Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 20 miles walk

Men's 20 miles walk
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
VenueEdinburgh
Dates18 July 1970
Medalists
gold medal Noel Freeman   Australia
silver medal Bob Gardiner   Australia
bronze medal Bill Sutherland   Scotland
Athletics at the 1970 British
Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 mile walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 20 miles walk event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18 July in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

Results

Final results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Noel Freeman  Australia 2:33:33 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bob Gardiner  Australia 2:35:55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bill Sutherland  Scotland 2:37:24
4 Bob Dobson  England 2:39:55
5 Ron Wallwork  England 2:40:10
6 Len Duquemin  Guernsey 2:42:48
7 Shaun Lightman  England 2:44:50
8 Felix Cappella  Canada 2:45:16
9 Alex Oakley  Canada 2:48:07
10 John Moullin  Guernsey 2:48:07
11 Richard Rosser  Wales 2:49:41
12 Karl-Heinz Merschenz  Canada 2:50:32
13 John Callow  Isle of Man 2:51:21
14 David Smyth  Northern Ireland 2:53:49
15 John Cannell  Isle of Man 2:56:19
16 David Dorey  Guernsey 3:03:41
17 Nolan Simmons  Trinidad and Tobago 3:08:23
18 Bala Krishna Subramanian  Singapore 3:13:22
19 Francis Thomas  Trinidad and Tobago 3:14:58
Ian Hodgkinson  Isle of Man DNF
Bachan Singh  India DQ

References

  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.