Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
VenueRoyal Commonwealth Pool
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Dates16 – 25 July 1970

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

The events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, specifically constructed for the Games. Construction began in 1967 and was completed in October 1969.[6]

Australia topped the medal table with 18 gold medals.[7][8][9]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia18101442
2 Canada911424
3 England16613
4 Wales1225
5 Isle of Man0011
 New Zealand0011
 Scotland*0011
Totals (7 entries)29292987

Medal winners

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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 Brough
1500 m freestyle Graham Windeatt Max Tavasci Mark Treffers
100 m backstroke Bill Kennedy Michael Richards Erik Fish
200 m backstroke Michael Richards Raymond Terrell Neil Rogers
100 m breaststroke Bill Mahony Peter Cross Paul Jarvie
200 m breaststroke Bill Mahony Paul Jarvie David Wilkie
100 m butterfly Byron MacDonald Tom Arusoo Ron Jacks
200 m butterfly Tom Arusoo Martyn Woodroffe James Findlay
200 m individual medley George Smith Ken Campbell Martyn Woodroffe
400 m individual medley George Smith Raymond Terrell James Findlay
4×100 m freestyle relay
Graham White
Gregory Rogers
Michael Wenden
William Devenish
George Smith
Ralph Hutton
Robert Kasting
Ron Jacks
Tony Jarvis
Ivan Myall
Malcolm Windeatt
Raymond Terrell
4×100 m freestyle relay
Graham White
Gregory Rogers
Michael Wenden
Bill Devenish
George Smith
Ralph Hutton
Robert Kasting
Ron Jacks
Tony Jarvis
Ivan Myall
John Mills
Raymond Terrell
4×200 m freestyle relay
Byron MacDonald
Robert Kasting
Bill Mahony
Bill Kennedy
James Findlay
Michael Wenden
Neil Rogers
Paul Jarvie
Kevan Moran
Martin Richards
Martyn Woodroffe
Nigel Johnson

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Angela Coughlan Lynne Watson Jenny Watts
200 m freestyle Karen Moras Angela Coughlan Alex Jackson
400 m freestyle Karen Moras Denise Langford Robyn Risson
800 m freestyle Karen Moras Helen Gray Robyn Risson
100 m backstroke Lynne Watson Debra Cain Donna Gurr
200 m backstroke Lynne Watson Donna Gurr Debra Cain
100 m breaststroke Beverley Whitfield Dorothy Harrison Christine Jarvis
200 m breaststroke Beverley Whitfield Dorothy Harrison Amanda Radnage
100 m butterfly Diane Lansley Susan Smith Allyson Mabb
200 m butterfly Maree Robinson Jane Comerford Allyson Mabb
200 m individual medley Denise Langford Shelagh Ratcliffe Diana Rickard
400 m individual medley Denise Langford Gail Neall Shelagh Ratcliffe
4×100 m freestyle relay
Debra Cain
Denise Langford
Jenny Watts
Lynne Watson
Angela Coughlan
Karen James
Linda Hall
Susan Smith
Diana Sutherland
Kathryn Smith
Lesley Allardice
Sally Pickering
4×100 m medley relay
Allyson Mabb
Beverley Whitfield
Denise Langford
Lynne Watson
Diane Lansley
Dorothy Harrison
Kathryn Smith
Sylvia Platt
Angela Coughlan
Donna Gurr
Susan Smith
Sylvia Dockerill

Finals (men)

100m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Mike Wenden 53.06
2 Greg Rogers 54.26
3 Bill Devenish 54.28
4 Mike J. Borrie 54.57
5 Tony Jarvis 54.94
6 Robert Kasting 55.10
7 Ralph Hutton 55.39
8 Malcolm Windeatt 55.65

200m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Mike Wenden 1:56.69
2 Ralph Hutton 1:58.45
3 Greg Rogers 1:58.63
4 Graham White 1:58.71
5 Mike J. Borrie 2:00.74
6 Ron Jacks 2:00.95
7 Robert Kasting 2:01.21
8 Ian J. Curry 2:02.96

400m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Graham White 4:08.48
2 Ralph Hutton 4:08.77
3 Greg Brough 4:12.16
4 Ron Jacks 4:12.23
5 Richard Michael Wilkinson 4:14.71
6 Mike J. Borrie 4:20.35
7 Ian J. Curry 4:21.64
8 Peter Harrower 4:23.80

