Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's pentathlon

Women's pentathlon at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	24 July 1970
Medalists
Mary Peters    Northern Ireland   Ann Wilson    England   Jenny Meldrum    Canada
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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 pentathlon event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that women's combined events were contested at the Games.

Results by event: abbreviations listed after table

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	SP	HJ	LJ	200m	Points	Notes
	Mary Peters	Northern Ireland	13.6	16.13†	1.66	5.73	24.3†	5148	GR
	Ann Wilson	England	13.6	11.04	1.72†	6.55†	24.6	5037
	Jenny Meldrum	Canada	14.2	13.11	1.57	5.73	24.8	4736
4	Moira Walls	Scotland	14.0	9.28	1.69	6.39	25.5	4704
5	Susan Scott	England	13.7	11.58	1.48	5.94	24.7	4681
6	Ruth Martin-Jones	Wales	15.0	10.96	1.54	5.95	24.9	4497
7	Shirley Clelland	England	14.4	10.21	1.51	5.95	25.2	4458
8	Yvonne Saunders	Jamaica	14.8	9.13	1.69	5.70	25.4	4441
9	Modupe Oshikoya	Nigeria	14.9	7.93	1.69	5.89	25.0	4411
10	Diane Jones	Canada	15.5	12.79	1.66	5.45	27.1	4388
11	Lindy Carruthers	Scotland	14.2	9.19	1.48	5.59	25.5	4265
12	Moira Niccol	Scotland	14.4	8.68	1.51	5.61	25.5	4236
13	June Hirst	Wales	14.7	8.37	1.54	5.59	25.9	4165
14	Anita De Gregory	Bahamas	16.0	8.49	1.40	5.21	25.6	3801
15	Genevieve Carosin	Mauritius	18.1	7.66	1.40	5.14	27.0	3403
	Pam Kilborn	Australia	13.3†	9.60	?.??	–	–	DNF
	Penny McCallum	Australia	13.7	8.23	?.??	–	–	DNF
	Maureen Caird	Australia	13.5	?.??	–	–	–	DNF
	Barbara Poulsen	New Zealand	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNS

In the order they appear:

• Detailed results (p11)