British Commonwealth Games 1970 / Athletics

At the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 , a total of 36 athletics competitions were held between 17 and 25 July, 23 of them for men and 13 for women. The venue was the Meadowbank Stadium .

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Donald Quarrie	JAM	10.24
2	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.32
3	Hasely Crawford	TRI	10.33
4th	Gary Eddy	OUT	10.34
5	George Daniels	GHA	10.38
6th	Rocky Symonds	BER	10.42
7th	Errol Stewart	JAM	10.50
8th	Les Piggot	SCO	10.55

Final: July 18th

Wind: 3.6 m / s

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Donald Quarrie	JAM	20.56
2	Edwin Roberts	TRI	20.69
3	Charles Asati	KEN	20.74
4th	Martin Reynolds	CLOSELY	20.83
5	Peter Norman	OUT	20.86
6th	George Daniels	GHA	20.97
7th	Gary Eddy	OUT	21.01
8th	Julius Sang	KEN	21.09

Finale: July 22nd

Wind: 1.7 m / s

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Charles Asati	KEN	45.01
2	Ross Wilson	OUT	45.61
3	Saimoni Tamani	FIJ	45.82
4th	Claver Kamanya	TAN	45.84
5	Kent Bernard	TRI	46.06
6th	Edwin Roberts	TRI	46.13
7th	Clifton Forbes	JAM	46.19
8th	Julius Sang	KEN	46.42

Finale: July 23

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Robert Ouko	KEN	1: 46.89
2	Benedict Cayenne	TRI	1: 47.42
3	Bill Smart	CAN	1: 47.43
4th	Chris Fisher	OUT	1: 47.78
5	John Davies	CLOSELY	1: 47.79
6th	Ralph Doubell	OUT	1: 47.86
7th	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	CLOSELY	1: 48.14
8th	Colin Campbell	CLOSELY	1: 48.29

Finale: July 25th

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	3: 36.68
2	Dick Quax	NZL	3: 38.19
3	Brendan Foster	CLOSELY	3: 40.63
4th	Peter Stewart	SCO	3: 40.64
5	John Whetton	CLOSELY	3: 41.28
6th	Ian McCafferty	SCO	3: 42.21
7th	Phil Thomas	WHALE	3: 42.64
8th	Chris Fisher	OUT	3: 43.69

Finale: July 22nd

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ian Stewart	SCO	13: 22.85
2	Ian McCafferty	SCO	13: 23.34
3	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	13: 27.6
4th	Allan Rushmer	CLOSELY	13: 29.8
5	Ron Clarke	OUT	13: 32.4
6th	Dick Taylor	CLOSELY	13: 33.8
7th	Dick Quax	NZL	13: 43.4
8th	John Ngeno	KEN	13: 44.6

Finale: July 25th

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lachie Stewart	SCO	28: 11.72
2	Ron Clarke	OUT	28: 13.45
3	Dick Taylor	CLOSELY	28: 15.35
4th	Roger Matthews	CLOSELY	28: 21.49
5	John Caine	CLOSELY	28: 27.61
6th	John Ngeno	KEN	28: 31.41
7th	Philip Ndoo	KEN	28: 42.82
8th	Kerry O'Brien	OUT	28: 43.50

July 18th

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ron Hill	CLOSELY	2:09:28
2	Jim Alder	SCO	2:12:04
3	Don Faircloth	CLOSELY	2:12:19
4th	Jack Foster	NZL	2:14:44
5	John Stephen Akhwari	TAN	2:15:05
6th	Bill Adcocks	CLOSELY	2:15:10
7th	Fergus Murray	SCO	2:15:32
8th	Donald Macgregor	SCO	2:16:53

July 23

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	David Hemery	CLOSELY	13.66
2	Mal Baird	OUT	13.86
3	Godfrey Murray	JAM	14.02
4th	George Neeland	CAN	14.27
5	Brian Donnelly	CAN	14.28
6th	Richard McDonald	CAN	14.41
7th	Kwaku Ohene-Frempong	GHA	14.77
	Alan Pascoe	CLOSELY	DNF