1500m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Graham Windeatt 16:23.82
2 Max Tavasci 16:34.46
3 Mark Treffers 16:44.69
4 Greg Brough 17:00.58
5 Peter Harrower 17:28.15
6 Steve Roxborough 17:29.72
7 Martin Richards 17:52.63

100m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Bill Kennedy 1:01.65
2 Mike Richards 1:01.69
3 Erik Fish 1:02.02
4 Bradley Storey 1:02.33
5 Jimmy Rogers 1:02.72
6 Clive Rushton 1:03.24
7 Tony Davidson 1:03.47
8 Hamilton Simpson 1:04.71

200m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Mike Richards 2:14.53
2 Raymond Terrell 2:15.48
3 Neil Rogers 2:15.63
4 Jimmy Rogers 2:16.26
5 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

Pos Athlete Time
1 Bill Mahony 1:09.0
2 Peter Cross 1:09.4
3 Paul Jarvie 1:10.0
4 Mike Whitaker 1:10.6
5 David Wilkie 1:11.0
6 Malcolm O'Connell 1:11.8
7 Liam Ball 1:12.3
8 Archibald Young 1:12.3

200m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Bill Mahony 2:30.29
2 Paul Jarvie 2:30.70
3 David Wilkie 2:32.87
4 Peter Cross 2:35.68
5 Nigel Johnson 2:35.73
6 Liam Ball 2:36.94
7 Gordon Stirton 2:39.12
8 Robert Stoddart 2:39.30

100m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Byron MacDonald 58.44
2 Tom Arusoo 58.98
3 Ron Jacks 59.01
4 Martyn Woodroffe 59.57
5 Neil Rogers 1:00.27
6 Alan Widdowson 1:00.33
7 Michael Bailey 1:00.52
8 Lennie Norris 1:02.27

200m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Tom Arusoo 2:08.97
2 Martyn Woodroffe 2:09.14
3 James Findlay 2:09.41
4 Richard Michael Wilkinson 2:10.32
5 Ron Jacks 2:10.57
6 John Mills 2:12.38
7 Eric Henderson 2:14.08
8 Byron MacDonald 2:17.30

200m individual medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 George Smith 2:13.72
2 Ken Campbell 2:16.57
3 Martyn Woodroffe 2:16.64
4 Robert Kasting 2:18.24
5 Raymond Terrell 2:18.55
6 James Findlay 2:18.58
7 Willem Eduard Portier 2:19.30
8 Barnett R. Bond 2:23.24

400m individual medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 George Smith 4:48.87
2 Raymond Terrell 4:49.85
3 James Findlay 4:51.92
4 Willem Eduard Portier 4:53.17
5 Martyn Woodroffe 4:53.78
6 Graham Windeatt 4:56.45
7 Peter Harrower 4:57.61
8 Brian O'Sullivan 5:00.78

4×100m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish 3:36.02
2 Smith, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks 3:37.65
3 Jarvis, Myall, Windeatt, Terrell 3:41.24
4 Shore, MacGregor, Souter, Brown 3:46.60
5 Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie 3:47.64
6 Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens 3:53.87
7 Williams, Moran, Richards, Maher 3:53.93
8 Chan A, Chan R, Seng H. Soh, Heng 4:00.70

4×200m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish 7:50.77
2 Smith, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks 8:00.69
3 Jarvis, Myall, Mills, Terrell 8:10.60
4 Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie 8:11.79
5 Shore, MacGregor, Souter, Brown 8:24.78
6 Williams, Simpson, Richards, Maher 8:39.81
7 Chan A, Chan R, Soh, Heng 8:52.12
8 Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens 8:56.75

4×100m medley relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 MacDonald, Kasting, Mahony, Kennedy 4:01.10
2 Findlay, Wenden,Rogers, Jarvie 4:04.55
3 Moran, Richards, Woodroffe, Johnson 4:08.05
4 Jarvis, Rogers, Norris, O'Connell 4:09.49
5 Wilkie, Brown, Henderson, Simpson 4:10.74
6 Bond, Curry, Treffers, Borrie 4:29.55
7 Martin, Mowen, Cluer, Bostock 4:38.48
8 Maxwell, Nash, Alexander, Owens 4:39.46

Finals (women)

100m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Angela Coughlan 1:01.22
2 Lynne Watson 1:01.45
3 Jennifer Alice Watts 1:01.80
4 Alex Jackson 1:01.81
5 Debra Cain 1:02.36
6 Karen James 1:02.74
7 Catherine J. Whiting 1:03.73
8 Shelagh Ratcliffe 1:04.32

