Wrestling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

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Wrestling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Wrestling pictogram.svg
Venue Meadowbank Sports Centre
Location Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates16 to 25 July 1970
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Wrestling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was the ninth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. [1]

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The events took place in one of the three sports halls forming part of the Meadowbank Sports Centre, which was built specifically for the Games, at a cost of £2.8 million. [2] [3] The sport featured contests in ten weight classes.

India topped the wrestling medal by virtue of winning five of the ten gold medals on offer. [4] [5]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of India.svg  India 5319
2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4228
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1539
4Flag of England.svg  England 0033
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0022
6Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland*0011
Totals (6 entries)10101232

Medallists

WeightGoldSilverBronze
Light Flyweight Flag of India.svg Ved Prakash Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ken Shand Flag of Pakistan.svg Masih Sadiq
Flag of Scotland.svg Don Urquhart
Flyweight Flag of India.svg Sudesh Kumar Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Nazir Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Stitt
Bantamweight Flag of Pakistan.svg Sardar Muhammad Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Herbert Singerman Flag of England.svg Terence Robinson
Featherweight Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Saeed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Bolger Flag of India.svg Randhawa Singh
Lightweight Flag of India.svg Udey Chand Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Yaqub Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ole Sorensen
Welterweight Flag of India.svg Mukhtiar Singh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alfred Wurr Flag of New Zealand.svg Gordon Mackay
Middleweight Flag of India.svg Harishchandra Birajdar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Schori Flag of New Zealand.svg David Aspin
Flag of England.svg Ron Grinstead
Light Heavyweight Flag of Pakistan.svg Faiz Muhammad Flag of India.svg Sajjan Singh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claude Pilon
Heavyweight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ed Millard Flag of India.svg Bishwanath Singh Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Riaz
Super Heavyweight Flag of Pakistan.svg Ikram Ilahi Flag of India.svg Maruti Mane Flag of England.svg Denis McNamara

Results

[6] [7] [8]

Light flyweight 48kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ken Shand Flag of Scotland.svg Don Urquhart fall
Flag of India.svg Ved Prakash Flag of Pakistan.svg Masih Sadiq fall
Flag of India.svg Ved Prakash Flag of Scotland.svg Don Urquhart fall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ken Shand Flag of Pakistan.svg Masih Sadiq fall
Flag of India.svg Ved Prakash Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ken Shand pts

Final positions: 1. Prakash 2. Shand 3. Sadiq, Urquhart

Flyweight 52kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Nazir Flag of Scotland.svg David Simpson fall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Stitt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nowell James Sinclair pts
Flag of India.svg Sudesh Kumar Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Nazir pts
Flag of Scotland.svg David Simpson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nowell James Sinclair fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Nazir Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Stitt pts
Flag of India.svg Sudesh Kumar Flag of Scotland.svg David Simpson fall
Flag of India.svg Sudesh Kumar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Stitt fall

Final positions: 1. Kumar 2. Nzir 3. Stitt 4. Simpson 5. Sinclair

Bantamweight 57kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of India.svg Bishambar Singh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Herbert Singerman pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sardar Muhammad] Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Grant fall
Flag of England.svg Terence Robinson Flag of India.svg Bishambar Singh pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Herbert Singerman Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Grant fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sardar Muhammad Flag of England.svg Terence Robinson pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Herbert Singerman Flag of England.svg Terence Robinson pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sardar Muhammad] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Herbert Singerman pts

Final positions: 1. Sardar 2. Singerman 3. Robinson 4. Bishambar 5. Grant

Featherweight 62kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of India.svg Randhawa Singh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Geoffrey Brown pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Bolger Flag of England.svg Kenneth Dawes pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Saeed Flag of Scotland.svg John McCourtney fall
Flag of India.svg Randhawa Singh Flag of England.svg Kenneth Dawes fall
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Geoffrey Brown Flag of Scotland.svg John McCourtney pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Saeed Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Bolger draw
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Bolger Flag of India.svg Randhawa Singh fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Saeed Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Geoffrey Brown pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Saeed Flag of India.svg Randhawa Singh fall

Final positions: 1. Saeed 2. Bolger 3. Ranhawa 4. Brown 5. Dawes, McCourtney

Lightweight 68kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Yaqub Flag of Scotland.svg Tam Anderson pts
Flag of England.svg David Idle Flag of Malta.svg R. J. Laurifall
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luigi Cuirlino Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ole Sorensen draw
Flag of India.svg Udey Chand Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Yaqub pts
Flag of England.svg David Idle Flag of Scotland.svg Tam Anderson pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ole Sorensen Flag of Malta.svg R. J. Laurifall
Flag of India.svg Udey Chand Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luigi Cuirlino fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Yaqub Flag of England.svg David Idle pts
Flag of India.svg Udey Chand Flag of England.svg David Idle fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Yaqub Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ole Sorensen pts
Flag of India.svg Udey Chand Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ole Sorensen pts

