Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was the ninth appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. There were 29 swimming events and they took place from 16 to 25 July 1970.

The events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, specifically constructed for the Games. Construction began in 1967 and was completed in October 1969.

Australia topped the medal table with 18 gold medals.

Medal table

Medal winners Men's events 100 m freestyle Mike Wenden Greg Rogers Bill Devenish 200 m freestyle Mike Wenden Ralph Hutton Greg Rogers 400 m freestyle Graham White Ralph Hutton Greg Brough1500 m freestyle Graham Windeatt Max Tavasci Mark Treffers100 m backstroke Bill Kennedy Michael Richards Erik Fish200 m backstroke Michael Richards Raymond Terrell Neil Rogers100 m breaststroke Bill Mahony Peter Cross Paul Jarvie200 m breaststroke Bill Mahony Paul Jarvie David Wilkie100 m butterfly Byron MacDonald Tom Arusoo Ron Jacks200 m butterfly Tom Arusoo Martyn Woodroffe James Findlay200 m individual medley George Smith Ken Campbell Martyn Woodroffe400 m individual medley George Smith Raymond Terrell James Findlay4×100 m freestyle relayGraham WhiteGregory RogersMichael WendenWilliam DevenishGeorge SmithRalph HuttonRobert KastingRon JacksTony JarvisIvan MyallMalcolm WindeattRaymond Terrell 4×200 m freestyle relayGraham WhiteGregory RogersMichael WendenBill DevenishGeorge SmithRalph HuttonRobert KastingRon JacksTony JarvisIvan MyallJohn MillsRaymond Terrell 4×100 m medley relayByron MacDonaldRobert KastingBill MahonyBill KennedyJames FindlayMichael WendenNeil RogersPaul JarvieKevan MoranMichael RichardsMartyn WoodroffeNigel Johnson

Women's events 100 m freestyle Angela Coughlan Lynne Watson Jenny Watts200 m freestyle Karen Moras Angela Coughlan Alex Jackson400 m freestyle Karen Moras Denise Langford Robyn Risson800 m freestyle Karen Moras Helen Gray Robyn Risson100 m backstroke Lynne Watson Debra Cain Donna Gurr 200 m backstroke Lynne Watson Donna Gurr Debra Cain100 m breaststroke Beverley Whitfield Dorothy Harrison Christine Jarvis200 m breaststroke Beverley Whitfield Dorothy Harrison Amanda Radnage100 m butterfly Diane Lansley Susan Smith Allyson Mabb 200 m butterfly Maree Robinson Jane Comerford Allyson Mabb200 m individual medley Denise Langford Shelagh Ratcliffe Diana Rickard400 m individual medley Denise Langford Gail Neall Shelagh Ratcliffe4×100 m freestyle relayDebra CainDenise LangfordJenny WattsLynne WatsonAngela CoughlanKaren JamesLinda HallSusan SmithDiana SutherlandKathryn SmithLesley AllardiceSally Pickering 4×100 m medley relayAllyson MabbBeverley WhitfieldDenise LangfordLynne WatsonDiane LansleyDorothy HarrisonKathryn SmithSylvia PlattAngela CoughlanDonna GurrSusan SmithSylvia Dockerill

Finals (men) 100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Mike Wenden 53.062 Greg Rogers 54.263 Bill Devenish 54.284 Mike J. Borrie 54.575 Tony Jarvis 54.946 Robert Kasting 55.107 Ralph Hutton 55.398 Malcolm Windeatt 55.65

200m freestyle

PosAthleteTime1 Mike Wenden 1:56.692 Ralph Hutton 1:58.453 Greg Rogers 1:58.634 Graham White 1:58.715 Mike J. Borrie 2:00.746 Ron Jacks 2:00.957 Robert Kasting 2:01.218 Ian J. Curry 2:02.96

400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Graham White 4:08.482 Ralph Hutton 4:08.773 Greg Brough 4:12.164 Ron Jacks 4:12.235 Richard Michael Wilkinson 4:14.716 Mike J. Borrie 4:20.357 Ian J. Curry 4:21.648 Peter Harrower 4:23.80

1500m freestyle

PosAthleteTime1 Graham Windeatt 16:23.822 Max Tavasci 16:34.463 Mark Treffers 16:44.694 Greg Brough 17:00.585 Peter Harrower 17:28.15 6 Steve Roxborough 17:29.727 Martin Richards 17:52.63