200m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Karen Moras 2:09.78
2 Angela Coughlan 2:10.83
3 Alex Jackson 2:13.52
4 Helen Gray 2:13.52
5 Karen James 2:14.73
6 Jennifer Alice Watts 2:16.32
7 Judith Wright 2:17.54
8 Sandra Smith 2:17.77

400m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Karen Moras 4:27.38
2 Denise Langford 4:31.42
3 Robyn Risson 4:39.75
4 Angela Coughlan 4:40.21
5 Judith Wright 4:54.98
6 Leslie Cliff 4:46.84
7 Sally Hogg 4:52.03
8 Susan Williams 5:01.86

800m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Karen Moras 9:02.45
2 Helen Gray 9:27.48
3 Robyn Risson 9:37.89
4 Judith Wright 9:47.54
5 Leslie Cliff 9:56.05
6 Sally Hogg 9:58.44
7 Andrea Mackie 10:07.32
8 Sandra Smith 10:21.14

100m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Lynne Watson 1:07.10
2 Debra Cain 1:07.73
3 Donna Gurr 1:08.87
4 Glenda Stirling 1:09.00
5 Sylvia Platt 1:09.56
6 Jackie Brown 1:09.86
7 Wendy Burrell 1:10.62
8 Diana Rickard 1:10.78

200m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Lynne Watson 2:22.86
2 Donna Gurr 2:24.33
3 Debra Cain 2:26.02
4 Diana Rickard 2:28.23
5 Wendy Burrell 2:28.43
6 Glenda Stirling 2:29.71
7 Judith Wright 2:30.59
8 Leslie Cliff 2:37.83

100m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Beverley Whitfield 1:17.40
2 Dorothy Harrison 1:17.60
3 Christine Jarvis 1:19.83
4 Sylvia Dockerill 1:19.86
5 Rene Robson 1:20.63
6 Christine Davies 1:21.07
7 Pat Wells 1:21.29
8 Jane Wright 1:22.33

200m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Beverley Whitfield 2:44.12
2 Dorothy Harrison 2:46.18
3 Amanda Radnage 2:50.11
4 Rene Robson 2:52.19
5 Pamela Wilson 2:55.58
6 Jane Wright 2:55.60
7 Diana Harris 2:57.18

100m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Diane Lansley 1:07.90
2 Susan Smith 1:08.18
3 Allyson Margaret Mabb 1:08.67
4 Catherine J. Whiting 1:08.71
5 Jane Comerford 1:08.96
6 Lesley Booth 1:09.29
7 Maree Robinson 1:09.29
8 Jeanne Warren 1:09.72

200m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Maree Robinson 2:24.67
2 Jane Comerford 2:24.95
3 Allyson Margaret Mabb 2:31.09
4 Susan Smith 2:31.54
5 Diane Lansley 2:32.54
6 Sally Hogg 2:33.85
7 Lesley Booth 2:35.41
8 Gillian Treers 2:36.75

200m individual medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Denise Langford 2:28.89
2 Shelagh Ratcliffe 2:29.65
3 Diana Rickard 2:30.80
4 Susan Smith 2:30.82
5 Susan Hunter 2:33.30
6 Shirley Roulston 2:35.64
7 Sharon Anslow 2:36.04
8 Gail Neall 2:36.78

400m individual medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Denise Langford 5:10.74
2 Gail Neall 5:15.82
3 Shelagh Ratcliffe 5:17.89
4 Susan Hunter 5:20.10
5 Susan Smith 5:25.85
6 Jeanne Warren 5:26.99
7 Judith Wright 5:27.12
8 Sharon Anslow 5:35.19

4×100m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Cain, Langford, Watts, Watson 4:06.41
2 Coughlan, James, Hall, Smith 4:12.16
3 Sutherland, Smith, Allardice, Pickering 4:14.90
4 Crawford, Wright, Hunter, Whiting 4:15.44
5 Brown, Flynn, Fenton, Hogg 4:23.66
6 Price, Davies, Bowen, Jones, 4:27.26
7 Tseng, Keenan, Joo, Chan 4:43.66

4×100m medley relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Mabb, Whitfield, Langfod, Watson 4:30.66
2 Lansley, Harrison, Smith, Platt 4:38.94
3 Coughlan, Gurr, Smith, Dockerill 4:39.65
4 Stirling, Crawford, Williams, Whiting 4:44.81
5 Armour, Stewart, Brown, Hogg 4:51.49
6 Stephens, Davies, Comins, Price 4:59.09
7 Chan, Tan, Joo, Keenan 5:00.71

See also

References

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