Final positions: 1. Chand 2. Yaqub 3. Sorensen 4. Idle 5. Cuirlino 6. Anderson, Lauri

Welterweight 74kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alfred Wurr Flag of Pakistan.svg Hussein Mohammed pts
Flag of New Zealand.svg Gordon Mackay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wesley O'Brien fall
Flag of India.svg Mukhtiar Singh Flag of England.svg Peter Amey pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alfred Wurr Flag of Scotland.svg Finlay Buchanan pts
Flag of India.svg Mukhtiar Singh Flag of Pakistan.svg Hussein Mohammed pts
Flag of New Zealand.svg Gordon Mackay Flag of England.svg Peter Amey pts
Flag of New Zealand.svg Gordon Mackay Flag of Scotland.svg Finlay Buchanan pts
Flag of India.svg Mukhtiar Singh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alfred Wurr draw
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alfred Wurr Flag of New Zealand.svg Gordon Mackay pts
Flag of India.svg Mukhtiar Singh Flag of New Zealand.svg Gordon Mackay pts

Final positions: 1. Mukhtiar 2. Wurr 3. Mackay 4. O'Brien 5. Amey, Hussein. 7. Buchanan

Middleweight 82kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Bashir Flag of England.svg Ron Grinstead pts
Flag of India.svg Harishchandra Birajdar Flag of New Zealand.svg David Aspin pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Schori Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie Mitchell fall
Flag of New Zealand.svg David Aspin Flag of England.svg Ron Grinstead draw
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Schori Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Bashir pts
Flag of India.svg Harishchandra Birajdar Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie Mitchell pts
Flag of India.svg Harishchandra Birajdar Flag of England.svg Ron Grinstead pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Schori Flag of New Zealand.svg David Aspin pts

Final positions: 1. Birajdar 2. Schori 3. Aspin, Grinstead 5. Bashir 6. Mitchell

Light heavyweight 90kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Cantwell Flag of the Bahamas.svg Robert Nihon fall
Flag of India.svg Sajjan Singh Flag of England.svg Richard Barraclough pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faiz Muhammad Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair McNeill pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claude Pilon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Cantwell pts
Flag of India.svg Sajjan Singh Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair McNeill fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faiz Muhammad Flag of England.svg Richard Barraclough pts
Flag of India.svg Sajjan Singh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claude Pilon draw
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faiz Muhammad Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Cantwell fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faiz Muhammad Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claude Pilon pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faiz Muhammad Flag of India.svg Sajjan Singh draw

Final positions: 1. Faiz 2. Singh 3. Pilon 4. Cantwell 5. Nihon 6. Barraclough, McNeill

Heavyweight 100kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of India.svg Bishwanath Singh Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Riaz pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ed Millard Flag of New Zealand.svg H. Warren Hubber fall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ed Millard Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Riaz fall
Flag of India.svg Bishwanath Singh Flag of New Zealand.svg H. Warren Hubber fall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ed Millard Flag of India.svg Bishwanath Singh disq

Final positions: 1. Millard 2. Bishwanath 3. Riaz 4. Hubber

Super heavyweight +100kg

WinnerLoserScore
Flag of Pakistan.svg Ikram Ilahi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Merv Holden pts
Flag of India.svg Maruti Mane Flag of New Zealand.svg A Tom Milat pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Ikram Ilahi Flag of England.svg Denis McNamara pts
Flag of New Zealand.svg A Tom Milat Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Merv Holden ret
Flag of India.svg Maruti Mane Flag of England.svg Denis McNamara pts
Flag of Pakistan.svg Ikram Ilahi Flag of New Zealand.svg A Tom Milat fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg Ikram Ilahi Flag of India.svg Maruti Mane both disq, 3 cautions

Final positions: 1. Ilahi 2. Mane 3. McNamara 4. Milat 5. Holden

References

  1. ↑ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Inglis, Simon (1987). Football Grounds of Britain. Collins Willow. ISBN   0-00-218249-1.
  3. ↑ "Edinburgh builds athletes village" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 29 June 1970. p. 6. Retrieved 17 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Spectacular win by 14-year-old" . The Scotsman. 23 July 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 17 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Wrestling" . Birmingham Mail. 24 July 1970. p. 27. Retrieved 17 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Results in Full" . The Scotsman. 25 July 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 17 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
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