100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Bill Kennedy 1:01.652 Mike Richards 1:01.693 Erik Fish 1:02.024 Bradley Storey 1:02.335 Jimmy Rogers 1:02.72 6 Clive Rushton 1:03.247 Tony Davidson 1:03.478 Hamilton Simpson 1:04.71

200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Mike Richards 2:14.532 Raymond Terrell 2:15.483 Neil Rogers 2:15.634 Jimmy Rogers 2:16.265 Clive Rushton 2:16.30 6 Bradley Storey 2:16.86 7 Hamilton Simpson 2:17.29 8 Barnett R. Bond 2:20.01

100m breaststroke

PosAthleteTime1 Bill Mahony 1:09.02 Peter Cross 1:09.43 Paul Jarvie 1:10.04 Mike Whitaker 1:10.65 David Wilkie 1:11.06 Malcolm O'Connell 1:11.87 Liam Ball 1:12.3 8 Archibald Young 1:12.3

200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Bill Mahony 2:30.292 Paul Jarvie 2:30.703 David Wilkie 2:32.874 Peter Cross 2:35.685 Nigel Johnson 2:35.73 6 Liam Ball 2:36.947 Gordon Stirton 2:39.128 Robert Stoddart 2:39.30

100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Byron MacDonald 58.44 2 Tom Arusoo 58.983 Ron Jacks 59.014 Martyn Woodroffe 59.575 Neil Rogers 1:00.276 Alan Widdowson 1:00.337 Michael Bailey 1:00.528 Lennie Norris 1:02.27

200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Tom Arusoo 2:08.972 Martyn Woodroffe 2:09.143 James Findlay 2:09.414 Richard Michael Wilkinson 2:10.325 Ron Jacks 2:10.576 John Mills 2:12.387 Eric Henderson 2:14.088 Byron MacDonald 2:17.30

200m individual medley PosAthleteTime1 George Smith 2:13.722 Ken Campbell 2:16.573 Martyn Woodroffe 2:16.644 Robert Kasting 2:18.245 Raymond Terrell 2:18.556 James Findlay 2:18.587 Willem Eduard Portier 2:19.308 Barnett R. Bond 2:23.24

400m individual medley PosAthleteTime1 George Smith 4:48.872 Raymond Terrell 4:49.853 James Findlay 4:51.924 Willem Eduard Portier 4:53.175 Martyn Woodroffe 4:53.786 Graham Windeatt 4:56.457 Peter Harrower 4:57.618 Brian O'Sullivan 5:00.78

4×100m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish 3:36.02 2 Smith, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks 3:37.653 Jarvis, Myall, Windeatt, Terrell 3:41.244 Shore, MacGregor, Souter, Brown 3:46.605 Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie 3:47.646 Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens 3:53.877 Williams, Moran, Richards, Maher 3:53.938 Chan A, Chan R, Seng H. Soh, Heng 4:00.70 4×200m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish 7:50.772 Smith, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks 8:00.693 Jarvis, Myall, Mills, Terrell 8:10.604 Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie 8:11.795 Shore, MacGregor, Souter, Brown 8:24.786 Williams, Simpson, Richards, Maher 8:39.817 Chan A, Chan R, Soh, Heng 8:52.128 Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens 8:56.75

4×100m medley relay PosAthleteTime1 MacDonald, Kasting, Mahony, Kennedy 4:01.10 2 Findlay, Wenden,Rogers, Jarvie 4:04.553 Moran, Richards, Woodroffe, Johnson 4:08.054 Jarvis, Rogers, Norris, O'Connell 4:09.49 5 Wilkie, Brown, Henderson, Simpson 4:10.746 Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie 4:29.557 Martin, Mowen, Cluer, Bostock 4:38.48 8 Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens 4:39.46

Finals (women) 100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Angela Coughlan 1:01.222 Lynne Watson 1:01.45 3 Jennifer Alice Watts 1:01.804 Alex Jackson 1:01.81 5 Debra Cain 1:02.36 6 Karen James 1:02.747 Catherine J. Whiting 1:03.738 Shelagh Ratcliffe 1:04.32

