| Athletics IX British Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh, Scotland - 17th - 25th July | 
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| Men Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Men 100m | Don Quarrie |  JAM | 10.24s w | Lennox Miller |  JAM | 10.32s w | Hasely Crawford |  TRI | 10.33s w | 
| Men 200m | Don Quarrie |  JAM | 20.56s | Edwin Roberts |  TRI | 20.69s | Charles Asati |  KEN | 20.74s | 
| Men 400m | Charles Asati |  KEN | 45.01s | Ross Wilson |  AUS | 45.61s | Saimoni Tamani |  FIJ | 45.82s | 
| Men 800m | Robert Ouko |  KEN | 1:46.89 | Ben Cayenne |  TRI | 1:47.42 | William Smart |  CAN | 1:47.43 | 
| Men 1500m | Kip Keino |  KEN | 3:36.68 | Dick Quax |  NZL | 3:38.19 | Brendan Foster |  ENG | 3:40.63 | 
| Men 5000m | Ian Stewart |  SCO | 13:22.85 | Ian McCafferty |  SCO | 13:23.34 | Kip Keino |  KEN | 13:27.6 | 
| Men 10000m | Lachie Stewart |  SCO | 28:11.72 | Ron Clarke |  AUS | 28:13.45 | Dick Taylor |  ENG | 28:15.35 | 
| Men Marathon | Ron Hill |  ENG | 2:09:28 | Jim Alder |  SCO | 2:12:04 | Don Faircloth |  ENG | 2:12:19 | 
| Men 110m Hurdles | David Hemery |  ENG | 13.66s w | Mal Baird |  AUS | 13.86s w | Godfrey Murray |  JAM | 14.02s w | 
| Men 400m Hurdles | John Sherwood |  ENG | 50.03s | William Koskei |  UGA | 50.15s | Charles Kipkemboi Yego |  KEN | 50.19s | 
| Men 3000m Steeplechase | Tony Manning |  AUS | 8:26.2 | Ben Jipcho |  KEN | 8:29.6 | Amos Biwott |  KEN | 8:30.8 | 
| Men 20 Miles walk | Noel Freeman |  AUS | 2:33:33 GR | Bob Gardiner |  AUS | 2:35:55 | Bill Sutherland |  SCO | 2:37:24 | 
| Men High Jump | Lawrie Peckham |  AUS | 2.14m | John Hawkins |  CAN | 2.12m | Sheikh Faye |  GAM | 2.10m | 
| Men Pole Vault | Mike Bull |  NIR | 5.10m | Alan Kane |  CAN | 4.90m | Robert Raftis |  CAN | 4.90m | 
| Men Long Jump | Lynn Davies |  WAL | 8.06m w | Phil May |  AUS | 7.94m w | Alan Lerwill |  ENG | 7.94m w | 
| Men Triple Jump | Phil May |  AUS | 16.72m | Mick McGrath |  AUS | 16.41m | Mohinder Singh Gill |  IND | 15.90m | 
| Men Shot Put | Dave Steen |  CAN | 19.21m | Jeff Teale |  ENG | 18.43m | Les Mills |  NZL | 18.40m | 
| Men Discus Throw | George Puce |  CAN | 59.02m | Les Mills |  NZL | 57.84m | Bill Tancred |  ENG | 56.68m | 
| Men Hammer Throw | Howard Payne |  ENG | 67.80m | Bruce Fraser |  ENG | 62.90m | Barry Williams |  ENG | 61.58m | 
| Men Javelin Throw | Dave Travis |  ENG | 79.50m | John McSorley |  ENG | 76.74m | John FitzSimons |  ENG | 73.20m | 
| Men Decathlon | Geoff Smith |  AUS | 7492pts | Peter Gabbett |  ENG | 7469pts | Barry King |  ENG | 7201pts | 
| Women Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Women 100m | Raelene Boyle |  AUS | 11.26s w | Alice Anum |  GHA | 11.32s w | Marion Hoffman |  AUS | 11.36s w | 
| Women 200m | Raelene Boyle |  AUS | 22.75s w | Alice Anum |  GHA | 22.86s w | Margaret Critchley |  ENG | 23.16s w | 
| Women 400m | Marilyn Neufville |  JAM | 51.02s WR | Sandra Brown |  AUS | 53.66s | Judith Ayaa |  UGA | 53.77s | 
| Women 800m | Rosemary Stirling |  SCO | 2:06.24 | Pat Lowe |  ENG | 2:06.27 | Cheryl Peasley |  AUS | 2:06.33 | 
| Women 1500m | Rita Ridley |  ENG | 4:18.8 | Joan Page |  ENG | 4:19.0 | Thelma Fynn |  CAN | 4:19.1 | 
| Women 100m Hurdles | Pam Kilborn |  AUS | 13.27s | Maureen Caird |  AUS | 13.73s | Christine Bell |  ENG | 13.82s | 
| Women High Jump | Debbie Brill |  CAN | 1.78m | Ann Wilson |  ENG | 1.70m | Moira Walls |  SCO | 1.70m | 
| Women Long Jump | Sheila Sherwood |  ENG | 6.73m | Ann Wilson |  ENG | 6.50m | Joan Hendry |  CAN | 6.28m | 
| Women Shot Put | Mary Peters |  NIR | 15.93m | Barbara Poulsen |  NZL | 15.87m | Jean Roberts |  AUS | 15.32m | 
| Women Discus Throw | Rosemary Payne |  SCO | 54.46m | Jean Roberts |  AUS | 51.02m | Carol Martin |  CAN | 48.42m | 
| Women Javelin Throw | Petra Rivers |  AUS | 52.00m | Anne Farquhar |  ENG | 50.82m | Jay Dahlgren |  CAN | 49.54m | 
| Women Pentathlon | Mary Peters |  NIR | 5148pts GR | Ann Wilson |  ENG | 5037pts | Jenny Meldrum |  CAN | 4736pts |