1970 British Commonwealth Games
File:Edinburgh 1970 Commonwealth Games.png | |
Host city | Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Nations participating | 42 |
Athletes participating | 1,744 (inc. officials) |
Events | 121 events in 10 sports |
Opening ceremony | 16 July 1970 |
Closing ceremony | 25 July 1970 |
Officially opened by | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
Athlete's Oath | Crawford Fairbrother |
Queen's Baton Final Runner | Jim Alder |
Main venue | Meadowbank Stadium |
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]
City | Country | Votes |
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Edinburgh | ![]() |
18 |
Christchurch | ![]() |
11 |
Participating teams
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 |
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1 | ![]() | 36 | 24 | 22 | 82 |
2 | ![]() | 27 | 25 | 32 | 84 |
3 | ![]() | 18 | 24 | 24 | 66 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
7 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
10 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
13 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
14 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (27 entries) | 121 | 121 | 133 | 375 |
Medals by event
Athletics
Badminton
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
Men's Singles | Men | ![]() |
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Men's Doubles | Men | ![]() |
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Women's Singles | Women | ![]() |
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Women's Doubles | Women | ![]() |
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Mixed Doubles | Mixed | ![]() |
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Bowls
Boxing
Cycling
Track
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Time trial | Men | ![]() |
00:01:09 | ![]() |
00:01:10 | ![]() |
00:01:11 |
Sprint | Men | ![]() |
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Individual pursuit | Men | ![]() |
00:05:01 | ![]() |
00:05:05 | ![]() |
walkover |
10 miles scratch | Men | ![]() |
00:20:47 | ![]() |
00:20:48 | ![]() |
00:20:48 |
Tandem | Men | ![]() |
11.43 | ![]() |
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Road
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Road race | Men | ![]() |
04:38:06 | ![]() |
04:39:06 | ![]() |
04:40:03 |
Fencing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
Foil | Men | ![]() |
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Foil – Team | Men | ![]() Barry Paul Graham Paul Mike Breckin |
![]() Ernest Simon Gregory Benko Bill Ronald |
![]() Gerry Wiedel Konrad Widmaier Magdy Conyd |
Épée | Men | ![]() |
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Épée – Team | Men | ![]() Bill Hoskyns Peter Jacobs Ralph Johnson |
![]() George Sandor Ian Hunter Derek Russell |
![]() Konrad Widmaier Lester Wong Peter Bakonyi |
Sabre | Men | ![]() |
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Sabre- Team | Men | ![]() David Acfield Rodney Craig Richard Cohen |
![]() A.H. Mitchell Alexander Leckie Gordon Wiles |
![]() Gabor Arato Gregory Benko Laszlo Tornallyay |
Foil | Women | ![]() |
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Foil – Team | Women | ![]() Clare Henley Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Sue Green |
![]() B.H. Williams Judith Bain Susan Youngs |
![]() Fleurette Campeau Kay Aoyama Pacita Weidel |
Swimming
- Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle | ![]() |
53.06 | ![]() |
54.26 | ![]() |
54.28 |
200 m freestyle | ![]() |
1:56.69 | ![]() |
1:58.45 | ![]() |
1:58.63 |
400 m freestyle | ![]() |
4:08.48 | ![]() |
4:08.77 | ![]() |
4:12.16 |
1500 m freestyle | ![]() |
16:23.82 | ![]() |
16:34.46 | ![]() |
16:44.69 |
100 m backstroke | ![]() |
1:01.65 | ![]() |
1:01.69 | ![]() |
1:02.02 |
200 m backstroke | ![]() |
00:02:15 | ![]() |
00:02:15 | ![]() |
00:02:16 |
100 m breaststroke | ![]() |
1:09.0 | ![]() |
1:09.4 | ![]() |
1:10.0 |
200 m breaststroke | ![]() |
2:30.29 | ![]() |
2:30.70 | ![]() |
2:32.87 |
100 m butterfly | ![]() |
58.44 | ![]() |
58.98 | ![]() |
59.01 |
200 m butterfly | ![]() |
2:08.97 | ![]() |
2:09.14 | ![]() |
2:09.4 |
200 m individual medley | ![]() |
2:13.72 | ![]() |
2:16.57 | ![]() |
2:16.64 |
400 m individual medley | ![]() |
4:48.87 | ![]() |
4:49.85 | ![]() |
4:51.92 |
4×100 m freestyle relay | ![]() Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden William Devenish |