Final: July 18th

Wind: 2.9 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	John Sherwood	CLOSELY	50.03
2	William Koskei	UGA	50.15
3	Charles Kipkemboi Yego	KEN	50.19
4th	John Akii-Bua	UGA	51.14
5	Dave Schärer	CLOSELY	51.17
6th	Bill Gairdner	CAN	51.60
7th	Kingsley Agbabokha	NGR	51.67
8th	Gary Knoke	OUT	52.13

Finale: July 21

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tony Manning	OUT	8: 26.2
2	Ben Jipcho	KEN	8: 29.6
3	Amos Biwott	KEN	8: 30.8
4th	Gareth Bryan-Jones	SCO	8: 33.8
5	Andy Holden	CLOSELY	8: 34.6
6th	Benjamin Kogo	KEN	8: 36.2
7th	Bernie Hayward	WHALE	8: 39.8
8th	Gerry Stevens	CLOSELY	8: 49.4

Finale: July 23

Go 20 miles

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Noel Freeman	OUT	2:33:33
2	Bob Gardiner	OUT	2:35:55
3	Bill Sutherland	SCO	2:37:24
4th	Bob Dobson	CLOSELY	2:39:55
5	Ron Wallwork	CLOSELY	2:40:10
6th	Len Duquemin	GUE	2:42:48
7th	Shaun Lightman	CLOSELY	2:44:50
8th	Felix Cappella	CAN	2:45:16

July 18th

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Jamaica	Errol Stewart Lennox Miller Carl Lawson Donald Quarrie	39.46
2	Ghana	Mike Ahey James Addy Edward Owusu George Daniels	39.82
3	England	Ian Green Martin Reynolds Dave Dear Brian Green	40.05
4th	Scotland	Ian Turnbull Les Piggot Stuart Bell Don Halliday	40.09
5	Wales	Terry Davies Lynn Davies John Williams Howard Davies	40.23
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Wendell Mottley Carl Archer Hasely Crawford Edwin Roberts	40.37
7th	Nigeria	Timon Oyebami Robert Ojo Benedict Majekodunmi Kola Abdulai	40.98
8th	Northern Ireland	Mike Bull Gerry Carson Joe Chivers John Kilpatrick	41.12

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Kenya	Munyoro Nyamau Julius Sang Robert Ouko Charles Asati	3: 03.63
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Melvin Wong Shing Benedict Cayenne Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts	3: 05.49
3	England	Martin Bilham Len Walters Mike Hauck John Sherwood	3: 05.53
4th	Canada	Ian Gordon Larry Barton Doug Chapman Tony Powell	3: 06.43
5	Jamaica	Leighton Priestley Mahoney Samuels Byron Dyce Clifton Forbes	3: 06.44
6th	Scotland	Andrew Wood Dave Walker Mike Maclean Ricky Taylor	3: 09.09
7th	Nigeria	Mamman Makama Gladstone Agbamu Anthony Egwunyenga Musa Dogon Yaro	3: 09.76
8th	Malawi	Peter Ndovi Peter Njera Francisco Mvula Richard Nandolo	3: 20.60

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Lawrie Peckham	OUT	2.14
2	John Hawkins	CAN	2.12
3	Sheikh Tidiane Faye	GAM	2.10
4th	Bhim Singh	IND	2.06
5	Rick Cuttell	CAN	2.06
6th	Anthony Holbrook-Smith	GHA	2.06
7th	David Wilson	SCO	2.04
8th	Mike Campbell	CLOSELY	2.01

Final: July 18th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Mike Bull	NIR	5.10
2	Alan Kane	CAN	4.90
3	Bob Raftis	CAN	4.90
4th	Ray Boyd	OUT	4.85
5	Bruce Simpson	CAN	4.60
6th	Gordon Rule	SCO	4.50
7th	Stuart Tufton	CLOSELY	4.50
8th	Dave Lease	WHALE	4.50

July 23

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lynn Davies	WHALE	8.06 w
2	Phil May	OUT	7.94
3	Alan Lerwill	CLOSELY	7.94 w
4th	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.78 w
5	Dave Norris	NZL	7.64
6th	Dave Walker	SCO	7.51 w
7th	Geoff Hignett	CLOSELY	7.49 w
8th	Hamish Robertson	SCO	7.37 w

