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.

Host selection

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

1970 British Commonwealth Games bidding results

City	Country	Votes
Edinburgh	File:Flag of Scotland (navy blue).svg Scotland	18
Christchurch	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 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).

• File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Canada
• Ceylon
• Dominica
• England
• File:Flag of Fiji (1924–1970).svg Fiji
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Grenada: first appearance
• Guernsey: first appearance
• Guyana
• File:Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997).svg Hong Kong
• India
• Isle of Man
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Kenya
• Malawi: first appearance
• Malaysia
• Malta
• File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
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• Nigeria
• Northern Ireland
• Pakistan
• Template:Flagicon Papua and New Guinea
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Scotland (host)
• File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Template:Country data 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.

Medals by event

Badminton

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Men's Doubles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Women's Singles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Women's Doubles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Mixed Doubles	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

Boxing

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Flyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Bantamweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Featherweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Lightweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Light Welterweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Welterweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Light Middleweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Middleweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Light Heavyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Heavyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete

Cycling

Track

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
Time trial, Men	Template:Flagathlete	00:01:09	Template:Flagathlete	00:01:10	Template:Flagathlete	00:01:11
Sprint, Men	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
Individual pursuit, Men	Template:Flagathlete	00:05:01	Template:Flagathlete	00:05:05	Template:Flagathlete	walkover
10 miles scratch, Men	Template:Flagathlete	00:20:47	Template:Flagathlete	00:20:48	Template:Flagathlete	00:20:48
Tandem, Men	Template:Flagathlete	11.43	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete

Road

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
Road race, Men	Template:Flagathlete	04:38:06	Template:Flagathlete	04:39:06	Template:Flagathlete	04:40:03

Fencing

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Foil – Team, Men	Template:Flagathlete Barry Paul Graham Paul Mike Breckin	Template:Flagathlete Ernest Simon Gregory Benko Bill Ronald	Template:Flagathlete Gerry Wiedel Konrad Widmaier Magdy Conyd
Épée, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Épée – Team, Men	Template:Flagathlete Bill Hoskyns Peter Jacobs Ralph Johnson	Template:Flagathlete George Sandor Ian Hunter Derek Russell	Template:Flagathlete Konrad Widmaier Lester Wong Peter Bakonyi
Sabre, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Sabre- Team, Men	Template:Flagathlete David Acfield Rodney Craig Richard Cohen	Template:Flagathlete A.H. Mitchell Alexander Leckie Gordon Wiles	Template:Flagathlete Gabor Arato Gregory Benko Laszlo Tornallyay
Foil, Women	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Foil – Team, Women	Template:Flagathlete Clare Henley Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Sue Green	Template:Flagathlete B.H. Williams Judith Bain Susan Youngs	Template:Flagathlete Fleurette Campeau Kay Aoyama Pacita Weidel

Swimming

Men's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
100 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	53.06	Template:Flagathlete	54.26	Template:Flagathlete	54.28
200 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	1:56.69	Template:Flagathlete	1:58.45	Template:Flagathlete	1:58.63
400 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	4:08.48	Template:Flagathlete	4:08.77	Template:Flagathlete	4:12.16
1500 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	16:23.82	Template:Flagathlete	16:34.46	Template:Flagathlete	16:44.69
100 m backstroke	Template:Flagathlete	1:01.65	Template:Flagathlete	1:01.69	Template:Flagathlete	1:02.02
200 m backstroke	Template:Flagathlete	2:14.53	Template:Flagathlete	2:15.48	Template:Flagathlete	2:15.63
100 m breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	1:09.0	Template:Flagathlete	1:09.4	Template:Flagathlete	1:10.0
200 m breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	2:30.29	Template:Flagathlete	2:30.70	Template:Flagathlete	2:32.87
100 m butterfly	Template:Flagathlete	58.44	Template:Flagathlete	58.98	Template:Flagathlete	59.01
200 m butterfly	Template:Flagathlete	2:08.97	Template:Flagathlete	2:09.14	Template:Flagathlete	2:09.4
200 m individual medley	Template:Flagathlete	2:13.72	Template:Flagathlete	2:16.57	Template:Flagathlete	2:16.64
400 m individual medley	Template:Flagathlete	4:48.87	Template:Flagathlete	4:49.85	Template:Flagathlete	4:51.92
4×100 m freestyle relay	Template:Flagathlete Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden William Devenish	3:36.02	Template:Flagathlete George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks	3:37.65	Template:Flagathlete Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall Malcolm Windeatt Raymond Terrell	3:41.24
4×200 m freestyle relay	Template:Flagathlete Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden William Devenish	7:50.77	Template:Flagathlete George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks	8:00.69	Template:Flagathlete Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall John Mills Raymond Terrell	8:10.60
4×100 m medley relay	Template:Flagathlete Byron MacDonald Robert Kasting William Mahony Bill Kennedy	4:01.10	Template:Flagathlete James Findlay Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Paul Jarvie	4:04.55	Template:Flagathlete Kevan Moran Martin Richards Martyn Woodroffe Nigel Johnson	4:08.05

Women's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
100 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	1:01.22	Template:Flagathlete	1:01.45	Template:Flagathlete	1:01.80
200 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	2:09.78	Template:Flagathlete	2:10.83	Template:Flagathlete	2:13.52
400 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	4:27.38	Template:Flagathlete	4:31.42	Template:Flagathlete	4:39.75
800 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	9:02.45	Template:Flagathlete	9:27.48	Template:Flagathlete	9:37.89
100 m backstroke	Template:Flagathlete	1:07.10	Template:Flagathlete	1:07.73	Template:Flagathlete	1:08.87
200 m backstroke	Template:Flagathlete	2:22.86	Template:Flagathlete	2:24.33	Template:Flagathlete	2:26.02
100 m breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	1:17.40	Template:Flagathlete	1:17.60	Template:Flagathlete	1:19.83
200 m breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	2:44.12	Template:Flagathlete	2:46.18	Template:Flagathlete	2:50.11
100 m butterfly	Template:Flagathlete	1:07.90	Template:Flagathlete	1:08.18	Template:Flagathlete	1:08.67
200 m butterfly	Template:Flagathlete	2:24.67	Template:Flagathlete	2:24.95	Template:Flagathlete	2:31.09
200 m individual medley	Template:Flagathlete	2:28.89	Template:Flagathlete	2:29.65	Template:Flagathlete	2:30.80
400 m individual medley	Template:Flagathlete	5:10.74	Template:Flagathlete	5:15.82	Template:Flagathlete	5:17.89
4×100 m freestyle relay	Template:Flagathlete Debra Cain Denise Langford Jennifer Watts Lynne Watson	4:06.41	Template:Flagathlete Angela Coughlan Karen James Linda Hall Susan Smith	4:12.16	Template:Flagathlete Diana Sutherland Kathryn Smith Lesley Allardice Sally Pickering	4:14.90
4×100 m medley relay	Template:Flagathlete Allyson Mabb Beverley Whitfield Denise Langford Lynne Watson	4:30.66	Template:Flagathlete Diane Lansley Dorothy Harrison Kathryn Smith Sylvia Platt	4:38.94	Template:Flagathlete Angela Coughlan Donna-Marie Gurr Susan Smith Sylvia Dockerhill	4:39.65

Weightlifting

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Weight	Athlete	Weight	Athlete	Weight
Flyweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	290	Template:Flagathlete	287.5	Template:Flagathlete	265
Bantamweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	335	Template:Flagathlete	317.5	Template:Flagathlete	302.5
Featherweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	342.5	Template:Flagathlete	340	Template:Flagathlete	335
Lightweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	372.5	Template:Flagathlete	355	Template:Flagathlete	335
Middleweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	412.5	Template:Flagathlete	402.5	Template:Flagathlete	400
Light Heavyweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	447.5	Template:Flagathlete	445	Template:Flagathlete	427.5
Middle Heavyweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	457.5	Template:Flagathlete	425	Template:Flagathlete	410
Heavyweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	490	Template:Flagathlete	470	Template:Flagathlete	470
Super Heavyweight – Overall, Men	Template:Flagathlete	500	Template:Flagathlete	500	Template:Flagathlete	432.5

Wrestling

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Flyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Bantamweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Featherweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Lightweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Welterweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Middleweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Light Heavyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Heavyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Super Heavyweight, Men	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

External links

• "Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
• 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games official website

Preceded by Kingston

British Commonwealth Games Edinburgh IX British Commonwealth Games

Succeeded by Christchurch