1970 British Commonwealth Games

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9th British Commonwealth Games
Image:Edinburgh 1970 Commonwealth Games.gif
Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
Nations participating	42 Nations of the Commonwealth
Athletes participating	1,744 (inc. officials)
Events	121 events in 10 sports
Opening ceremony	July 16, 1970
Closing ceremony	July 25, 1970
Main Stadium	Meadowbank Stadium

The 1970 British Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland from July 16 to July 25 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, and the first time metric units rather than imperial units were used in events.

Contents 1 Medals by country 2 Medals by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Badminton 2.3 Bowls 2.4 Boxing 2.5 Cycling 2.5.1 Track 2.5.2 Road 2.6 Fencing 2.7 Swimming 2.8 Diving 2.9 Swimming 2.10 Diving 2.11 Weightlifting 2.12 Wrestling 3 External links

[edit] Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	36	24	22	82
2	Image:Flag of England.svg England	27	25	32	84
3	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	18	24	24	66
4	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	6	8	11	25
5	Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	5	3	6	14
6	Image:Flag of India.svg India	5	3	4	12
7	Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	4	3	2	9
8	Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica	4	2	1	7
9	Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	3	3	1	7
10	Image:Ulster banner.svg Northern Ireland	3	1	5	9
11	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	2	6	6	14
12	Image:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales	2	6	4	12
13	Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	2	3	2	7
14	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	2	0	0	2
15	Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia	1	1	1	3
16	Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
17	Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago	0	4	3	7
18	Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	0	2	2	4
19	Image:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	0	1	1	2
20	Image:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	0	1	0	1
22	Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	0	0	1	1
	Image:St Vincent colonial flag.gif Saint Vincent	0	0	1	1
Total		121	121	133	375

