England competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970.
England at the CGF code ENG CGA Commonwealth Games England in Edinburgh, Scotland MedalsRanked 2nd Gold 27 Silver 25 Bronze 32 Total 84 British Commonwealth Games appearances
England finished second in the medal table.
The athletes that competed are listed below.
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 Name Event/s Medal/s David Bryant singles 1 x gold Norman Hook rinks/fours Norman King pairs 1 x gold Peter Line pairs 1 x gold Harold Powell rinks/fours Bobby Stenhouse rinks/fours Cliff Stroud rinks/fours
Boxing Name Event/s Medal/s Michael Abrams 48 kg light-flyweight 1 x bronze Johnny Banham 81 kg middlweight John Conteh 75 kg middleweight 1 x gold Howard Hayes 60 kg lightweight Dave Needham 51 kg flyweight 1 x gold Tony Oxley 54 kg bantamweight Alan Richardson 57 kg featherweight 1 x bronze Dave Simmonds 71 kg light-middlweight Les Stevens 91 kg heavyweight 1 x bronze Ron Thurston 63.5 kg light-welterweight Terry Waller 67 kg welterweight
Cycling Name Event/s Medal/s Michael Bennett 1 km time trial Bob Bicknell match sprint Ernie Crutchlow match sprint Gary Crewe road race Ian Hallam scratch Race & individual pursuit 1 x gold Ronald Keeble scratch Race & 1 km time trial William Moore individual pursuit Dave Rollinson road race Dave Rowe match sprint Brian Rushton road race Ray Ward 1 km Time Trial & individual pursuit
Diving Name Event/s Medal/s John Baker 3m springboard Shelagh Burrow 10m platform 1 x bronze Alison Drake 3m springboard Philip Drew 10m platform 1 x silver Andrew Gill 10m platform 1 x bronze Joseph Thewlis 3m springboard Brian Wetheridge 3m springboard
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 Diana 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 Name Event/s Medal/s Dave Hancock 110 kg heavyweight 1 x silver Laurie Levine 75 kg middleweight Louis Martin 90 kg middle-heavyweight 1 x gold Precious McKenzie 56 kg bantamweight 1 x gold George Newton 67.5 kg lightweight 1 x gold Mike Pearman 82.5 kg light-heavyweight Gerald Perrin 60 kg featherweight 1 x gold Brian Saunders +110 kg super-heavyweight
Wrestling Name Event/s Medal/s Peter Amey 74 kg welterweight Kenneth Dawes 62 kg featherweight Terence Robinson 57 kg bantamweight 1 x bronze David Idle 68 kg lightweight Ronald Grinstead 82 kg middleweight 1 x bronze Richard Barraclough 90 kg light-heavyweight Denis McNamara 100 kg heavyweight 1 x bronze