3:36.02 | ![]() George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks |
3:37.65 | ![]() Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall Malcolm Windeatt Raymond Terrell |
3:41.24 |
4×200 m freestyle relay | ![]() Graham White Gregory Rogers Michael Wenden William Devenish |
7:50.77 | ![]() George Smith Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ron Jacks |
8:00.69 | ![]() Tony Jarvis Ivan Myall John Mills Raymond Terrell |
8:10.60 |
4×100 m medley relay | ![]() Byron MacDonald Robert Kasting William Mahony Bill Kennedy |
4:01.10 | ![]() James Findlay Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Paul Jarvie |
4:04.55 | ![]() Kevin Moran Martin Richards Martyn Woodroffe Nigel Johnson |
4:08.05 |
- Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle | ![]() |
1:01.22 | ![]() |
1:01.45 | ![]() |
1:01.80 |
200 m freestyle | ![]() |
2:09.78 | ![]() |
2:10.83 | ![]() |
2:13.52 |
400 m freestyle | ![]() |
4:27.38 | ![]() |
4:31.42 | ![]() |
4:39.75 |
800 m freestyle | ![]() |
9:02.45 | ![]() |
9:27.48 | ![]() |
9:37.89 |
100 m backstroke | ![]() |
1:07.10 | ![]() |
1:07.73 | ![]() |
1:08.87 |
200 m backstroke | ![]() |
2:22.86 | ![]() |
2:24.33 | ![]() |
2:26.02 |
100 m breaststroke | ![]() |
1:17.40 | ![]() |
1:17.60 | ![]() |
1:19.83 |
200 m breaststroke | ![]() |
2:44.12 | ![]() |
2:46.18 | ![]() |
2:50.11 |
100 m butterfly | ![]() |
1:07.90 | ![]() |
1:08.18 | ![]() |
1:08.67 |
200 m butterfly | ![]() |
2:24.67 | ![]() |
2:24.95 | ![]() |
2:31.09 |
200 m individual medley | ![]() |
2:28.89 | ![]() |
2:29.65 | ![]() |
2:30.80 |
400 m individual medley | ![]() |
5:10.74 | ![]() |
5:15.82 | ![]() |
5:17.89 |
4×100 m freestyle relay | ![]() Debra Cain Denise Langford Jennifer Watts Lynne Watson |
4:06.41 | ![]() Angela Coughlan Karen James Linda Hall Susan Smith |
4:12.16 | ![]() Diane Sutherland Kathryn Smith Lesley Allardice Sally Pickering |
4:14.90 |
4×100 m medley relay | ![]() Allyson Mabb Beverley Whitfield Denise Langford Lynne Watson |
4:30.66 | ![]() Diane Lansley Dorothy Harrison Kathryn Smith Sylvia Platt |
4:38.94 | ![]() Angela Coughlan Donna-Marie Gurr Susan Smith Sylvia Dockerhill |
4:39.65 |
Diving
Weightlifting
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Flyweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
290 | ![]() |
287.5 | ![]() |
265 |
Bantamweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
335 | ![]() |
317.5 | ![]() |
302.5 |
Featherweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
342.5 | ![]() |
340 | ![]() |
335 |
Lightweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
372.5 | ![]() |
355 | ![]() |
335 |
Middleweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
412.5 | ![]() |
402.5 | ![]() |
400 |
Light Heavyweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
447.5 | ![]() |
445 | ![]() |
427.5 |
Middle Heavyweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
457.5 | ![]() |
425 | ![]() |
410 |
Heavyweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
490 | ![]() |
470 | ![]() |
470 |
Super Heavyweight – Overall | Men | ![]() |
500 | ![]() |
500 | ![]() |
432.5 |
Wrestling
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
Light Flyweight | Men | ![]() |
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Flyweight | Men | ![]() |
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Bantamweight | Men | ![]() |
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Featherweight | Men | ![]() |
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Lightweight | Men | ![]() |
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Welterweight | Men | ![]() |
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Middleweight | Men | ![]() |
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Light Heavyweight | Men | ![]() |
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Heavyweight | Men | ![]() |
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Super Heavyweight | Men | ![]() |
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References
- ^ "Edinburgh Get 1970 Games". Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "S.R.U. gift of £1,000 to Games fund". Glasgow Herald. 9 December 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
External links
- Commonwealth Games Official Site
- footage of the Opening Ceremony from Scotland on Screen archive
- A Brief History – from the Delhi 2010 site
- 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games official website
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