1970 British Commonwealth Games

The 1970 British Commonwealth Games 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 event was held in Scotland. Also, the event saw the first unique Games trademark logo: an emblem showing the Games emblem intertwined with a St Andrews Cross and a thistle. The event was followed by the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes.

IX British Commonwealth Games

Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
Nations	42
Athletes	1,744 (inc. officials)
Events	121 events in 10 sports
Opening	16 July 1970
Closing	25 July 1970
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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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).

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

Medals won by country

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
	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 entries)		121	121	133	375

Medals by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Medal winners

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

Medal winners by weight division

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

Track cycling medal winners, men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
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

Road cycling medal winners, men

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

Fencing

Fencing results by event

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 Konrad Widmaier 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) George Sandor Ian Hunter Derek Russell	Canada (CAN) Konrad Widmaier 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) A.H. Mitchell Alexander Leckie Gordon Wiles	Australia (AUS) Gabor Arato Gregory Benko Laszlo Tornallyay
Foil, Women	Janet Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG)	Marion Exelby (AUS)	Susan Youngs (SCO)
Foil – Team, Women	England (ENG) Clare Henley Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Sue Green	Scotland (SCO) B.H. Williams Judith Bain Susan Youngs	Canada (CAN) Fleurette Campeau Kay Aoyama Pacita Weidel

Swimming

Men's events

Men's swimming events: medallists and times by event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
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 Tavasci (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)	2:14.53	Raymond Terrell (ENG)	2:15.48	Neil Rogers (AUS)	2:15.63
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

Women's swimming events: medallists and times by event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
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) Diana 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

Main article: Diving at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting

Medal winners in men's weightlifting by weight division

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Weight	Athlete	Weight	Athlete	Weight
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

Men's wrestling, medal winners by weight division

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)