Finale: July 22nd

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Phil May	OUT	16.72
2	Mick McGrath	OUT	16.41
3	Mohinder Singh Gill	IND	15.90
4th	Abraham Munabi	UGA	15.87 w
5	Johnson Amoah	GHA	15.73
6th	Labh Singh	IND	15.70
7th	Samuel Igun	NGR	15.67
8th	Patrick Onyango	KEN	15.61

Finale: July 25th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dave Steen	CAN	19.21
2	Jeff Teale	CLOSELY	18.43
3	Les Mills	NZL	18.40
4th	Geoff Capes	CLOSELY	17.06
5	Brian Caulfield	CAN	16.83
6th	Mike Lindsay	SCO	16.77
7th	Martyn Lucking	CLOSELY	16.71
8th	John Walters	WHALE	16.05

July 25th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	George Puce	CAN	59.02
2	Les Mills	NZL	57.84
3	Bill Tancred	CLOSELY	56.68
4th	Arthur McKenzie	CLOSELY	55.34
5	Dozens of Strauts	CAN	55.20
6th	Robin Tait	NZL	53.82
7th	Joe Antunovich	NZL	53.50
8th	Mike Cushion	CLOSELY	51.34

22nd of July

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Howard Payne	CLOSELY	67.80
2	Bruce Fraser	CLOSELY	62.90
3	Barry Williams	CLOSELY	61.58
4th	Lawrie Bryce	SCO	61.42
5	Praveen Kumar	IND	60.34
6th	Warwick Nicholl	NZL	60.02
7th	Gary Salmond	CAN	59.94
8th	Mike Cairns	CAN	59.34

July 18th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dave Travis	CLOSELY	79.50
2	John McSorley	CLOSELY	76.74
3	John FitzSimons	CLOSELY	73.20
4th	Sig Koscik	OUT	73.12
5	Wilfred Mwalawanda	MAW	71.72
6th	David Birkmyre	SCO	70.38
7th	Ken Holmes	WHALE	68.62
8th	Bill Heikkila	CAN	66.60

July 23

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Geoff Smith	OUT	7492
2	Peter Gabbett	CLOSELY	7469
3	Barry King	CLOSELY	7201
4th	Jim Smith	CLOSELY	7033
5	Steve Spencer	CAN	6863
6th	Gordon Stewart	CAN	6863
7th	Roger Main	NZL	6548
8th	Ian Grant	SCO	6048

22nd of July

Women

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Raelene Boyle	OUT	11.26
2	Alice Annum	GHA	11.32
3	Marion Hoffman	OUT	11.36
4th	Val Peat	CLOSELY	11.38
5	Helen Golden	SCO	11.52
6th	Anita Neil	CLOSELY	11.54
7th	Stephanie Berto	CAN	11.63
8th	Liz Sutherland	SCO	11.72

Final: July 18th

Wind: 5.3 m / s

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Raelene Boyle	OUT	22.75
2	Alice Annum	GHA	22.86
3	Margaret Critchley	CLOSELY	23.16
4th	Helen Golden	SCO	23.42
5	Maureen Tranter	CLOSELY	23.52
6th	Jennifer Lamy	OUT	23.62
7th	Marion Hoffman	OUT	23.79
8th	Penny Hunt	NZL	23.84

Finale: July 22nd

Wind: 4.0 m / s

400 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marilyn Neufville	JAM	51.02
2	Sandra Brown	OUT	53.66
3	Judith Ayaa	UGA	53.77
4th	Jannette Champion	CLOSELY	54.27
5	Barbara Lyall	SCO	54.78
6th	Avril Bowring	CLOSELY	54.79
7th	Avril Beattie	SCO	54.81
8th	Maeve Kyle	NIR	55.78

Finale: July 23

800 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rosemary Stirling	SCO	2: 06.24
2	Pat Lowe	CLOSELY	2: 06.27
3	Cheryl Peasley	OUT	2: 06.33
4th	Gloria Dourass	WHALE	2: 08.64
5	Sylvia Potts	NZL	2: 09.76
6th	Penny Werthner	CAN	2: 10.01
7th	Georgena Craig	SCO	2: 16.14
8th	Sheila Carey	CLOSELY	2: 18.57

Finale: July 25th

1500 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rita Ridley	CLOSELY	4: 18.8
2	Joan Page	CLOSELY	4: 19.0
3	Thelma Fynn	CAN	4: 19.1
4th	Val Robinson	NZL	4: 21.0
5	Penny Werthner	CAN	4: 21.3
6th	Norine Braithwaite	CLOSELY	4: 22.2
7th	Margaret MacSherry	SCO	4: 23.6
8th	Christine Haskett	SCO	4: 23.8

July 23

Two meters from the finish, the leading New Zealander Sylvia Potts fell from exhaustion and fell back to ninth place.

