Athletics at the 9th British Commonwealth Games | |
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![]() The track and the athletics main stadium. | |
Dates | 17–25 July 1970 |
Host city | Edinburgh, Scotland ![]() |
Venue | Meadowbank Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Events | 36 |
Participation | 534 athletes from 34 nations |
Records set | 1 WR , 2 GR |
At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games , the athletics events were held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. A total of 36 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 13 by female athletes. This was the first athletics competition at the British Commonwealth Games to feature events in metric units, rather than imperial units. One world record and two Games records were broken at the competition.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +3.6 m/s) | ![]() | 10.24w | ![]() | 10.32w | ![]() | 10.33w |
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s) | ![]() | 20.56 | ![]() | 20.69 | ![]() | 20.74 |
400 metres | ![]() | 45.01 | ![]() | 45.61 | ![]() | 45.82 |
800 metres | ![]() | 1:46.89 | ![]() | 1:47.42 | ![]() | 1:47.43 |
1500 metres | ![]() | 3:36.68 | ![]() | 3:38.19 | ![]() | 3:40.63 |
5000 metres | ![]() | 13:22.85 | ![]() | 13:23.34 | ![]() | 13:27.6 |
10,000 metres | ![]() | 28:11.72 | ![]() | 28:13.45 | ![]() | 28:15.35 |
Marathon | ![]() | 2:09:28 | ![]() | 2:12:04 | ![]() | 2:12:19 |
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.9 m/s) | ![]() | 13.66w | ![]() | 13.86w | ![]() | 14.02w |
400 metres hurdles | ![]() | 50.03 | ![]() | 50.15 | ![]() | 50.19 |
3000 metres steeplechase | ![]() | 8:26.2 | ![]() | 8:29.6 | ![]() | 8:30.8 |
4 × 100 metres relay | ![]() Errol Stewart Lennox Miller Carl Lawson Don Quarrie | 39.46 | ![]() Michael Ahey James Addy Edward Owusu George Daniels | 39.82 | ![]() Ian Green Martin Reynolds Dave Dear Brian Green | 40.05 |
4 × 400 metres relay | ![]() Munyoro Nyamau Julius Sang Robert Ouko Charles Asati | 3:03.63 | ![]() Mel Wong Shing Ben Cayenne Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts | 3:05.49 | ![]() Martin Bilham Len Walters Mike Hauck John Sherwood | 3:05.53 |
20 miles walk | ![]() | 2:33:33 GR | ![]() | 2:35:55 | ![]() | 2:37:24 |
High jump | ![]() | 2.14 m | ![]() | 2.12 m | ![]() | 2.10 m |
Pole vault | ![]() | 5.10 m | ![]() | 4.90 m | ![]() | 4.90 m |
Long jump | ![]() | 8.06 m (w) | ![]() | 7.94 m (w) | ![]() | 7.94 m (w) |
Triple jump | ![]() | 16.72 m | ![]() | 16.41 m | ![]() | 15.90 m |
Shot put | ![]() | 19.21 m | ![]() | 18.43 m | ![]() | 18.40 m |
Discus throw | ![]() | 59.02 m | ![]() | 57.84 m | ![]() | 56.68 m |
Hammer throw | ![]() | 67.80 m | ![]() | 62.90 m | ![]() | 61.58 m |
Javelin throw | ![]() | 79.50 m | ![]() | 76.74 m | ![]() | 73.20 m |
Decathlon | ![]() | 7492 pts | ![]() | 7469 pts | ![]() | 7201 pts |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +5.3 m/s) | ![]() | 11.26w | ![]() | 11.32w | ![]() | 11.36w |
200 metres (wind: +4.0 m/s) | ![]() | 22.75w | ![]() | 22.86w | ![]() | 23.16w |
400 metres | ![]() | 51.02 WR | ![]() | 53.66 | ![]() | 53.77 |
800 metres | ![]() | 2:06.24 | ![]() | 2:06.27 | ![]() | 2:06.33 |
1500 metres | ![]() | 4:18.8 | ![]() | 4:19.0 | ![]() | 4:19.1 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s) | ![]() | 13.27 | ![]() | 13.73 | ![]() | 13.82 |
4 × 100 metres relay | ![]() Jennifer Lamy Pam Kilborn Marion Hoffman Raelene Boyle | 44.14 | ![]() Anita Neil Margaret Critchley Madeleine Cobb Val Peat | 44.28 | ![]() Joan Hendry Joyce Sadowick Patty Loverock Stephanie Berto | 44.68 |
High jump | ![]() | 1.78 m | ![]() | 1.70 m | ![]() | 1.70 m |
Long jump | ![]() | 6.73 m | ![]() | 6.50 m | ![]() | 6.28 m |
Shot put | ![]() | 15.93 m | ![]() | 15.87 m | ![]() | 15.32 m |
Discus throw | ![]() | 54.46 m | ![]() | 51.02 m | ![]() | 48.42 m |
Javelin throw | ![]() | 52.00 m | ![]() | 50.82 m | ![]() | 49.54 m |
Pentathlon | ![]() | 5148 pts GR | ![]() | 5037 pts | ![]() | 4736 pts |
* Host nation (Scotland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 nations) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |
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