Athletics at the 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.

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

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +3.6 m/s)	Don Quarrie (JAM)	10.24w	Lennox Miller (JAM)	10.32w	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	10.33w
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Don Quarrie (JAM)	20.56	Edwin Roberts (TRI)	20.69	Charles Asati (KEN)	20.74
400 metres	Charles Asati (KEN)	45.01	Ross Wilson (AUS)	45.61	Saimoni Tamani (FIJ)	45.82
800 metres	Robert Ouko (KEN)	1:46.89	Ben Cayenne (TRI)	1:47.42	William Smart (CAN)	1:47.43
1500 metres	Kip Keino (KEN)	3:36.68	Dick Quax (NZL)	3:38.19	Brendan Foster (ENG)	3:40.63
5000 metres	Ian Stewart (SCO)	13:22.85	Ian McCafferty (SCO)	13:23.34	Kip Keino (KEN)	13:27.6
10,000 metres	Lachie Stewart (SCO)	28:11.72	Ron Clarke (AUS)	28:13.45	Dick Taylor (ENG)	28:15.35
Marathon	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)	David Hemery (ENG)	13.66w	Mal Baird (AUS)	13.86w	Godfrey Murray (JAM)	14.02w
400 metres hurdles	John Sherwood (ENG)	50.03	William Koskei (UGA)	50.15	Charles Kipkemboi Yego (KEN)	50.19
3000 metres steeplechase	Tony Manning (AUS)	8:26.2	Ben Jipcho (KEN)	8:29.6	Amos Biwott (KEN)	8:30.8
4 × 100 metres relay	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	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	Noel Freeman (AUS)	2:33:33 GR	Bob Gardiner (AUS)	2:35:55	Bill Sutherland (SCO)	2:37:24
High jump	Lawrie Peckham (AUS)	2.14 m	John Hawkins (CAN)	2.12 m	Sheikh Faye (GAM)	2.10 m
Pole vault	Mike Bull (NIR)	5.10 m	Alan Kane (CAN)	4.90 m	Robert Raftis (CAN)	4.90 m
Long jump	Lynn Davies (WAL)	8.06 m (w)	Phil May (AUS)	7.94 m (w)	Alan Lerwill (ENG)	7.94 m (w)
Triple jump	Phil May (AUS)	16.72 m	Mick McGrath (AUS)	16.41 m	Mohinder Singh Gill (IND)	15.90 m
Shot put	Dave Steen (CAN)	19.21 m	Jeff Teale (ENG)	18.43 m	Les Mills (NZL)	18.40 m
Discus throw	George Puce (CAN)	59.02 m	Les Mills (NZL)	57.84 m	Bill Tancred (ENG)	56.68 m
Hammer throw	Howard Payne (ENG)	67.80 m	Bruce Fraser (ENG)	62.90 m	Barry Williams (ENG)	61.58 m
Javelin throw	Dave Travis (ENG)	79.50 m	John McSorley (ENG)	76.74 m	John FitzSimons (ENG)	73.20 m
Decathlon	Geoff Smith (AUS)	7492 pts	Peter Gabbett (ENG)	7469 pts	Barry King (ENG)	7201 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +5.3 m/s)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	11.26w	Alice Anum (GHA)	11.32w	Marion Hoffman (AUS)	11.36w
200 metres (wind: +4.0 m/s)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	22.75w	Alice Anum (GHA)	22.86w	Margaret Critchley (ENG)	23.16w
400 metres	Marilyn Neufville (JAM)	51.02 WR	Sandra Brown (AUS)	53.66	Judith Ayaa (UGA)	53.77
800 metres	Rosemary Stirling (SCO)	2:06.24	Pat Lowe (ENG)	2:06.27	Cheryl Peasley (AUS)	2:06.33
1500 metres	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)	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	13.27	Maureen Caird (AUS)	13.73	Christine Bell (ENG)	13.82
4 × 100 metres relay	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
High jump	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.78 m	Ann Wilson (ENG)	1.70 m	Moira Walls (SCO)	1.70 m
Long jump	Sheila Sherwood (ENG)	6.73 m	Ann Wilson (ENG)	6.50 m	Joan Hendry (CAN)	6.28 m
Shot put	Mary Peters (NIR)	15.93 m	Barbara Poulsen (NZL)	15.87 m	Jean Roberts (AUS)	15.32 m
Discus throw	Rosemary Payne (SCO)	54.46 m	Jean Roberts (AUS)	51.02 m	Carol Martin (CAN)	48.42 m
Javelin throw	Petra Rivers (AUS)	52.00 m	Anne Farquhar (ENG)	50.82 m	Jay Dahlgren (CAN)	49.54 m
Pentathlon	Mary Peters (NIR)	5148 pts GR	Ann Wilson (ENG)	5037 pts	Jenny Meldrum (CAN)	4736 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

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
	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

Participating nations

• Antigua and Barbuda (7)
• Australia (33)
• Bahamas (12)
• Bermuda (2)
• Canada (59)
• Ceylon (1)
• England (92)
• Fiji (1)
• Gambia (6)
• Ghana (12)
• Gibraltar (7)
• Grenada (2)
• Guernsey (5)
• Guyana (2)
• India (9)
• Isle of Man (4)
• Jamaica (22)
• Kenya (18)
• Malawi (7)
• Mauritius (7)
• New Zealand (20)
• Nigeria (21)
• Northern Ireland (19)
• Pakistan (9)
• Saint Lucia (1)
• Scotland (55)
• Sierra Leone (5)
• Singapore (4)
• Swaziland (5)
• Tanzania (8)
• Trinidad and Tobago (12)
• Uganda (15)
• Wales (41)
• Zambia (11)

References

• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.