100 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pam Kilborn	OUT	13.27
2	Maureen Caird	OUT	13.73
3	Christine Bell	CLOSELY	13.82
4th	Penny McCallum	OUT	13.82
5	Mary Peters	NIR	13.88
6th	Sue Scott	CLOSELY	14.05
7th	Carmen Smith-Brown	JAM	14.44
8th	Liz Damman	CAN	14.78

Final:

Wind: -0.3 m / s

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Australia	Pam Kilborn Jennifer Lamy Marion Hoffman Raelene Boyle	44.14
2	England	Anita Neil Margaret Critchley Madeleine Cobb Val Peat	44.28
3	Canada	Joan Hendry Joyce Sadowick Patty Loverock Stephanie Berto	44.68
4th	Scotland	Patricia Pennycook Liz Sutherland Anne Wilson Helen Golden	45.46
5	Jamaica	Adlin Mair-Clarke Carmen Smith-Brown Yvonne Saunders Marilyn Neufville	45.56
6th	Wales	Michele Smith Pat Shiels Ruth Martin-Jones Hilary Davies	46.56
7th	Northern Ireland	Adrienne Lynch Noleen McGarvey Maeve Kyle Linda Teskey	46.76
8th	Nigeria	Jumoke Bodunrin Emilia Edet Modupe Oshikoya Evelyn Urhobo	47.07

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.78
2	Ann Wilson	CLOSELY	1.70
3	Moira Walls	SCO	1.70
4th	Audrey Reid	JAM	1.67
5	Debbie Van Kiekebelt	CAN	1.67
6th	Dorothy Shirley	CLOSELY	1.62
	Modupe Oshikoya	NGR	1.62
	Janet Oldall	CLOSELY	1.62

July 25th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sheila Sherwood	CLOSELY	6.73
2	Ann Wilson	CLOSELY	6.50
3	Joan Hendry	CAN	6.28
4th	Alix Stevenson	SCO	6.23
5	Moira Walls	SCO	6.20
6th	Brenda Eisler	CAN	6.11
7th	Barbara-Anne Barrett	CLOSELY	6.11
8th	Jinty Jamieson	SCO	6.02

July 23

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mary Peters	NIR	15.93
2	Barbara Poulsen	NZL	15.87
3	Jean Roberts	OUT	15.32
4th	Anna Karner	OUT	14.52
5	Brenda Bedford	CLOSELY	14.15
6th	Diane Charteris	NZL	13.59
7th	Joan Pavelich	CAN	13.57
8th	Marlene Kurt	CAN	13.55

July 23

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Rosemary Payne	SCO	54.46
2	Jean Roberts	OUT	51.02
3	Carol Martin	CAN	48.42
4th	Anna Karner	OUT	48.16
5	Joan Pavelich	CAN	48.12
6th	Brenda Bedford	CLOSELY	46.12
7th	Sally Flynn	NZL	45.86
8th	Diane Charteris	NZL	44.12

July 18th

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Petra Rivers	OUT	52.00
2	Anne Farquhar	CLOSELY	50.82
3	Jay Dahlgren	CAN	49.54
4th	Angela King	CLOSELY	48.00
5	Averil Williams	WHALE	47.70
6th	Carol Martin	CAN	44.86
7th	Constance Rwabiryagye	UGA	42.02
8th	Sally Flynn	NZL	39.94

July 25th

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Mary Peters	NIR	5148
2	Ann Wilson	CLOSELY	5037
3	Jenny Meldrum	CAN	4736
4th	Moira Walls	SCO	4704
5	Sue Scott	CLOSELY	4681
6th	Ruth Martin-Jones	WHALE	4497
7th	Shirley Clelland	CLOSELY	4458
8th	Yvonne Saunders	JAM	4441

22nd of July

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• IX Commonwealth Game, Edinburgh 1970 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• IX Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics