Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's shot put event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 23 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Mary Peters	Northern Ireland	15.93
	Barbara Poulsen	New Zealand	15.87
	Jean Roberts	Australia	15.32
4	Anne Karner	Australia	14.52
5	Brenda Bedford	England	14.15
6	Diane Charteris	New Zealand	13.59
7	Joan Pavelich	Canada	13.57
8	Marleen Kurt	Canada	13.55
9	Gay Porter	Northern Ireland	13.28
10	Carol Martin	Canada	12.46
11	Heather Stuart	Scotland	12.21
12	Maureen Pearce	England	11.23