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1966 Kingston 1974 Christchurch All 23 editions

Regional Regional championships · since 1930

1970 Commonwealth Games

Edinburgh, Scotland 17–25 Jul 1970

events: 36
medals awarded: 108
nations on the podium: 15
world record: 1

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +3.6

1

Don Quarrie 10.24

2

Lennox Miller 10.32

3

Hasely Crawford 10.33

Sprints

200m

wind +1.7

1

Don Quarrie 20.56

2

Edwin Roberts 20.69

3

Charles Asati 20.74

Sprints

400m

1

Charles Asati AR 45.01

2

Ross Wilson NR 45.61

3

Saimoni Tamani 45.82

Middle & long

800m

1

Robert Ouko 1:46.89

2

Benedict Cayenne 1:47.42

3

William Smart (1948) 1:47.43

Middle & long

1500m

1

Kipchoge Keino 3:36.68

2

Dick Quax NR 3:38.19

3

Brendan Foster 3:40.63

Middle & long

5000m

1

Ian Stewart 13:22.85

2

Ian McCafferty 13:23.34

3

Kipchoge Keino 1:32.7

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Lachie Stewart 28:11.72

2

Ron Clarke 28:13.45

3

Dick Taylor 28:15.35

Road

Marathon

1

Ron Hill 2:09:28

2

Jim Alder 2:12:04

3

Don Faircloth 2:12:19

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Tony Manning 8:26.2

2

Benjamin Jipcho 8:29.6

3

Amos Biwott 8:30.8

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind +2.9

1

David Hemery 13.66

2

Mal Baird 13.86

3

Godfrey Murray 14.02

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

John Sherwood 50.03

2

William Koskei (1947) 50.15

3

Charles Kipkemboi Yego 50.19

Jumps

High jump

1

Lawrie Peckham 2.14

2

John Hawkins 2.12

3

Sheikh Tidiane Faye 2.10

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Mike Bull 5.10

2

Alan Kane 4.90

3

Bob Raftis 4.90

Jumps

Long jump

1

Lynn Davies Best legal: 7.82 (0.2) 8.06 +3.6

2

Phil May 7.94 0.0

3

Alan Lerwill 7.94 w

Jumps

Triple jump

wind +0.2

1

Phil May CR 16.72

2

Mick McGrath 16.41

3

Mohinder Singh Gill 15.90

Throws

Shot put

1

Dave Steen 19.21

2

Jeff Teale 18.43

3

Les Mills 18.40

Throws

Discus throw

1

George Puce 59.02

2

Les Mills 57.84

3

Bill Tancred 56.68

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Howard Payne 67.80

2

Bruce Fraser 62.90

3

Barry Williams 61.58

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Dave Travis 79.50

2

John McSorley 76.74

3

John Fitzsimons 73.20

Race walks

30 km race walk

1

Noel Freeman 2:33:33 20mil

2

Bob Gardiner 2:35:55 20mil

3

Bill Sutherland 2:37:24 20mil

Combined

Decathlon

1

Geoff Smith 7492

2

Peter Gabbett 7469

3

Barry King 7201

Relays

4x100m

1

Jamaica

Carl Lawson Don Quarrie Errol Stewart Lennox Miller

39.46

2

Ghana

Edward Owusu George Daniels James Addy Michael Ahey

39.82

3

England

Brian Green Dave Dear Ian Green Martin Reynolds

40.05

Relays

4x400m

1

Kenya

Hezekiah Nyamau Julius Sang Robert Ouko Charles Asati

3:03.63

2

Trinidad & Tobago

Mel Wong Shing Benedict Cayenne Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts

3:05.49

3

England

Martin Bilham Len Walters Mike Hauck John Sherwood

3:05.53

Medal table

15 nations · 108 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Australia AUS	10	9	3	22
2	England ENG	7	11	12	30
3	Scotland SCO	4	2	2	8
4	Kenya KEN	4	1	4	9
5	Jamaica JAM	4	1	1	6
6	Canada CAN	3	2	8	13
7	Northern Ireland NIR	3	0	0	3
8	Wales WAL	1	0	0	1
9	New Zealand NZL	0	3	1	4
10	Trinidad & Tobago TTO	0	3	1	4
11	Ghana GHA	0	3	0	3
12	Uganda UGA	0	1	1	2
13	Fiji FIJ	0	0	1	1
14	Gambia GAM	0	0	1	1
15	India IND	0	0	1	1

Records set

1 WR · 7 CR · 1 AR

WR Marilyn Neufville 400m · Women 51.02
AR Charles Asati 400m · Men 45.01
CR Phil May Triple jump · Men 16.72
CR Rosemary Stirling 800m · Women 2:06.24
CR Rita Ridley 1500m · Women 4:18.8
CR Pam Kilborn-Ryan 100m hurdles · Women 13.27
CR= Debbie Brill High jump · Women 1.78
CR Sheila Parkin-Sherwood Long jump · Women 6.73
CR Rosemary Payne Discus throw · Women 54.46