IX British Commonwealth Games

Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
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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The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first time metric units rather than imperial units were used in all events, and also the first time the games were held in Scotland. Also, these games saw the first unique Games trademark logo: an emblem showing the Games emblem intertwined with a St Andrews Cross and a thistle. They were followed by the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes.

Host selection

In August 1966, the bid vote was held in Jamaica. Edinburgh, Scotland with 18 votes beat Christchurch, New Zealand with 11.^[1]

1970 British Commonwealth Games bidding results

City	Country	Votes
Edinburgh	Scotland	18
Christchurch	New Zealand	11

Participating teams

Countries that participated

42 teams were represented at the 1970 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

History

In December of the following year, an appeal fund was launched, aiming to raise £200,000 towards the cost of running the games.^[2]

Medals by country

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Medals by event

Athletics

Badminton

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)

Bowls

Boxing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Men	James Odwori (UGA)	Anthony Davies (WAL)	P.J. Butterfield (AUS)
				Michael Abrams (ENG)
Flyweight	Men	Dave Needham (ENG)	Leo Rwabwogo (UGA)	Alex McHugh (SCO)
				Davy Larmour (NIR)
Bantamweight	Men	Sulley Shittu (GHA)	Samuel Mbugua (KEN)	Stewart Ogilvie (SCO)
				Courtney Atherly (GUY)
Featherweight	Men	Philip Waruinge (KEN)	Deogratias Musoke (UGA)	Mir Samar (PAK)
				Alan Richardson (ENG)
Lightweight	Men	Abayomi Adeyemi (NGR)	John Gillan (SCO)	Tatu Ghionga (MAW)
				Moses Mbogwa (KEN)
Light Welterweight	Men	Mohamed Muruli (UGA)	Dai Davies (WAL)	Emmanuel Lawson (GHA)
				Paul Kayula (ZAM)
Welterweight	Men	Emma Ankudey (GHA)	John Olulu (KEN)	Tommy Joyce (SCO)
				Shivaji Bhonsle (IND)
Light Middleweight	Men	Tom Imrie (SCO)	Julius Luipa (ZAM)	Patrick Doherty (NIR)
				David Attan (KEN)
Middleweight	Men	John Conteh (ENG)	Titus Simba (TAN)	Robert Murphy (AUS)
				Samuel Kasongo (ZAM)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Fatai Ayinla (NGR)	Oliver Wright (JAM)	Victor Attivor (GHA)
				John Rafferty (SCO)
Heavyweight	Men	Benson Masanda (UGA)	John McKinty (NIR)	Jack Meda (CAN)
				Leslie Stevens (ENG)

Cycling

Track

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)

Road

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

Fencing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Men	Mike Breckin (ENG)	Barry Paul (ENG)	Graham Paul (ENG)
Foil – Team	Men	England (ENG) Barry Paul Graham Paul Mike Breckin	Australia (AUS) Ernest Simon Gregory Benko Bill Ronald	Canada (CAN) Gerry Wiedel Konrad Widmaier Magdy Conyd
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)	Lester Wong (CAN)	Peter Jacobs (ENG)
Épée – Team	Men	England (ENG) Bill Hoskyns Peter Jacobs Ralph Johnson	Scotland (SCO) George Sandor Ian Hunter Derek Russell	Canada (CAN) Konrad Widmaier Lester Wong Peter Bakonyi
Sabre	Men	Alexander Leckie (SCO)	Rodney Craig (ENG)	Richard Cohen (ENG)
Sabre- Team	Men	England (ENG) David Acfield Rodney Craig Richard Cohen	Scotland (SCO) A.H. Mitchell Alexander Leckie Gordon Wiles	Australia (AUS) Gabor Arato Gregory Benko Laszlo Tornallyay
Foil	Women	Janet Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG)	Marion Exelby (AUS)	Susan Youngs (SCO)
Foil – Team	Women	England (ENG) Clare Henley Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Sue Green	Scotland (SCO) B.H. Williams Judith Bain Susan Youngs	Canada (CAN) Fleurette Campeau Kay Aoyama Pacita Weidel

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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

Diving

Weightlifting

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

Wrestling

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)