Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 17 and 18 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Lawrie Peckham
  Australia
John Hawkins
  Canada
Sheikh Faye
  Gambia

Results edit

Qualification edit

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
13 Crawford Fairbrother   Scotland 1.93
13 Phil Taylor   England 1.93
15 Cosmos Julien   Mauritius 1.83
15 Raymond Anthony   Grenada 1.83
Granville Buckley   Antigua and Barbuda DNS
L. Turnquest   Bahamas DNS

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Lawrie Peckham   Australia 2.14
  John Hawkins   Canada 2.12
  Sheikh Faye   Gambia 2.10
4 Bhim Singh   India 2.06
5 Rick Cuttell   Canada 2.06
6 Anthony Holbrook-Smith   Ghana 2.06
7 David Wilson   Scotland 2.04
8 Mike Campbell   England 2.01
9 Nor Azhar Abdul Hamid   Singapore 1.98
10 Leon Hall   England 1.96
11 Samuel Igun   Nigeria 1.96
12 Henry Jackson   Jamaica 1.88

References edit

  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.