[edit] Medals by event

[edit] Athletics

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Metres	Women	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	11.26w	Alice Annum (GHA)	11.32w	Marion Hoffman (AUS)	11.36w
200 Metres	Women	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	22.75w	Alice Annum (GHA)	22.86w	Margaret Critchley (ENG)	23.16w
400 Metres	Women	Marilyn Neufville (JAM)	51.02	Sandra Brown (AUS)	53.66	Judith Ayaa (UGA)	53.77
800 Metres	Women	Rosemary Stirling (SCO)	00:02:06	Pat Lowe (ENG)	00:02:06	Cheryl Peasley (AUS)	00:02:06
1500 Metres	Women	Rita Ridley (ENG)	04:18:08	Joan Page (ENG)	04:19:00	Thelma Fynn (CAN)	04:19:01
100 Metres Hurdles	Women	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	13.27	Maureen Caird (AUS)	13.73	Christine Bell (ENG)	13.82
High Jump	Women	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.78	Ann Wilson (ENG)	1.7	Moira Walls (SCO)	1.7
Long Jump	Women	Sheila Sherwood (Parkin) (ENG)	6.73	Ann Wilson (ENG)	6.5	Joan Hendry (CAN)	6.28
Shot	Women	Mary Peters (NIR)	15.93	Barbara Poulsen (NZL)	15.87	Jean Roberts (AUS)	15.32
Discus	Women	Rosemary Payne (SCO)	54.46	Jean Roberts (AUS)	51.02	Carol Martin (CAN)	48.42
Javelin	Women	Petra Rivers (AUS)	52	Anne Farquhar (ENG)	50.82	Jay Dahlgren (CAN)	49.54
Pentathlon	Women	Mary Peters (NIR)	5148	Ann Wilson (ENG)	5037	Jenny Meldrum (Wingerson) (CAN)	4736
4 x 100 Metres Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	44.14	England (ENG)	44.28	Canada (CAN)	44.68
100 Metres	Men	Don Quarrie (JAM)	10.24w	Lennox Miller (JAM)	10.32w	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	10.33w
200 Metres	Men	Don Quarrie (JAM)	20.56	Edwin Roberts (TRI)	20.69	Charles Asati (KEN)	20.74
400 Metres	Men	Charles Asati (KEN)	45.01	Ross Wilson (AUS)	45.61	Saimoni Tamani (FIJ)	45.82
800 Metres	Men	Robert Ouko (KEN)	00:01:47	Benedict Cayenne (TRI)	00:01:47	William Smart (CAN)	00:01:47
1500 Metres	Men	Kip Keino (KEN)	00:03:37	Dick Quax (NZL)	00:03:38	Brendan Foster (ENG)	00:03:41
5000 Metres	Men	Ian Stewart (SCO)	00:13:23	Ian McCafferty (SCO)	00:13:23	Kip Keino (KEN)	13:27:06
10000 Metres	Men	Lachie Stewart (SCO)	00:28:12	Ron Clarke (AUS)	00:28:13	Dick Taylor (ENG)	00:28:15
Marathon	Men	Ron Hill (ENG)	02:09:28	Jim Alder (SCO)	02:12:04	Don Faircloth (ENG)	02:12:19
3000 Metres Steeplechase	Men	Tony Manning (AUS)	08:26:02	Ben Jipcho (KEN)	08:29:06	Amos Biwott (KEN)	08:30:08
110 Metres Hurdles	Men	David Hemery (ENG)	13.66w	Mal Baird (AUS)	13.86w	Godfrey Murray (JAM)	14.02w
400 Metres Hurdles	Men	John Sherwood (ENG)	50.03	William Koskei (UGA)	50.15	Charles Kipkemboi Yego (KEN)	50.19
High Jump	Men	Lawrence Peckham (AUS)	2.14	John Hawkins (CAN)	2.12	Sheikh Faye (GAM)	2.1
Pole Vault	Men	Mike Bull (NIR)	5.1	Alan Kane (CAN)	4.9	Robert Raftis (CAN)	4.9
Long Jump	Men	Lynn Davies (WAL)	8.06w	Phil May (AUS)	7.94w	Alan Lerwill (ENG)	7.94w
Triple Jump	Men	Phil May (AUS)	16.72	Mick McGrath (AUS)	16.41	Mohinder Singh Gill (IND)	15.9
Shot	Men	David Steen (CAN)	19.21	Jeff Teale (ENG)	18.43	Les Mills (NZL)	18.4
Discus	Men	George Puce (CAN)	59.02	Les Mills (NZL)	57.84	Bill Tancred (ENG)	56.68
Hammer	Men	Howard Payne (ENG)	67.8	Bruce Fraser (ENG)	62.9	Barry Williams (ENG)	61.58
Javelin	Men	Dave Travis (ENG)	79.5	John McSorley (ENG)	76.74	John FitzSimons (ENG)	73.2
Decathlon	Men	Geoff Smith (AUS)	7492	Peter Gabbett (ENG)	7469	Barry King (ENG)	7201
20 Miles Road Walk	Men	Noel Freeman (AUS)	02:33:33	Bob Gardiner (AUS)	02:35:55	Bill Sutherland (SCO)	02:37:24
4 x 100 Metres Relay	Men	Jamaica (JAM)	39.46	Ghana (GHA)	39.82	England (ENG)	40.05
4 x 400 Metres Relay	Men	Kenya (KEN)	00:03:04	Trinidad & Tobago (TRI)	00:03:05	England (ENG)	00:03:06

[edit] Badminton

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Singles	Men	Jamie Paulson (CAN)		Paul Whetnall (ENG)		Ray Sharp (ENG)
Men's Doubles	Men	Ng Boon Bee & Punch Gunalan (MAS)		Ng Tat Wai & Tan Soon Hooi (MAS)		Yves Paré & Jamie Paulson (CAN)
Women's Singles	Women	Margaret Beck (ENG)		Gillian Perrin (ENG)		Margaret Boxall (ENG)
Women's Doubles	Women	Margaret Boxall & Sue Whetnall (ENG)		Gillian Perrin & Julie Rickard (ENG)		Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong (MAS)
Mixed Doubles	Mixed	Derek Talbot & Margaret Boxall (ENG)		Roger Mills & Gillian Perrin (ENG)		David Eddy & Sue Whetnall (ENG)

