1970 British Commonwealth Games

9th British Commonwealth Games

Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
Nations participating	42
Athletes participating	1,744 (inc. officials)
Events	121 events in 10 sports
Opening ceremony	16 July 1970
Closing ceremony	25 July 1970
Officially opened by	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Athlete's Oath	Crawford Fairbrother
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Jim Alder
Main venue	Meadowbank Stadium
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The 1970 British Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16 July to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first time metric units rather than imperial units were used in events, and also the first time the games were held in Scotland. Also, these games saw the first unique Games trademark logo: an emblem showing the Games emblem intertwined with a St Andrews Cross and a thistle. The bid election was held in Tokyo, Japan during the 1964 Summer Olympics. The vote result was Edinburgh: 18, Christchurch, New Zealand: 11.

Participating teams

File:Commonwealth games 1970 countries map.PNG

Countries that participated

42 teams were represented at the 1970 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Canada
• Ceylon
• Dominica
• England
• Fiji
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Grenada
• Guernsey
• Guyana
• Hong Kong
• India
• Isle of Man
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mauritius
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Northern Ireland
• Pakistan
• Papua and New Guinea
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Scotland
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• The Gambia
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uganda
• Wales
• Zambia

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	36	24	22	82
2	England	27	25	32	84
3	Canada	18	24	24	66
4	Scotland	6	8	11	25
5	Kenya	5	3	6	14
6	India	5	3	4	12
7	Pakistan	4	3	2	9
8	Jamaica	4	2	1	7
9	Uganda	3	3	1	7
10	Northern Ireland	3	1	5	9
11	New Zealand	2	6	6	14
12	Wales	2	6	4	12
13	Ghana	2	3	2	7
14	Nigeria	2	0	0	2
15	Malaysia	1	1	1	3
16	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
17	Trinidad and Tobago	0	4	3	7
18	Zambia	0	2	2	4
19	Singapore	0	1	1	2
20	Barbados	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania	0	1	0	1*
22	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Gambia	0	0	1	1*
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
	Malawi	0	0	1	1*
	Saint Vincent	0	0	1	1*
Total		121	121	133	375

• * = First medal in the British Commonwealth Games.

Medals by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Men	Jamie Paulson (CAN)	Paul Whetnall (ENG)	Ray Sharp (ENG)
Men's Doubles	Men	Ng Boon Bee & Punch Gunalan (MAS)	Ng Tat Wai & Tan Soon Hooi (MAS)	Yves Paré & Jamie Paulson (CAN)
Women's Singles	Women	Margaret Beck (ENG)	Gillian Perrin (ENG)	Margaret Boxall (ENG)
Women's Doubles	Women	Margaret Boxall & Sue Whetnall (ENG)	Gillian Perrin & Julie Rickard (ENG)	Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong (MAS)
Mixed Doubles	Mixed	Derek Talbot & Margaret Boxall (ENG)	Roger Mills & Gillian Perrin (ENG)	David Eddy & Sue Whetnall (ENG)

Bowls

Main article: Lawn Bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Boxing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Men	James Odwori (UGA)	Anthony Davies (WAL)	P.J. Butterfield (AUS)
				Michael Abrams (ENG)
Flyweight	Men	Dave Needham (ENG)	Leo Rwabwogo (UGA)	Alex McHugh (SCO)
				Davy Larmour (NIR)
Bantamweight	Men	Sulley Shittu (GHA)	Samuel Mbugua (KEN)	Stewart Ogilvie (SCO)
				Courtney Atherly (GUY)
Featherweight	Men	Philip Waruinge (KEN)	Deogratias Musoke (UGA)	Mir Samar (PAK)
				Alan Richardson (ENG)
Lightweight	Men	Abayomi Adeyemi (NGR)	John Gillan (SCO)	Tatu Ghionga (MAW)
				Moses Mbogwa (KEN)
Light Welterweight	Men	Mohamed Muruli (UGA)	Dai Davies (WAL)	Emmanuel Lawson (GHA)
				Paul Kayula (ZAM)
Welterweight	Men	Emma Ankudey (GHA)	John Olulu (KEN)	Tommy Joyce (SCO)
				Shivaji Bhonsle (IND)
Light Middleweight	Men	Tom Imrie (SCO)	Julius Luipa (ZAM)	Patrick Doherty (NIR)
				David Attan (KEN)
Middleweight	Men	John Conteh (ENG)	Titus Simba (TAN)	Robert Murphy (AUS)
				Samuel Kasongo (ZAM)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Fatai Ayinla (NGR)	Oliver Wright (JAM)	Victor Attivor (GHA)
				John Rafferty (SCO)
Heavyweight	Men	Benson Masanda (UGA)	John McKinty (NIR)	Jack Meda (CAN)
				Leslie Stevens (ENG)

