British Commonwealth Games 1970

British Commonwealth Games 1970
venue	Edinburgh , Scotland
participating countries	42
Participating athletes	1383
Competitions	121 in 9 sports
Opening ceremony	July 16, 1970
Closing ceremony	July 25, 1970

The 1970 British Commonwealth Games were the ninth edition of the event now known as the Commonwealth Games . They took place from July 16-25, 1970 in the Scottish capital Edinburgh .

121 competitions in badminton , bowls , boxing , fencing , athletics , cycling , wrestling , shooting and swimming (including diving ) were held. 1383 athletes from 42 countries took part. The main competition site was Meadowbank Stadium . The swimming competitions took place in the then newly built Royal Commonwealth Pool .

For the first time, metric units were used instead of the previously customary imperial system , and for the first time a target photo was used for tight decisions .

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  Dominica  England  Fiji  Gambia  Ghana Gibraltar  Grenada guernsey  Guyana

Hong Kong  India  Isle of Man  Jamaica jersey  Canada  Kenya  Malawi  Malaysia  Malta  Mauritius  New Zealand  Nigeria  Northern Ireland

Pakistan  Papua New Guinea  Zambia  Scotland  Sierra Leone  Singapore  Ceylon  St. Lucia  St. Vincent and the Grenadines  Swaziland  Tanzania  Trinidad and Tobago  Uganda  Wales

sports

• badminton
• Bowls
• Boxing
• fencing
• Weightlifting
• athletics
• Cycling
• Wrestling
• swim
• Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia	36	24	22nd	82
2	England	27	25th	32	84
3	Canada	18th	24	24	66
4th	Scotland	6th	8th	11	25th
5	Kenya	5	3	6th	14th
6th	India	5	3	4th	12
7th	Pakistan	4th	3	2	9
8th	Jamaica	4th	2	1	7th
9	Uganda	3	3	1	7th
10	Northern Ireland	3	1	5	9
11	New Zealand	2	6th	6th	14th
12	Wales	2	6th	4th	12
13	Ghana	2	3	2	7th
14th	Nigeria	2	-	-	2
15th	Malaysia	1	1	1	3
16	Hong Kong	1	-	-	1
17th	Trinidad and Tobago	-	4th	3	7th
18th	Zambia	-	2	2	4th
19th	Singapore	-	1	1	2
20th	Barbados	-	1	-	1
	Tanzania	-	1	-	1
22nd	Fiji	-	-	1	1
	Gambia	-	-	1	1
	Guyana	-	-	1	1
	Isle of Man	-	-	1	1
	Malawi	-	-	1	1
	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Commonwealth Games Federation