200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Karen Moras 2:09.782 Angela Coughlan 2:10.833 Alex Jackson 2:13.524 Helen Gray 2:13.525 Karen James 2:14.736 Jennifer Alice Watts 2:16.327 Judith Wright 2:17.548 Sandra Smith 2:17.77

400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Karen Moras 4:27.38 2 Denise Langford 4:31.423 Robyn Risson 4:39.754 Angela Coughlan 4:40.215 Judith Wright 4:54.986 Leslie Cliff 4:46.847 Sally Hogg 4:52.038 Susan Williams 5:01.86

800m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Karen Moras 9:02.45 2 Helen Gray 9:27.483 Robyn Risson 9:37.89 4 Judith Wright 9:47.545 Leslie Cliff 9:56.056 Sally Hogg 9:58.447 Andrea Mackie 10:07.328 Sandra Smith 10:21.14

100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Lynne Watson 1:07.102 Debra Cain 1:07.733 Donna Gurr 1:08.874 Glenda Stirling 1:09.005 Sylvia Platt 1:09.566 Jackie Brown 1:09.867 Wendy Burrell 1:10.628 Diana Rickard 1:10.78

200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Lynne Watson 2:22.862 Donna Gurr 2:24.333 Debra Cain 2:26.024 Diana Rickard 2:28.235 Wendy Burrell 2:28.436 Glenda Stirling 2:29.717 Judith Wright 2:30.598 Leslie Cliff 2:37.83

100m breaststroke

PosAthleteTime1 Beverley Whitfield 1:17.402 Dorothy Harrison 1:17.603 Christine Jarvis 1:19.834 Sylvia Dockerill 1:19.865 Rene Robson 1:20.63 6 Christine Davies 1:21.077 Pat Wells 1:21.298 Jane Wright 1:22.33

200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Beverley Whitfield 2:44.122 Dorothy Harrison 2:46.183 Amanda Radnage 2:50.114 Rene Robson 2:52.195 Pamela Wilson 2:55.586 Jane Wright 2:55.607 Diana Harris 2:57.18

100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Diane Lansley 1:07.902 Susan Smith 1:08.18 3 Allyson Margaret Mabb 1:08.67 4 Catherine J. Whiting 1:08.715 Jane Comerford 1:08.966 Lesley Booth 1:09.297 Maree Robinson 1:09.298 Jeanne Warren 1:09.72

200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Maree Robinson 2:24.672 Jane Comerford 2:24.95 3 Allyson Margaret Mabb 2:31.094 Susan Smith 2:31.545 Diane Lansley 2:32.546 Sally Hogg 2:33.857 Lesley Booth 2:35.418 Gillian Treers 2:36.75

200m individual medley PosAthleteTime1 Denise Langford 2:28.892 Shelagh Ratcliffe 2:29.653 Diana Rickard 2:30.804 Susan Smith 2:30.825 Susan Hunter 2:33.306 Shirley Roulston 2:35.647 Sharon Anslow 2:36.048 Gail Neall 2:36.78

400m individual medley PosAthleteTime1 Denise Langford 5:10.742 Gail Neall 5:15.82 3 Shelagh Ratcliffe 5:17.894 Susan Hunter 5:20.10 5 Susan Smith 5:25.856 Jeanne Warren 5:26.997 Judith Wright 5:27.128 Sharon Anslow 5:35.19

4×100m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Cain, Langford, Watts, Watson 4:06.412 Coughlan, James, Hall, Smith 4:12.163 Sutherland, Smith, Allardice, Pickering 4:14.904 Crawford, Wright, Hunter, Whiting 4:15.445 Brown, Flynn, Fenton, Hogg 4:23.666 Price, Davies, Bowen, Jones, 4:27.267 Tseng, Keenan, Joo, Chan 4:43.66

4×100m medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Mabb, Whitfield, Langfod, Watson 4:30.662 Lansley, Harrison, Smith, Platt 4:38.943 Coughlan, Gurr, Smith, Dockerill4:39.654 Stirling, Crawford, Williams, Whiting 4:44.815 Armour, Stewart, Brown, Hogg 4:51.496 Stephens, Davies, Comins, Price 4:59.097 Chan, Tan, Joo, Keenan 5:00.71

See also Diving at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

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