British Commonwealth Games 1970
British Commonwealth Games 1970 | |
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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
sports
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 |
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36 | 24 | 22nd | 82 |
2 |
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27 | 25th | 32 | 84 |
3 |
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18th | 24 | 24 | 66 |
4th |
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6th | 8th | 11 | 25th |
5 |
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5 | 3 | 6th | 14th |
6th |
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5 | 3 | 4th | 12 |
7th |
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4th | 3 | 2 | 9 |
8th |
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4th | 2 | 1 | 7th |
9 |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7th |
10 |
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3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
11 |
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2 | 6th | 6th | 14th |
12 |
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2 | 6th | 4th | 12 |
13 |
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2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
14th |
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2 | - | - | 2 |
15th |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
16 |
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1 | - | - | 1 |
17th |
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- | 4th | 3 | 7th |
18th |
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- | 2 | 2 | 4th |
19th |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
20th |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
22nd |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |