Host city | Edinburgh, Scotland |
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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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In August 1966, the bid vote was held in Jamaica. Edinburgh, Scotland with 18 votes beat Christchurch, New Zealand with 11. [1]
City | Country | Votes |
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Edinburgh | Scotland | 18 |
Christchurch | New Zealand | 11 |
42 teams were represented at the 1970 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).
In December of the following year, an appeal fund was launched, aiming to raise £200,000 towards the cost of running the games. [2]
* Host nation (Scotland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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) |
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) |
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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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) | 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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 |
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 |
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) |
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