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Sporting event delegation
England competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh , Scotland , from 16 to 25 July 1970.[ 1] [ 2]
England finished second in the medal table.
Medal table (top three)
The athletes that competed are listed below.[ 3]
Athletics
Name
Event/s
Medal/s
Bill Adcocks
marathon
Joan Allison
1,500m
1 x silver
Ralph Banthorpe
200m
Barbara-Anne Barrett
long jump
Mike Baxter
5,000m
Brenda Bedford
shot put, discus
Christine Bell
100m hurdles
1 x bronze
Martin Bilham
400m, relay
1 x bronze
Avril Bowring
400m
Norine Braithwaite
800, 1500m
John Caine
10,000m
Colin Campbell
800m
Mike Colin Campbell
high jump
Sheila Carey
800m
Geoff Capes
shot put
Steve Chappell
pole vault
Shirley Clelland
pentathlon
Madeleine Cobb
relay
1 x silver
Tony Collins
400m hurdles
Barbara Corbett
100m hurdles
Margaret Critchley
200m, relay
1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Pat Cropper
800m
1 x silver
Michael Cushion
discus
John Davies
800m
Dave Dear
200m, relay
1 x bronze
Bob Dobson
20 mile walk
Lilias Dykes
discus
Reynold Edwards
long jump, triple jump
Don Faircloth
marathon
1 x bronze
Anne Farquhar
javelin
1 x silver
Jean Fielding
discus
John FitzSimons
javelin
1 x bronze
Brendan Foster
1,500m
1 x bronze
Bruce Fraser
hammer
1 x silver
Peter Gabbett
decathlon
1 x silver
Brian Green
100m, relay
1 x bronze
Ian Green
100m, relay
1 x bronze
Leon Hall
high jump
Graham Hamlyn
triple jump
John Harrison
100m
Mike Hauck
400m, relay
1 x bronze
Martin Higdon
pole vault
David Hemery
110m hurdles
1 x gold
Ron Hill
marathon
1 x gold
Geoff Hignett
long jump
Andy Holden
3,000m steeplechase
Janet Honour
High jump
Barbara James
discus
Della James
100m, 200m
Angela King
javelin
Barry King
decathlon
1 x bronze
John Kirkbride
1500m
Alan Lerwill
long jump, triple jump
1 x bronze
Martin Winbolt-Lewis
800m
Shaun Lightman
20 mile walk
Martyn Lucking
shot put
Roger Matthews
10,000m
Arthur McKenzie
discus
John McSorley
javelin
1 x silver
Anita Neil
100m, relay
1 x silver
Alan Pascoe
110m hurdles
Howard Payne
hammer
1 x gold
Maureen Pearce
shot put
Val Peat
100m
1 x silver
Christopher Perry
3,000m steeplechase
Martin Reynolds
200m, relay
1 x bronze
Rita Ridley
1500m
1 x gold
Jannette Roscoe
400m
Allan Rushmer
5,000m
David Scharer
400m
Sue Scott
100m hurdles, pentathlon
John Sherwood
400m hurdles, 400 relay
1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Sheila Sherwood
long jump
1 x gold
Dorothy Shirley
High jump
Ann Simmonds
pentathlon, long jump, high jump
3 x silver
James Smith
decathlon
Gerald Stevens
3,000m steeplechase
Stuart Storey
110m hurdles
Bill Tancred
discus
1 x bronze
Maureen Taylor
200m, 400m
Phillip Taylor
high jump
Dick Taylor
5,000m, 10,000m
1 x bronze
Jeff Teale
shot put
1 x silver
Dave Travis
javelin
1 x gold
Tony Wadhams
triple jump
Len Walters
relay
1 x bronze
Ron Wallwork
20 mile walk
John Whetton
1500m
Barry Williams
hammer
1 x bronze
Malcolm Yardley
400m
Badminton
Name
Event/s
Medal/s
Margaret Beck
singles
1 x gold
Margaret Boxall
singles, doubles, mixed
2 x gold, 1 x bronze
David Eddy
singles, doubles, mixed
1 x bronze
Gillian Gilks
singles, doubles, mixed
3 x silver
Roger Mills
mixed
1 x silver
Julie Rickard
doubles. mixed
1 x silver
Ray Sharp
singles, doubles
1 x bronze
Derek Talbot
singles, doubles, mixed
1 x gold
Paul Whetnall
singles, doubles, mixed
1 x silver
Sue Whetnall
singles, doubles, mixed
1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Bowls
Boxing
Cycling
Diving
Fencing
Name
Event/s
Medal/s
David Acfield
sabre individual, team
1 x gold
Mike Breckin
foil individual, team
2 x gold
Richard Cohen
sabre individual, team
1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Rodney Craig
sabre individual, team
1 x gold, 1 x silver
Sue Green
foil individual, team
1 x gold
Clare Henley
foil individual, team
1 x gold
Bill Hoskyns
épée individual, team
2 x gold
Peter Jacobs
épée individual, team
1 gold, 1 x bronze
Ralph Johnson
épée individual, team
1 x gold
Barry Paul
foil individual, team
1 x gold, 1 x silver
Graham Paul
foil individual, team
1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Janet Wardell-Yerburgh
foil individual, team
2 x gold
Swimming
Name
Event/s
Medal/s
Lesley Allardice
200m freestyle, relay
1 x bronze
Sharon Anslow
200 & 400m individual medley
Michael Bailey
100m butterfly
Jackie Brown
100m backstroke
Wendy Burrell
100 & 200m backstroke, 400m individual medley
Anthony Davison
100m backstroke
Sheena Grant
200m backstroke
Diana Harris
100 & 200m breaststroke
Dorothy Harrison
100 & 200m breaststroke, relay
3 x silver
Tony Jarvis
100 & 200m freestyle, relays
2 x bronze
Christine Jarvis
100m breaststroke
1 x bronze
Diane Lansley
100 & 200m butterfly, relay
1 x gold, 1 x silver
John Mills
200 & 1500m freestyle,200m butterfly, relay
1 x bronze
Ivan Myall
100, 200 & 400m freestyle, relays
2 x bronze
Lennie Norris
100m butterfly, relay
Malcolm O'Connell
100m breaststroke, relay
Sally Pickering
100m freestyle, relay
1 x bronze
Sylvia Platt
100 & 200m backstroke, relay
1 x silver
William Price
100 & 200m breaststroke
Amanda Radnage
200m breaststroke
1 x bronze
Shelagh Ratcliffe
100m freestyle, 200 & 400m individual medley
1 x silver, 1 x bronze
James Rogers
100 & 200m backstroke, relay
Clive Rushton
100 & 200m backstroke
Kathryn Smith
100m freestyle, relays
1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Diane Sutherland
200m freestyle, relay
1 x bronze
Raymond Terrell
200m backstroke, 200 & 400m individual medley, relays
2 x silver, 2 x bronze
Jane Thomson
200m individual medley
Gillian Treers
100 & 200m butterfly
Alan Widdowson
100 & 200m butterfly
Susan Williams
200m butterfly, 400 & 800m freestyle
Malcolm Windeatt
100m freestyle, relay
1 x bronze
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
England hosted the Games in 1934 and 2002 , and will again in 2022 .
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