAM)4116
6 Canada (CAN)32813
7 Northern Ireland (NIR)3003
8 Wales (WAL)1001
9 New Zealand (NZL)0314
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0314
11 Ghana (GHA)0303
12 Uganda (UGA)0112
13 Fiji (FIJ)0011
 Gambia (GAM)0011
 India (IND)0011
Totals (15 entries)363636108

Participating nations

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References

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