Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's pentathlon
Women's pentathlon at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh | |||||||||
Dates | 24 July 1970 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
[edit]† The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow and marked with a dagger, †
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200m | Points | Notes |
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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 |
Abbreviations in table headings
[edit]In the order they appear:
- H – Hurdles
- SP – Shot put
- HJ – High jump
- LJ – Long jump
References
[edit]- Detailed results (p11)