Cycling

Track

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	Men	Harry Kent (NZL)	00:01:09	Leslie King (TRI)	00:01:10	Jocelyn Lovell (CAN)	00:01:11
Sprint	Men	John Nicholson (AUS)		Gordon Johnson (AUS)		Leslie King (TRI)
Individual Pursuit	Men	Ian Hallam (ENG)	00:05:01	Danny Clark (AUS)	00:05:05	Blair Stockwell (NZL)	walkover
10 Miles Scratch	Men	Jocelyn Lovell (CAN)	00:20:47	Brian Temple (SCO)	00:20:48	Vernon Stauble (TRI)	00:20:48
Tandem	Men	Gordon Johnson & Ron Jonker (AUS)	11.43	Jocelyn Lovell & Barry Harvey (CAN)		John Hatfield & John Beswick (WAL)

Road

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road Race	Men	Bruce Biddle (NZL)	04:38:06	Ray Bilney (AUS)	04:39:06	John Trevorrow (AUS)	04:40:03

Fencing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Men	Mike Breckin (ENG)	Barry Paul (ENG)	Graham Paul (ENG)
Foil - Team	Men	England (ENG)	Australia (AUS)	Canada (CAN)
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)	Lester Wong (CAN)	Peter Jacobs (ENG)
Épée - Team	Men	England (ENG)	Scotland (SCO)	Canada (CAN)
Sabre	Men	Sandy Leckie (SCO)	Rodney Craig (ENG)	Richard Cohen (ENG)
Sabre- Team	Men	England (ENG)	Scotland (SCO)	Australia (AUS)
Foil	Women	Janet Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG)	Marion Exelby (AUS)	Susan Youngs (SCO)
Foil - Team	Women	England (ENG)	Scotland (SCO)	Canada (CAN)

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michael Wenden (AUS)	53.06	Greg Rogers (AUS)	54.26	William Devenish (AUS)	54.28
200 m freestyle	Michael Wenden (AUS)	1:56.69	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	1:58.45	Greg Rogers (AUS)	1:58.63
400 m freestyle	Graham White (AUS)	4:08.48	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	4:08.77	Greg Brough (AUS)	4:12.16
1500 m freestyle	Graham Windeatt (AUS)	16:23.82	Max Travasci (AUS)	16:34.46	Mark Treffers (NZL)	16:44.69
100 m backstroke	Bill Kennedy (CAN)	1:01.65	Michael Richards (WAL)	1:01.69	Erik Fish (CAN)	1:02.02
200 m backstroke	Michael Richards (WAL)	00:02:15	Raymond Terrell (ENG)	00:02:15	Neil Rogers (AUS)	00:02:16
100 m breaststroke	William Mahony (CAN)	1:09.0	Peter Cross (CAN)	1:09.4	Paul Jarvie (AUS)	1:10.0
200 m breaststroke	William Mahony (CAN)	2:30.29	Paul Jarvie (AUS)	2:30.70	David Wilkie (SCO)	2:32.87
100 m butterfly	Byron MacDonald (CAN)	58.44	Tom Arusoo (CAN)	58.98	Ron Jacks (CAN)	59.01
200 m butterfly	Tom Arusoo (CAN)	2:08.97	Martyn Woodroffe (WAL)	2:09.14	James Findlay (AUS)	2:09.4
200 m individual medley	George Smith (CAN)	2:13.72	Ken Campbell (CAN)	2:16.57	Martyn Woodroffe (WAL)	2:16.64
400 m individual medley	George Smith (CAN)	4:48.87	Raymond Terrell (ENG)	4:49.85	James Findlay (AUS)	4:51.92
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden William Devenish	3:36.02	Canada (CAN) George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks	3:37.65	England (ENG) Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall Malcolm Windeatt Raymond Terrell	3:41.24
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden William Devenish	7:50.77	Canada (CAN) George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks	8:00.69	England (ENG) Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall John Mills Raymond Terrell	8:10.60
4×100 m medley relay	Canada (CAN) Byron MacDonald Robert Kasting William Mahony Bill Kennedy	4:01.10	Australia (AUS) James Findlay Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Paul Jarvie	4:04.55	Wales (WAL) Kevin Moran Martin Richards Martyn Woodroffe Nigel Johnson	4:08.05

