Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 9th British Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 9th British Commonwealth Games
	The track and the athletics main stadium.
Dates	17–25 July 1970
Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	36
Participation	534 athletes from ; 34 nations
Records set	1 WR, 2 GR
	← 1966 Kingston 1974 Christchurch → ; 1970 British Commonwealth Games

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

Men

Men's track and road events
Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Event	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
100 metres (wind: +3.6 m/s) details	Don Quarrie (JAM)	10.24w	Lennox Miller (JAM)	10.32w	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	10.33w
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s) details	Don Quarrie (JAM)	20.56	Edwin Roberts (TRI)	20.69	Charles Asati (KEN)	20.74
400 metres details	Charles Asati (KEN)	45.01	Ross Wilson (AUS)	45.61	Saimoni Tamani (FIJ)	45.82
800 metres details	Robert Ouko (KEN)	1:46.89	Ben Cayenne (TRI)	1:47.42	William Smart (CAN)	1:47.43
1500 metres details	Kip Keino (KEN)	3:36.68	Dick Quax (NZL)	3:38.19	Brendan Foster (ENG)	3:40.63
5000 metres details	Ian Stewart (SCO)	13:22.85	Ian McCafferty (SCO)	13:23.34	Kip Keino (KEN)	13:27.6
10,000 metres details	Lachie Stewart (SCO)	28:11.72	Ron Clarke (AUS)	28:13.45	Dick Taylor (ENG)	28:15.35
Marathon details	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) details	David Hemery (ENG)	13.66w	Mal Baird (AUS)	13.86w	Godfrey Murray (JAM)	14.02w
400 metres hurdles details	John Sherwood (ENG)	50.03	William Koskei (UGA)	50.15	Charles Kipkemboi Yego (KEN)	50.19
3000 metres steeplechase details	Tony Manning (AUS)	8:26.2	Ben Jipcho (KEN)	8:29.6	Amos Biwott (KEN)	8:30.8
4 × 100 metres relay details	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 details	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 details	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
Event	Athlete	Height / Distance	Athlete	Height / Distance	Athlete	Height / Distance
High jump details	Lawrie Peckham (AUS)	2.14 m	John Hawkins (CAN)	2.12 m	Sheikh Faye (GAM)	2.10 m
Pole vault details	Mike Bull (NIR)	5.10 m	Alan Kane (CAN)	4.90 m	Robert Raftis (CAN)	4.90 m
Long jump details	Lynn Davies (WAL)	8.06 m (w)	Phil May (AUS)	7.94 m (w)	Alan Lerwill (ENG)	7.94 m (w)
Triple jump details	Phil May (AUS)	16.72 m	Mick McGrath (AUS)	16.41 m	Mohinder Singh Gill (IND)	15.90 m
Shot put details	Dave Steen (CAN)	19.21 m	Jeff Teale (ENG)	18.43 m	Les Mills (NZL)	18.40 m
Discus throw details	George Puce (CAN)	59.02 m	Les Mills (NZL)	57.84 m	Bill Tancred (ENG)	56.68 m
Hammer throw details	Howard Payne (ENG)	67.80 m	Bruce Fraser (ENG)	62.90 m	Barry Williams (ENG)	61.58 m
Javelin throw details	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
Event	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points
Decathlon details	Geoff Smith (AUS)	7492	Peter Gabbett (ENG)	7469	Barry King (ENG)	7201

Women

Women's track events
Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Event	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
100 metres (wind: +5.3 m/s) details	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	11.26w	Alice Anum (GHA)	11.32w	Marion Hoffman (AUS)	11.36w
200 metres (wind: +4.0 m/s) details	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	22.75w	Alice Anum (GHA)	22.86w	Margaret Critchley (ENG)	23.16w
400 metres details	Marilyn Neufville (JAM)	51.02 WR	Sandra Brown (AUS)	53.66	Judith Ayaa (UGA)	53.77
800 metres details	Rosemary Stirling (SCO)	2:06.24	Pat Lowe (ENG)	2:06.27	Cheryl Peasley (AUS)	2:06.33
1500 metres details	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) details	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	13.27	Maureen Caird (AUS)	13.73	Christine Bell (ENG)	13.82
4 × 100 metres relay details	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
Event	Athlete	Height / Distance	Athlete	Height / Distance	Athlete	Height / Distance
High jump details	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.78 m	Ann Wilson (ENG)	1.70 m	Moira Walls (SCO)	1.70 m
Long jump details	Sheila Sherwood (ENG)	6.73 m	Ann Wilson (ENG)	6.50 m	Joan Hendry (CAN)	6.28 m
Shot put details	Mary Peters (NIR)	15.93 m	Barbara Poulsen (NZL)	15.87 m	Jean Roberts (AUS)	15.32 m
Discus throw details	Rosemary Payne (SCO)	54.46 m	Jean Roberts (AUS)	51.02 m	Carol Martin (CAN)	48.42 m
Javelin throw details	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
Event	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points
Pentathlon details	Mary Peters (NIR)	5148 GR	Ann Wilson (ENG)	5037	Jenny Meldrum (CAN)	4736

Medal table

* Host nation (Scotland)

Medal table, by nation
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	10	9	3	22
2	England (ENG)	7	11	12	30
3	Scotland (SCO)*	4	2	2	8
4	Kenya (KEN)	4	1	4	9
5	Jamaica (JAM)	4	1	1	6
6	Canada (CAN)	3	2	8	13
7	Northern Ireland (NIR)	3	0	0	3
8	Wales (WAL)	1	0	0	1
9	New Zealand (NZL)	0	3	1	4
9	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	3	1	4
11	Ghana (GHA)	0	3	0	3
12	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	1	2
13	Fiji (FIJ)	0	0	1	1
	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		36	36	36	108