1970 British Commonwealth Games

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The 1970 British Commonwealth Games 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 event was held in Scotland. Also, the event saw the first unique Games trademark logo: an emblem showing the Games emblem intertwined with a St Andrews Cross and a thistle. The event was 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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).

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History

In December of the following year, an appeal fund was launched, aiming to raise £200,000 towards the cost of running the games.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Medals by country

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Medals by event

Athletics

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Badminton

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
Men's Doubles Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
Women's Singles Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
Women's Doubles Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
Mixed Doubles Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete

Bowls

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Boxing

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Flyweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Bantamweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Featherweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Lightweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Light Welterweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Welterweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Light Middleweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Middleweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Light Heavyweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete
Heavyweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete, Template:Flagathlete

Cycling

Track

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time
Time trial, Men Template:Flagathlete 00:01:09 Template:Flagathlete 00:01:10 Template:Flagathlete 00:01:11
Sprint, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
Individual pursuit, Men Template:Flagathlete 00:05:01 Template:Flagathlete 00:05:05 Template:Flagathlete walkover
10 miles scratch, Men Template:Flagathlete 00:20:47 Template:Flagathlete 00:20:48 Template:Flagathlete 00:20:48
Tandem, Men Template:Flagathlete 11.43 Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete

Road

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time
Road race, Men Template:Flagathlete 04:38:06 Template:Flagathlete 04:39:06 Template:Flagathlete 04:40:03

Fencing

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

Swimming

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time
100 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 53.06 Template:Flagathlete 54.26 Template:Flagathlete 54.28
200 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 1:56.69 Template:Flagathlete 1:58.45 Template:Flagathlete 1:58.63
400 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 4:08.48 Template:Flagathlete 4:08.77 Template:Flagathlete 4:12.16
1500 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 16:23.82 Template:Flagathlete 16:34.46 Template:Flagathlete 16:44.69
100 m backstroke Template:Flagathlete 1:01.65 Template:Flagathlete 1:01.69 Template:Flagathlete 1:02.02
200 m backstroke Template:Flagathlete 2:14.53 Template:Flagathlete 2:15.48 Template:Flagathlete 2:15.63
100 m breaststroke Template:Flagathlete 1:09.0 Template:Flagathlete 1:09.4 Template:Flagathlete 1:10.0
200 m breaststroke Template:Flagathlete 2:30.29 Template:Flagathlete 2:30.70 Template:Flagathlete 2:32.87
100 m butterfly Template:Flagathlete 58.44 Template:Flagathlete 58.98 Template:Flagathlete 59.01
200 m butterfly Template:Flagathlete 2:08.97 Template:Flagathlete 2:09.14 Template:Flagathlete 2:09.4
200 m individual medley Template:Flagathlete 2:13.72 Template:Flagathlete 2:16.57 Template:Flagathlete 2:16.64
400 m individual medley Template:Flagathlete 4:48.87 Template:Flagathlete 4:49.85 Template:Flagathlete 4:51.92
4×100 m freestyle relay Template:Flagathlete
Graham White
Gregory Rogers
Michael Wenden
William Devenish		 3:36.02 Template:Flagathlete
George Smith
Ralph Hutton
Robert Kasting
Ron Jacks		 3:37.65 Template:Flagathlete
Tony Jarvis
Ivan Myall
Malcolm Windeatt
Raymond Terrell		 3:41.24
4×200 m freestyle relay Template:Flagathlete
Graham White
Gregory Rogers
Michael Wenden
William Devenish		 7:50.77 Template:Flagathlete
George Smith
Ralph Hutton
Robert Kasting
Ron Jacks		 8:00.69 Template:Flagathlete
Tony Jarvis
Ivan Myall
John Mills
Raymond Terrell		 8:10.60
4×100 m medley relay Template:Flagathlete
Byron MacDonald
Robert Kasting
William Mahony
Bill Kennedy		 4:01.10 Template:Flagathlete
James Findlay
Michael Wenden
Neil Rogers
Paul Jarvie		 4:04.55 Template:Flagathlete
Kevin Moran
Martin Richards
Martyn Woodroffe
Nigel Johnson		 4:08.05

