Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Royal Commonwealth Pool
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates	16 – 25 July 1970
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Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games made its ninth appearance at the Commonwealth Games. There were 29 swimming events and they took place from 16 to 25 July 1970. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

The events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, specifically constructed for the Games. Construction began in 1967 and was completed in October 1969. ^[6]

Australia topped the medal table with 18 gold medals. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

The Royal Commonwealth Pool

The pool in 2015

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	18	10	14	42
2	Canada	9	11	4	24
3	England	1	6	6	13
4	Wales	1	2	2	5
5	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		29	29	29	87

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Mike Wenden	Greg Rogers	Bill Devenish
200 m freestyle	Mike Wenden	Ralph Hutton	Greg Rogers
400 m freestyle	Graham White	Ralph Hutton	Greg Brough
1500 m freestyle	Graham Windeatt	Max Tavasci	Mark Treffers
100 m backstroke	Bill Kennedy	Michael Richards	Erik Fish
200 m backstroke	Michael Richards	Raymond Terrell	Neil Rogers
100 m breaststroke	Bill Mahony	Peter Cross	Paul Jarvie
200 m breaststroke	Bill Mahony	Paul Jarvie	David Wilkie
100 m butterfly	Byron MacDonald	Tom Arusoo	Ron Jacks
200 m butterfly	Tom Arusoo	Martyn Woodroffe	James Findlay
200 m individual medley	George Smith	Ken Campbell	Martyn Woodroffe
400 m individual medley	George Smith	Raymond Terrell	James Findlay
4×100 m freestyle relay	Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden William Devenish	George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks	Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall Malcolm Windeatt Raymond Terrell
4×100 m freestyle relay	Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden Bill Devenish	George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks	Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall John Mills Raymond Terrell
4×200 m freestyle relay	Byron MacDonald Robert Kasting Bill Mahony Bill Kennedy	James Findlay Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Paul Jarvie	Kevan Moran Martin Richards Martyn Woodroffe Nigel Johnson

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Angela Coughlan	Lynne Watson	Jenny Watts
200 m freestyle	Karen Moras	Angela Coughlan	Alex Jackson
400 m freestyle	Karen Moras	Denise Langford	Robyn Risson
800 m freestyle	Karen Moras	Helen Gray	Robyn Risson
100 m backstroke	Lynne Watson	Debra Cain	Donna Gurr
200 m backstroke	Lynne Watson	Donna Gurr	Debra Cain
100 m breaststroke	Beverley Whitfield	Dorothy Harrison	Christine Jarvis
200 m breaststroke	Beverley Whitfield	Dorothy Harrison	Amanda Radnage
100 m butterfly	Diane Lansley	Susan Smith	Allyson Mabb
200 m butterfly	Maree Robinson	Jane Comerford	Allyson Mabb
200 m individual medley	Denise Langford	Shelagh Ratcliffe	Diana Rickard
400 m individual medley	Denise Langford	Gail Neall	Shelagh Ratcliffe
4×100 m freestyle relay	Debra Cain Denise Langford Jenny Watts Lynne Watson	Angela Coughlan Karen James Linda Hall Susan Smith	Diana Sutherland Kathryn Smith Lesley Allardice Sally Pickering
4×100 m medley relay	Allyson Mabb Beverley Whitfield Denise Langford Lynne Watson	Diane Lansley Dorothy Harrison Kathryn Smith Sylvia Platt	Angela Coughlan Donna Gurr Susan Smith Sylvia Dockerill

Finals (men)

100m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mike Wenden	53.06
2	Greg Rogers	54.26
3	Bill Devenish	54.28
4	Mike J. Borrie	54.57
5	Tony Jarvis	54.94
6	Robert Kasting	55.10
7	Ralph Hutton	55.39
8	Malcolm Windeatt	55.65

200m freestyle

Mike Wenden

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mike Wenden	1:56.69
2	Ralph Hutton	1:58.45
3	Greg Rogers	1:58.63
4	Graham White	1:58.71
5	Mike J. Borrie	2:00.74
6	Ron Jacks	2:00.95
7	Robert Kasting	2:01.21
8	Ian J. Curry	2:02.96

400m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Graham White	4:08.48
2	Ralph Hutton	4:08.77
3	Greg Brough	4:12.16
4	Ron Jacks	4:12.23
5	Richard Michael Wilkinson	4:14.71
6	Mike J. Borrie	4:20.35
7	Ian J. Curry	4:21.64
8	Peter Harrower	4:23.80