[edit] Bowls

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Singles	Men	David Bryant (ENG)		Neal Bryce (ZAM)		Roy Fulton (NIR)
Pairs	Men	Norman King & Peter Line (ENG)		Bob McDonald & Hugh Robson (NZL)		Jimmy Donnelly & Syd Thompson (NIR)
Fours	Men	Hong Kong (HKG)		Scotland (SCO)		Northern Ireland (NIR)

[edit] Boxing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Light Flyweight	Men	James Odwori (UGA)		Anthony Davies (WAL)		P.J. Butterfield (AUS)
						Michael Abrams (ENG)
Flyweight	Men	Dave Needham (ENG)		Leo Rwabwogo (UGA)		A. McHugh (SCO)
						Davy Larmour (NIR)
Bantamweight	Men	Sulley Shittu (GHA)		Samuel Mbugua (KEN)		S. Ogilvie (SCO)
						Courtney Atherly (GUY)
Featherweight	Men	Philip Waruinge (KEN)		Deogratias Musoke (UGA)		Mir Samar (PAK)
						Alan Richardson (ENG)
Lightweight	Men	Abayomi Adeyemi (NGR)		John Gillan (SCO)		Tatu Ghionga (MAW)
						Moses Mbugua (KEN)
Light Welterweight	Men	Mohamed Muruli (UGA)		Dai Davies (WAL)		E. O. Lawson (GHA)
						Paul Kayula (ZAM)
Welterweight	Men	Emma Ankudey (GHA)		John Olulu (KEN)		T. Joyce (SCO)
						Shivaji Bhonsle (IND)
Light Middleweight	Men	Tom Imrie (SCO)		Julius Luipa (ZAM)		P.J. Doherty (NIR)
						David Attan (KEN)
Middleweight	Men	John Conteh (ENG)		Titus Simba (TAN)		R. Murphy (AUS)
						Samuel Kasongo (ZAM)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Fatai Ayinla (NGR)		Oliver Wright (JAM)		Victor Attivor (GHA)
						John Rafferty (SCO)
Heavyweight	Men	Benson Masanda (UGA)		John McKinty (NIR)		Jack Meda (CAN)
						Leslie Stevens (ENG)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	Men	Harry Kent (NZL)	00:01:09	Leslie King (TRI)	00:01:10	Jocelyn Lovell (CAN)	00:01:11
Sprint	Men	John Nicholson (AUS)		Gordon Johnson (AUS)		Leslie King (TRI)
Individual Pursuit	Men	Ian Hallam (ENG)	00:05:01	Daniel Clark (AUS)	00:05:05	Blair Stockwell (NZL)	walkover
10 Miles Scratch	Men	Jocelyn Lovell (CAN)	00:20:47	Brian Temple (SCO)	00:20:48	Vernon Stauble (TRI)	00:20:48
Tandem	Men	Gordon Johnson & Ron Jonker (AUS)	11.43	Jocelyn Lovell & Barry Harvey (CAN)		John Hatfield & John Beswick (WAL)

[edit] Road

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road Race	Men	Bruce Biddle (NZL)	04:38:06	Ray Bilney (AUS)	04:39:06	John Trevorrow (AUS)	04:40:03

[edit] Fencing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Foil	Men	Mike Breckin (ENG)		Barry Paul (ENG)		Graham Paul (ENG)
Foil - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		Canada (CAN)
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)		Lester Wong (CAN)		Peter Jacobs (ENG)
Épée - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Scotland (SCO)		Canada (CAN)
Sabre	Men	Sandy Leckie (SCO)		Rodney Craig (ENG)		Richard Cohen (ENG)
Sabre- Team	Men	England (ENG)		Scotland (SCO)		Australia (AUS)
Foil	Women	Janet Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG)		Marion Exelby (AUS)		Susan Youngs (SCO)
Foil - Team	Women	England (ENG)		Scotland (SCO)		Canada (CAN)