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time
100 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 1:01.22 Template:Flagathlete 1:01.45 Template:Flagathlete 1:01.80
200 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 2:09.78 Template:Flagathlete 2:10.83 Template:Flagathlete 2:13.52
400 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 4:27.38 Template:Flagathlete 4:31.42 Template:Flagathlete 4:39.75
800 m freestyle Template:Flagathlete 9:02.45 Template:Flagathlete 9:27.48 Template:Flagathlete 9:37.89
100 m backstroke Template:Flagathlete 1:07.10 Template:Flagathlete 1:07.73 Template:Flagathlete 1:08.87
200 m backstroke Template:Flagathlete 2:22.86 Template:Flagathlete 2:24.33 Template:Flagathlete 2:26.02
100 m breaststroke Template:Flagathlete 1:17.40 Template:Flagathlete 1:17.60 Template:Flagathlete 1:19.83
200 m breaststroke Template:Flagathlete 2:44.12 Template:Flagathlete 2:46.18 Template:Flagathlete 2:50.11
100 m butterfly Template:Flagathlete 1:07.90 Template:Flagathlete 1:08.18 Template:Flagathlete 1:08.67
200 m butterfly Template:Flagathlete 2:24.67 Template:Flagathlete 2:24.95 Template:Flagathlete 2:31.09
200 m individual medley Template:Flagathlete 2:28.89 Template:Flagathlete 2:29.65 Template:Flagathlete 2:30.80
400 m individual medley Template:Flagathlete 5:10.74 Template:Flagathlete 5:15.82 Template:Flagathlete 5:17.89
4×100 m freestyle relay Template:Flagathlete
Debra Cain
Denise Langford
Jennifer Watts
Lynne Watson		 4:06.41 Template:Flagathlete
Angela Coughlan
Karen James
Linda Hall
Susan Smith		 4:12.16 Template:Flagathlete
Diana Sutherland
Kathryn Smith
Lesley Allardice
Sally Pickering		 4:14.90
4×100 m medley relay Template:Flagathlete
Allyson Mabb
Beverley Whitfield
Denise Langford
Lynne Watson		 4:30.66 Template:Flagathlete
Diane Lansley
Dorothy Harrison
Kathryn Smith
Sylvia Platt		 4:38.94 Template:Flagathlete
Angela Coughlan
Donna-Marie Gurr
Susan Smith
Sylvia Dockerhill		 4:39.65

Diving

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Weightlifting

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Weight Athlete Weight Athlete Weight
Flyweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 290 Template:Flagathlete 287.5 Template:Flagathlete 265
Bantamweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 335 Template:Flagathlete 317.5 Template:Flagathlete 302.5
Featherweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 342.5 Template:Flagathlete 340 Template:Flagathlete 335
Lightweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 372.5 Template:Flagathlete 355 Template:Flagathlete 335
Middleweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 412.5 Template:Flagathlete 402.5 Template:Flagathlete 400
Light Heavyweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 447.5 Template:Flagathlete 445 Template:Flagathlete 427.5
Middle Heavyweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 457.5 Template:Flagathlete 425 Template:Flagathlete 410
Heavyweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 490 Template:Flagathlete 470 Template:Flagathlete 470
Super Heavyweight – Overall, Men Template:Flagathlete 500 Template:Flagathlete 500 Template:Flagathlete 432.5

Wrestling

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete,
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Bantamweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
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Lightweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
Welterweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
Middleweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete,
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Light Heavyweight, Men Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete
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References

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Preceded by
{{#if:Kingston|Kingston|—}} 		British Commonwealth Games
Edinburgh
IX British Commonwealth Games{{#if:|
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{{#if:Christchurch|Christchurch|—}}

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