1500m freestyle

Graham Windeatt

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Graham Windeatt	16:23.82
2	Max Tavasci	16:34.46
3	Mark Treffers	16:44.69
4	Greg Brough	17:00.58
5	Peter Harrower	17:28.15
6	Steve Roxborough	17:29.72
7	Martin Richards	17:52.63

100m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bill Kennedy	1:01.65
2	Mike Richards	1:01.69
3	Erik Fish	1:02.02
4	Bradley Storey	1:02.33
5	Jimmy Rogers	1:02.72
6	Clive Rushton	1:03.24
7	Tony Davidson	1:03.47
8	Hamilton Simpson	1:04.71

200m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mike Richards	2:14.53
2	Raymond Terrell	2:15.48
3	Neil Rogers	2:15.63
4	Jimmy Rogers	2:16.26
5	Clive Rushton	2:16.30
6	Bradley Storey	2:16.86
7	Hamilton Simpson	2:17.29
8	Barnett R. Bond	2:20.01

100m breaststroke

Bill Mahony

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bill Mahony	1:09.0
2	Peter Cross	1:09.4
3	Paul Jarvie	1:10.0
4	Mike Whitaker	1:10.6
5	David Wilkie	1:11.0
6	Malcolm O'Connell	1:11.8
7	Liam Ball	1:12.3
8	Archibald Young	1:12.3

200m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bill Mahony	2:30.29
2	Paul Jarvie	2:30.70
3	David Wilkie	2:32.87
4	Peter Cross	2:35.68
5	Nigel Johnson	2:35.73
6	Liam Ball	2:36.94
7	Gordon Stirton	2:39.12
8	Robert Stoddart	2:39.30

100m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Byron MacDonald	58.44
2	Tom Arusoo	58.98
3	Ron Jacks	59.01
4	Martyn Woodroffe	59.57
5	Neil Rogers	1:00.27
6	Alan Widdowson	1:00.33
7	Michael Bailey	1:00.52
8	Lennie Norris	1:02.27

200m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Tom Arusoo	2:08.97
2	Martyn Woodroffe	2:09.14
3	James Findlay	2:09.41
4	Richard Michael Wilkinson	2:10.32
5	Ron Jacks	2:10.57
6	John Mills	2:12.38
7	Eric Henderson	2:14.08
8	Byron MacDonald	2:17.30

200m individual medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	George Smith	2:13.72
2	Ken Campbell	2:16.57
3	Martyn Woodroffe	2:16.64
4	Robert Kasting	2:18.24
5	Raymond Terrell	2:18.55
6	James Findlay	2:18.58
7	Willem Eduard Portier	2:19.30
8	Barnett R. Bond	2:23.24

400m individual medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	George Smith	4:48.87
2	Raymond Terrell	4:49.85
3	James Findlay	4:51.92
4	Willem Eduard Portier	4:53.17
5	Martyn Woodroffe	4:53.78
6	Graham Windeatt	4:56.45
7	Peter Harrower	4:57.61
8	Brian O'Sullivan	5:00.78

4×100m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish	3:36.02
2	Smith, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks	3:37.65
3	Jarvis, Myall, Windeatt, Terrell	3:41.24
4	Shore, MacGregor, Souter, Brown	3:46.60
5	Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie	3:47.64
6	Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens	3:53.87
7	Williams, Moran, Richards, Maher	3:53.93
8	Chan A, Chan R, Seng H. Soh, Heng	4:00.70

4×200m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish	7:50.77
2	Smith, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks	8:00.69
3	Jarvis, Myall, Mills, Terrell	8:10.60
4	Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie	8:11.79
5	Shore, MacGregor, Souter, Brown	8:24.78
6	Williams, Simpson, Richards, Maher	8:39.81
7	Chan A, Chan R, Soh, Heng	8:52.12
8	Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens	8:56.75

4×100m medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	MacDonald, Kasting, Mahony, Kennedy	4:01.10
2	Findlay, Wenden,Rogers, Jarvie	4:04.55
3	Moran, Richards, Woodroffe, Johnson	4:08.05
4	Jarvis, Rogers, Norris, O'Connell	4:09.49
5	Wilkie, Brown, Henderson, Simpson	4:10.74
6	Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie	4:29.55
7	Martin, Mowen, Cluer, Bostock	4:38.48
8	Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens	4:39.46

Finals (women)

100m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Angela Coughlan	1:01.22
2	Lynne Watson	1:01.45
3	Jennifer Alice Watts	1:01.80
4	Alex Jackson	1:01.81
5	Debra Cain	1:02.36
6	Karen James	1:02.74
7	Catherine J. Whiting	1:03.73
8	Shelagh Ratcliffe	1:04.32