[edit] Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Metres Freestyle	Men	Mike Wenden (AUS)	53.06	Greg Rogers (AUS)	54.26	William Devenish (AUS)	54.28
200 Metres Freestyle	Men	Mike Wenden (AUS)	00:01:57	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	00:01:58	Greg Rogers (AUS)	00:01:59
400 Metres Freestyle	Men	Graham White (AUS)	00:04:08	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	00:04:09	Greg Brough (AUS)	00:04:12
1500 Metres Freestyle	Men	Graham Windeatt (AUS)	00:16:24	Max Travasci (AUS)	00:16:34	Mark Treffers (NZL)	00:16:45
100 Metres Backstroke	Men	Bill Kennedy (CAN)	00:01:02	Mike Richards (WAL)	00:01:02	Erik Fish (CAN)	00:01:02
200 Metres Backstroke	Men	Mike Richards (WAL)	00:02:15	Ray Terrell (ENG)	00:02:15	Neil Rogers (AUS)	00:02:16
100 Metres Breaststroke	Men	Bill Mahony (CAN)	00:01:09	Peter Cross (CAN)	00:01:09	Paul Jarvie (AUS)	00:01:10
200 Metres Breaststroke	Men	Bill Mahony (CAN)	00:02:30	Paul Jarvie (AUS)	00:02:31	David Wilkie (SCO)	00:02:33
100 Metres Butterfly	Men	Byron MacDonald (CAN)	58.44	Tom Arusoo (CAN)	58.98	Ron Jacks (CAN)	59.01
200 Metres Butterfly	Men	Tom Arusoo (CAN)	00:02:09	Martyn Woodroffe (WAL)	00:02:09	James Findlay (AUS)	00:02:09
200 Metres Individual Medley	Men	George Smith (CAN)	00:02:14	Ken Campbell (CAN)	00:02:17	Martyn Woodroffe (WAL)	00:02:17
400 Metres Individual Medley	Men	George Smith (CAN)	00:04:49	Ray Terrell (ENG)	00:04:50	James Findlay (AUS)	00:04:52
4 x 100 Metres Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:03:36	Canada (CAN)	00:03:38	England (ENG)	00:03:41
4 x 200 Metres Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:07:51	Canada (CAN)	00:08:01	England (ENG)	00:08:11
4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay	Men	Canada (CAN)	00:04:01	Australia (AUS)	00:04:05	Wales (WAL)	00:04:08

[edit] Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	557.73	Ken Sully (CAN)	497.37	Ronald Friesen (CAN)	495.9
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	485.73	Philip Drew (ENG)	429.24	Andy Gill (ENG)	421.47

[edit] Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Metres Freestyle	Women	Angela Coughlan (CAN)	00:01:01	Lynne Watson (AUS)	00:01:01	Jenny Watts (AUS)	00:01:02
200 Metres Freestyle	Women	Karen Moras (AUS)	00:02:10	Angela Coughlan (CAN)	00:02:11	Alex Jackson (IOM)	00:02:14
400 Metres Freestyle	Women	Karen Moras (AUS)	00:04:27	Denise Langford (AUS)	00:04:31	Robyn Risson (AUS)	00:04:40
800 Metres Freestyle	Women	Karen Moras (AUS)	00:09:02	Helen Gray (AUS)	00:09:27	Robyn Risson (AUS)	00:09:38
100 Metres Backstroke	Women	Lynne Watson (AUS)	00:01:07	Debra Cain (AUS)	00:01:08	Donna Gurr (CAN)	00:01:09
200 Metres Backstroke	Women	Lynne Watson (AUS)	00:02:23	Donna Gurr (CAN)	00:02:24	Debra Cain (AUS)	00:02:26
100 Metres Breaststroke	Women	Beverley Whitfield (AUS)	00:01:17	Dorothy Harrison (ENG)	00:01:18	Chris Jarvis (ENG)	00:01:20
200 Metres Breaststroke	Women	Beverley Whitfield (AUS)	00:02:44	Dorothy Harrison (ENG)	00:02:46	Amanda Radnage (ENG)	00:02:50
100 Metres Butterfly	Women	Diane Lansley (ENG)	00:01:08	Susan Smith (CAN)	00:01:08	Allyson Mabb (AUS)	00:01:09
200 Metres Butterfly	Women	Maree Robinson (AUS)	00:02:25	Jane Comerford (AUS)	00:02:25	Allyson Mabb (AUS)	00:02:31
200 Metres Individual Medley	Women	Denise Langford (AUS)	00:02:29	Shelagh Ratcliffe (ENG)	00:02:30	Diana Rickard (AUS)	00:02:31
400 Metres Individual Medley	Women	Denise Langford (AUS)	00:05:11	Gail Neall (AUS)	00:05:16	Shelagh Ratcliffe (ENG)	00:05:18
4 x 100 Metres Freestyle Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	00:04:06	Canada (CAN)	00:04:12	England (ENG)	00:04:15
4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	00:04:31	England (ENG)	00:04:39	Canada (CAN)	00:04:40

