1970 British Commonwealth Games

IX 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
Closing ceremony	25 July
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 (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 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 all 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. They were followed by the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes.

Host selection[]

In August 1966, the bid vote was held in Jamaica. Edinburgh, Scotland with 18 votes beat Christchurch, New Zealand with 11.^[1]

1970 British Commonwealth Games bidding results
City	Country	Votes
Edinburgh	Scotland	18
Christchurch	New Zealand	11

Participating teams[]

Countries that participated

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

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories
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

History[]

In December of the following year, an appeal fund was launched, aiming to raise £200,000 towards the cost of running the games.^[2]

Medals by country[]

* Host nation (Scotland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	36	24	22	82
2	England (ENG)	27	25	32	84
3	Canada (CAN)	18	24	24	66
4	Scotland (SCO)*	6	8	11	25
5	Kenya (KEN)	5	3	6	14
6	India (IND)	5	3	4	12
7	Pakistan (PAK)	4	3	2	9
8	Jamaica (JAM)	4	2	1	7
9	Uganda (UGA)	3	3	1	7
10	Northern Ireland (NIR)	3	1	5	9
11	New Zealand (NZL)	2	6	6	14
12	Wales (WAL)	2	6	4	12
13	Ghana (GHA)	2	3	2	7
14	Nigeria (NGR)	2	0	0	2
15	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	1	3
16	British Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
17	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	4	3	7
18	Zambia (ZAM)	0	2	2	4
19	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
20	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	0	1
20	Tanzania (TAN)	0	1	0	1
22	Fiji (FIJ)	0	0	1	1
	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man (IOM)	0	0	1	1
	Malawi (MAW)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 nations)		121	121	133	375

Medals by event[]

Athletics[]

Badminton[]

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 & (MAS)	& 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 & (MAS)
Mixed Doubles	Mixed	Derek Talbot & Margaret Boxall (ENG)	Roger Mills & Gillian Perrin (ENG)	David Eddy & Sue Whetnall (ENG)

Bowls[]

Boxing[]

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Men	James Odwori (UGA)	(WAL)	(AUS)
				Michael Abrams (ENG)
Flyweight	Men	Dave Needham (ENG)	Leo Rwabwogo (UGA)	(SCO)
				Davy Larmour (NIR)
Bantamweight	Men	Sulley Shittu (GHA)	Samuel Mbugua (KEN)	(SCO)
				Courtney Atherly (GUY)
Featherweight	Men	Philip Waruinge (KEN)	Deogratias Musoke (UGA)	(PAK)
				Alan Richardson (ENG)
Lightweight	Men	Abayomi Adeyemi (NGR)	(SCO)	(MAW)
				(KEN)
Light Welterweight	Men	Mohamed Muruli (UGA)	(WAL)	Emmanuel Lawson (GHA)
				(ZAM)
Welterweight	Men	Emma Ankudey (GHA)	John Olulu (KEN)	(SCO)
				(IND)
Light Middleweight	Men	(SCO)	Julius Luipa (ZAM)	(NIR)
				David Attan (KEN)
Middleweight	Men	John Conteh (ENG)	Titus Simba (TAN)	(AUS)
				(ZAM)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Fatai Ayinla (NGR)	Oliver Wright (JAM)	(GHA)
				(SCO)
Heavyweight	Men	Benson Masanda (UGA)	(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	(SCO)	00:20:48	Vernon Stauble (TRI)	00:20:48
Tandem	Men	Gordon Johnson & (AUS)	11.43	Jocelyn Lovell & (CAN)		& (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) Barry Paul Graham Paul Mike Breckin	Australia (AUS) Ernest Simon Gregory Benko Bill Ronald	Canada (CAN) Gerry Wiedel Magdy Conyd
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)	Lester Wong (CAN)	Peter Jacobs (ENG)
Épée – Team	Men	England (ENG) Bill Hoskyns Peter Jacobs Ralph Johnson	Scotland (SCO)	Canada (CAN) Lester Wong Peter Bakonyi
Sabre	Men	Alexander Leckie (SCO)	Rodney Craig (ENG)	Richard Cohen (ENG)
Sabre- Team	Men	England (ENG) David Acfield Rodney Craig Richard Cohen	Scotland (SCO) Alexander Leckie	Australia (AUS) Gregory Benko Laszlo Tornallyay
Foil	Women	Janet Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG)	Marion Exelby (AUS)	(SCO)
Foil – Team	Women	England (ENG) Clare Henley Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Sue Green	Scotland (SCO) Judith Bain	Canada (CAN) Fleurette Campeau Pacita Weidel

Swimming[]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michael Wenden (AUS)	53.06	Greg Rogers (AUS)	54.26	(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	(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	(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	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	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) 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	(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	(AUS)	1:08.67
200 m butterfly	(AUS)	2:24.67	(AUS)	2:24.95	(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 Lynne Watson	4:06.41	Canada (CAN) Angela Coughlan Karen James 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) 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[]

Weightlifting[]

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight – Overall	Men	(AUS)	290	(PAK)	287.5	John McNiven (SCO)	265
Bantamweight – Overall	Men	Precious McKenzie (ENG)	335	(BAR)	317.5	Tung Chye Hong (SIN)	302.5
Featherweight – Overall	Men	(ENG)	342.5	Chua Phung Kim (SIN)	340	(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	(IND)	(CAN)	(PAK)
Light Flyweight	Men	(IND)	(CAN)	(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	(PAK)	Patrick Bolger (CAN)	(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	(IND)	(CAN)	David Aspin (NZL)
Middleweight	Men	(IND)	(CAN)	Ron Grinstead (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Muhammad Faiz (PAK)	Sajjan Singh (IND)	(CAN)
Heavyweight	Men	Edward Millard (CAN)	Bishwanath Singh (IND)	Muhammad Riaz (PAK)
Super Heavyweight	Men	(PAK)	Maruti Mane (IND)	Denis McNamara (ENG)

References[]

^ "Edinburgh Get 1970 Games". Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
^ "S.R.U. gift of £1,000 to Games fund". Glasgow Herald. 9 December 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

External links[]

Commonwealth Games Official Site
footage of the Opening Ceremony from Scotland on Screen archive
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

[1] "Edinburgh Get 1970 Games". Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

[2] "S.R.U. gift of £1,000 to Games fund". Glasgow Herald. 9 December 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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