200m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Karen Moras	2:09.78
2	Angela Coughlan	2:10.83
3	Alex Jackson	2:13.52
4	Helen Gray	2:13.52
5	Karen James	2:14.73
6	Jennifer Alice Watts	2:16.32
7	Judith Wright	2:17.54
8	Sandra Smith	2:17.77

400m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Karen Moras	4:27.38
2	Denise Langford	4:31.42
3	Robyn Risson	4:39.75
4	Angela Coughlan	4:40.21
5	Judith Wright	4:54.98
6	Leslie Cliff	4:46.84
7	Sally Hogg	4:52.03
8	Susan Williams	5:01.86

800m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Karen Moras	9:02.45
2	Helen Gray	9:27.48
3	Robyn Risson	9:37.89
4	Judith Wright	9:47.54
5	Leslie Cliff	9:56.05
6	Sally Hogg	9:58.44
7	Andrea Mackie	10:07.32
8	Sandra Smith	10:21.14

100m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Lynne Watson	1:07.10
2	Debra Cain	1:07.73
3	Donna Gurr	1:08.87
4	Glenda Stirling	1:09.00
5	Sylvia Platt	1:09.56
6	Jackie Brown	1:09.86
7	Wendy Burrell	1:10.62
8	Diana Rickard	1:10.78

200m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Lynne Watson	2:22.86
2	Donna Gurr	2:24.33
3	Debra Cain	2:26.02
4	Diana Rickard	2:28.23
5	Wendy Burrell	2:28.43
6	Glenda Stirling	2:29.71
7	Judith Wright	2:30.59
8	Leslie Cliff	2:37.83

100m breaststroke

Beverley Whitfield

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Beverley Whitfield	1:17.40
2	Dorothy Harrison	1:17.60
3	Christine Jarvis	1:19.83
4	Sylvia Dockerill	1:19.86
5	Rene Robson	1:20.63
6	Christine Davies	1:21.07
7	Pat Wells	1:21.29
8	Jane Wright	1:22.33

200m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Beverley Whitfield	2:44.12
2	Dorothy Harrison	2:46.18
3	Amanda Radnage	2:50.11
4	Rene Robson	2:52.19
5	Pamela Wilson	2:55.58
6	Jane Wright	2:55.60
7	Diana Harris	2:57.18

100m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Diane Lansley	1:07.90
2	Susan Smith	1:08.18
3	Allyson Margaret Mabb	1:08.67
4	Catherine J. Whiting	1:08.71
5	Jane Comerford	1:08.96
6	Lesley Booth	1:09.29
7	Maree Robinson	1:09.29
8	Jeanne Warren	1:09.72

200m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Maree Robinson	2:24.67
2	Jane Comerford	2:24.95
3	Allyson Margaret Mabb	2:31.09
4	Susan Smith	2:31.54
5	Diane Lansley	2:32.54
6	Sally Hogg	2:33.85
7	Lesley Booth	2:35.41
8	Gillian Treers	2:36.75

200m individual medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Denise Langford	2:28.89
2	Shelagh Ratcliffe	2:29.65
3	Diana Rickard	2:30.80
4	Susan Smith	2:30.82
5	Susan Hunter	2:33.30
6	Shirley Roulston	2:35.64
7	Sharon Anslow	2:36.04
8	Gail Neall	2:36.78

400m individual medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Denise Langford	5:10.74
2	Gail Neall	5:15.82
3	Shelagh Ratcliffe	5:17.89
4	Susan Hunter	5:20.10
5	Susan Smith	5:25.85
6	Jeanne Warren	5:26.99
7	Judith Wright	5:27.12
8	Sharon Anslow	5:35.19

4×100m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Cain, Langford, Watts, Watson	4:06.41
2	Coughlan, James, Hall, Smith	4:12.16
3	Sutherland, Smith, Allardice, Pickering	4:14.90
4	Crawford, Wright, Hunter, Whiting	4:15.44
5	Brown, Flynn, Fenton, Hogg	4:23.66
6	Price, Davies, Bowen, Jones,	4:27.26
7	Tseng, Keenan, Joo, Chan	4:43.66

4×100m medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mabb, Whitfield, Langfod, Watson	4:30.66
2	Lansley, Harrison, Smith, Platt	4:38.94
3	Coughlan, Gurr, Smith, Dockerill	4:39.65
4	Stirling, Crawford, Williams, Whiting	4:44.81
5	Armour, Stewart, Brown, Hogg	4:51.49
6	Stephens, Davies, Comins, Price	4:59.09
7	Chan, Tan, Joo, Keenan	5:00.71

See also

• Diving at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

References

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