[edit] Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Beverley Boys (CAN)	432.87	Elizabeth Carruthers (CAN)	391.2	Gaye Morley (AUS)	389.04
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Beverley Boys (CAN)	352.95	Nancy Robertson (CAN)	350.49	Shelagh Burrow (ENG)	330.63

[edit] Weightlifting

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight - Overall	Men	George Vasiliades (AUS)	290	Abdul Ghafoor (PAK)	287.5	John McNiven (SCO)	265
Bantamweight - Overall	Men	Precious McKenzie (ENG)	335	Tony Phillips (BAR)	317.5	Tung Chye Hong (SIN)	302.5
Featherweight - Overall	Men	George Perrin (ENG)	342.5	Chua Phung Kim (SIN)	340	Alexander Navis (IND)	335
Lightweight - Overall	Men	George Newton (ENG)	372.5	Ieuan Owen (WAL)	355	Bruce Cameron (NZL)	335
Middleweight - Overall	Men	Russell Perry (AUS)	412.5	Tony Ebert (NZL)	402.5	Pierre St. Jean (CAN)	400
Light Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Nicolo Ciancio (AUS)	447.5	John Bolton (NZL)	445	Peter Arthur (WAL)	427.5
Middle Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Louis Martin (ENG)	457.5	Robert Santavy (CAN)	425	George Manners SVG (VIN)	410
Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Russ Prior (CAN)	490	Dave Hancock (ENG)	470	Price Morris (CAN)	470
Super Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Ray Rigby (AUS)	500	Terry Perdue (WAL)	500	Grant Anderson (SCO)	432.5

[edit] Wrestling

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Light Flyweight	Men	Ved Prakash (IND)		Ken Shand (CAN)		Masih Sadiq (PAK)
						Don Urquhart (SCO)
Flyweight	Men	Sudesh Kumar (IND)		Muhammad Nazir (PAK)		David Stitt (CAN)
Bantamweight	Men	Muhammad Sardar (PAK)		Herbert Singerman (CAN)		Terence Robinson (ENG)
Featherweight	Men	Muhammad Saeed (PAK)		Patrick Bolger (CAN)		Randhawa Singh (IND)
Lightweight	Men	Udey Chand (IND)		Muhammad Yaqub (PAK)		Ole Sorensen (CAN)
Welterweight	Men	Mukhtiar Singh (IND)		Alfred Wurr (CAN)		Gordon Mackay (NZL)
Middleweight	Men	Harish Rajindra (IND)		Nick Schori (CAN)		Dave Aspin (NZL)
						Ron Grinstead (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Muhammad Faiz (PAK)		Sajjan Singh (IND)		Claude Pilon (CAN)
Heavyweight	Men	Edward Millard (CAN)		Bishwanath Singh (IND)		Muhammad Riaz (PAK)
Super Heavyweight	Men	Ikram Ilahi (PAK)		Maruti Mane (IND)		Denis McNamara (ENG)

[edit] External links

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• A Brief History - from the Delhi 2010 site
• 1970 British Commonwealth Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website

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