At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. A total of 36 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 13 by female athletes. This was the first athletics competition at the British Commonwealth Games to feature events in metric units, rather than imperial units. One world record and two Games records were broken at the competition.
Medal summary
Men
+ Men's track and road events Event Gold Silver Bronze Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time 10.24w 10.32w 10.33w 20.56 20.69 20.74 45.01 45.61 45.82 1:46.89 1:47.42 1:47.43 3:36.68 3:38.19 3:40.63 13:22.85 13:23.34 13:27.6 28:11.72 28:13.45 28:15.35 2:09:28 2:12:04 2:12:19 13.66w 13.86w 14.02w 50.03 50.15 50.19 8:26.2 8:29.6 8:30.8Errol StewartLennox MillerCarl LawsonDon Quarrie 39.46Michael AheyJames AddyEdward OwusuGeorge Daniels 39.82Ian GreenMartin ReynoldsDave DearBrian Green 40.05Munyoro NyamauJulius SangRobert OukoCharles Asati 3:03.63Mel Wong ShingBen CayenneKent BernardEdwin Roberts 3:05.49Martin BilhamLen WaltersMike HauckJohn Sherwood 3:05.53 2:33:33 GR 2:35:55 2:37:24
+ Men's field events Event Gold Silver Bronze Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance 2.14 m 2.12 m 2.10 m 5.10 m 4.90 m 4.90 m 8.06 m (w) 7.94 m (w) 7.94 m (w) 16.72 m 16.41 m 15.90 m 19.21 m 18.43 m 18.40 m 59.02 m 57.84 m 56.68 m 67.80 m 62.90 m 61.58 m 79.50 m 76.74 m 73.20 m
+ Men's mixed events Event Gold Silver Bronze Athlete Points Athlete Points Athlete Points 7492 7469 7201
Women + Women's track events Event Gold Silver Bronze Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time 11.26w 11.32w 11.36w 22.75w 22.86w 23.16w 51.02 WR 53.66 53.77 2:06.24 2:06.27 2:06.33 4:18.8 4:19.0 4:19.1 13.27 13.73 13.82Jennifer LamyPam KilbornMarion HoffmanRaelene Boyle 44.14Anita NeilMargaret CritchleyMadeleine CobbVal Peat 44.28Joan HendryJoyce SadowickPatty LoverockStephanie Berto 44.68
+ Women's field events Event Gold Silver Bronze Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance Athlete Height / Distance 1.78 m 1.70 m 1.70 m 6.73 m 6.50 m 6.28 m 15.93 m 15.87 m 15.32 m 54.46 m 51.02 m 48.42 m 52.00 m 50.82 m 49.54 m
+ Women's mixed events Event Gold Silver Bronze Athlete Points Athlete Points Athlete Points 5148 GR 5037 4736
Medal table
Participating nations
(7) (33) (12) (2) (59) (1) (92) (1) (6) (12) (7) (2) (5) (2) (9) (4) (22) (18) (7) (7) (20) (21) (19) (9) (1) (55) (5) (4) (5) (8) (12) (15) (41) (11)
References Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21. Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.