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Angela Coughlan (CAN)	1:01.22	Lynne Watson (AUS)	1:01.45	Jenny Watts (AUS)	1:01.80
200 m freestyle	Karen Moras (AUS)	2:09.78	Angela Coughlan (CAN)	2:10.83	Alex Jackson (IOM)	2:13.52
400 m freestyle	Karen Moras (AUS)	4:27.38	Denise Langford (AUS)	4:31.42	Robyn Risson (AUS)	4:39.75
800 m freestyle	Karen Moras (AUS)	9:02.45	Helen Gray (AUS)	9:27.48	Robyn Risson (AUS)	9:37.89
100 m backstroke	Lynne Watson (AUS)	1:07.10	Debra Cain (AUS)	1:07.73	Donna Gurr (CAN)	1:08.87
200 m backstroke	Lynne Watson (AUS)	2:22.86	Donna Gurr (CAN)	2:24.33	Debra Cain (AUS)	2:26.02
100 m breaststroke	Beverley Whitfield (AUS)	1:17.40	Dorothy Harrison (ENG)	1:17.60	Chris Jarvis (ENG)	1:19.83
200 m breaststroke	Beverley Whitfield (AUS)	2:44.12	Dorothy Harrison (ENG)	2:46.18	Amanda Radnage (ENG)	2:50.11
100 m butterfly	Diane Lansley (ENG)	1:07.90	Susan Smith (CAN)	1:08.18	Allyson Mabb (AUS)	1:08.67
200 m butterfly	Maree Robinson (AUS)	2:24.67	Jane Comerford (AUS)	2:24.95	Allyson Mabb (AUS)	2:31.09
200 m individual medley	Denise Langford (AUS)	2:28.89	Shelagh Ratcliffe (ENG)	2:29.65	Diana Rickard (AUS)	2:30.80
400 m individual medley	Denise Langford (AUS)	5:10.74	Gail Neall (AUS)	5:15.82	Shelagh Ratcliffe (ENG)	5:17.89
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Debra Cain Denise Langford Jennifer Watts Lynne Watson	4:06.41	Canada (CAN) Angela Coughlan Karen James Linda Hall Susan Smith	4:12.16	England (ENG) Diane Sutherland Kathryn Smith Lesley Allardice Sally Pickering	4:14.90
4×100 m medley relay	Australia (AUS) Allyson Mabb Beverley Whitfield Denise Langford Lynne Watson	4:30.66	England (ENG) Diane Lansley Dorothy Harrison Kathryn Smith Sylvia Platt	4:38.94	Canada (CAN) Angela Coughlan Donna-Marie Gurr Susan Smith Sylvia Dockerhill	4:39.65

Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	557.73	Ken Sully (CAN)	497.37	Ronald Friesen (CAN)	495.9
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	485.73	Philip Drew (ENG)	429.24	Andy Gill (ENG)	421.47
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Beverley Boys (CAN)	432.87	Elizabeth Carruthers (CAN)	391.2	Gaye Morley (AUS)	389.04
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Beverley Boys (CAN)	352.95	Nancy Robertson (CAN)	350.49	Shelagh Burrow (ENG)	330.63

Weightlifting

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight - Overall	Men	George Vasiliades (AUS)	290	Abdul Ghafoor (PAK)	287.5	John McNiven (SCO)	265
Bantamweight - Overall	Men	Precious McKenzie (ENG)	335	Tony Phillips (BAR)	317.5	Tung Chye Hong (SIN)	302.5
Featherweight - Overall	Men	George Perrin (ENG)	342.5	Chua Phung Kim (SIN)	340	Alexander Navis (IND)	335
Lightweight - Overall	Men	George Newton (ENG)	372.5	Ieuan Owen (WAL)	355	Bruce Cameron (NZL)	335
Middleweight - Overall	Men	Russell Perry (AUS)	412.5	Tony Ebert (NZL)	402.5	Pierre St. Jean (CAN)	400
Light Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Nicolo Ciancio (AUS)	447.5	John Bolton (NZL)	445	Peter Arthur (WAL)	427.5
Middle Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Louis Martin (ENG)	457.5	Robert Santavy (CAN)	425	George Manners (VIN)	410
Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Russ Prior (CAN)	490	Dave Hancock (ENG)	470	Price Morris (CAN)	470
Super Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Ray Rigby (AUS)	500	Terry Perdue (WAL)	500	Grant Anderson (SCO)	432.5

Wrestling

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Men	Ved Prakash (IND)	Ken Shand (CAN)	Masih Sadiq (PAK)
				Don Urquhart (SCO)
Flyweight	Men	Sudesh Kumar (IND)	Muhammad Nazir (PAK)	David Stitt (CAN)
Bantamweight	Men	Muhammad Sardar (PAK)	Herbert Singerman (CAN)	Terence Robinson (ENG)
Featherweight	Men	Muhammad Saeed (PAK)	Patrick Bolger (CAN)	Randhawa Singh (IND)
Lightweight	Men	Udey Chand (IND)	Muhammad Yaqub (PAK)	Ole Sorensen (CAN)
Welterweight	Men	Mukhtiar Singh (IND)	Alfred Wurr (CAN)	Gordon Mackay (NZL)
Middleweight	Men	Harish Rajindra (IND)	Nick Schori (CAN)	David Aspin (NZL)
				Ron Grinstead (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Muhammad Faiz (PAK)	Sajjan Singh (IND)	Claude Pilon (CAN)
Heavyweight	Men	Edward Millard (CAN)	Bishwanath Singh (IND)	Muhammad Riaz (PAK)
Super Heavyweight	Men	Ikram Ilahi (PAK)	Maruti Mane (IND)	Denis McNamara (ENG)

External links

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• A Brief History - from the Delhi 2010 site
• 1970 British Commonwealth Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website

Preceded by Kingston

British Commonwealth Games Edinburgh IX British Commonwealth Games

Succeeded by Christchurch