Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's pentathlon

Women's pentathlon at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	24 July 1970
Medalists
Mary Peters    Northern Ireland   Ann Wilson    England   Jenny Meldrum    Canada
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The women's pentathlon event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^[1] It was the first time that women's combined events were contested at the Games.

Results

† The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow and marked with a dagger, †

Results by event: abbreviations listed after table

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	SP	HJ	LJ	200m	Points	Notes
	Mary Peters	Northern Ireland	13.6	16.13†	1.66	5.73	24.3†	5148	GR
	Ann Wilson	England	13.6	11.04	1.72†	6.55†	24.6	5037
	Jenny Meldrum	Canada	14.2	13.11	1.57	5.73	24.8	4736
4	Moira Walls	Scotland	14.0	9.28	1.69	6.39	25.5	4704
5	Susan Scott	England	13.7	11.58	1.48	5.94	24.7	4681
6	Ruth Martin-Jones	Wales	15.0	10.96	1.54	5.95	24.9	4497
7	Shirley Clelland	England	14.4	10.21	1.51	5.95	25.2	4458
8	Yvonne Saunders	Jamaica	14.8	9.13	1.69	5.70	25.4	4441
9	Modupe Oshikoya	Nigeria	14.9	7.93	1.69	5.89	25.0	4411
10	Diane Jones	Canada	15.5	12.79	1.66	5.45	27.1	4388
11	Lindy Carruthers	Scotland	14.2	9.19	1.48	5.59	25.5	4265
12	Moira Niccol	Scotland	14.4	8.68	1.51	5.61	25.5	4236
13	June Hirst	Wales	14.7	8.37	1.54	5.59	25.9	4165
14	Anita De Gregory	Bahamas	16.0	8.49	1.40	5.21	25.6	3801
15	Genevieve Carosin	Mauritius	18.1	7.66	1.40	5.14	27.0	3403
	Pam Kilborn	Australia	13.3†	9.60	?.??	–	–	DNF
	Penny McCallum	Australia	13.7	8.23	?.??	–	–	DNF
	Maureen Caird	Australia	13.5	?.??	–	–	–	DNF
	Barbara Poulsen	New Zealand	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNS

Abbreviations in table headings

In the order they appear:

• H – Hurdles
• SP – Shot put
• HJ – High jump
• LJ – Long jump

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

• Detailed results (p11)