Cycling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Track: Meadowbank Velodrome Road: Holyrood Park
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates	16 to 25 July 1970

Cycling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was the eighth appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970.^[1][2]

The track events took place in the Meadowbank Velodrome, which formed part of the Meadowbank Sports Centre, built specifically for the Games, at a cost of £2.8 million. The velodrome construction cost £90,000 and was located approximately 200 yards east of the sports centre.^[3][4]

The road race was a 102 miles route, consisting of 31 circuits of Holyrood Park and included climbs and a route through the Queen's Palace Gardens at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.^[5]

Australia topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze.^[6][7]

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	2	3	1	6
2	New Zealand	2	0	1	3
3	Canada	1	1	1	3
4	England	1	0	0	1
5	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	2	3
6	Scotland	0	1	0	1
7	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road Race	Bruce Biddle	Ray Bilney	John Trevorrow
Time Trial	Harry Kent	Leslie King	Jocelyn Lovell
Sprint	John Nicholson	Gordon Johnson	Leslie King
Individual Pursuit	Ian Hallam	Danny Clark	Blair Stockwell
10 miles Scratch	Jocelyn Lovell	Brian Temple	Vernon Stauble
Tandem	Gordon Johnson Ron Jonker	Jocelyn Lovell Barry Harvey	John Hatfield John Beswick

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Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bruce Biddle	4:38:58.00 hours
2	Ray Bilney	4:58:58.00
3	John Trevorrow	4:40:26.00
4	Dave Rollinson	4:41:2
5	Bryce Beeston	4:41:2
6	Nigel J. Dean	4:42.5
7	Ernest Potter	4:44.4
8	Gary Crewe	4:44.4
9	Andy McGhee	4:45.1
10	Brian Rushton	4:45.1
11	Grahame Jenkins	4:45:3
12	Andrew Brunton	4:45.3
13	Thomas Morris	4:45:3
14	Dave Kane	4:45:3
15	Billy Bilsland	4:46:0
16	Brian F. Roche	4:49:2
17	Max Grace	4:50:6
18	Alex Gilchrist	4:50:6

Pos	Athlete
1	Ian Hallam
2	Danny Clark
3	Blair Stockwell
4	Dave Watson
5	Douglas John Armstrong
5	William Moore
5	Ray Ward
5	Frank Ludtke

Quarter-final

Semi finals

Third place

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Harry Kent	1:08.69
2	Leslie King	1:10.40
3	Jocelyn Lovell	1:10.53
4	Daryl Perkins	1:10.9
5	Barry Harvey	1:11.0
6	Danny Clark	1:11.4
7	Michael Bennett	1:11.9
8	John Nicholson	1:11.9
9	Frank Ludtke	1:12.2
10	Blair Stockwell	1:12.3
11	Vernon Stauble	1:12.5
12	Ray Ward	1:12.7
13	Brian Temple	1:12.8
14	John Pritchard	1:13.0
15	Robert Farrell	1:13.3
16	Ronald Keeble	1:13.3

Pos	Athlete
1	John Nicholson
2	Gordon Johnson
3	Leslie King
4	Harry Kent
5	Daryl Perkins
5	Barry Harvey
5	Winston Attong
5	Bryce Preston
9	Bob Bicknell
9	David Rowe
9	Neville Hunte
9	Leslie John
13	Ernie Crutchlow
13	Max Vertongen
13	Thomas Banks
13	Kenneth Whitson

Quarter-final

Semi finals

Third place

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jocelyn Lovell	20:46.72
2	Brian Temple	20:47.56
3	Vernon Stauble	20:47.72
4	Max Vertongen	20:53.8
5	Bryce Preston	20:53.9
6	Harry Kent	20:54.6
7	Ronald Keeble	20:57.5
8	Douglas P. Lidster	20:57.6
9	Alex Gordon	20:58.7
10	Ian Hallam	20:59.2
11	David Beattie	20:59.4
12	Mel Davies	20:59.5
13	Gordon Johnson	20:59.5
14	Ronald Jonker	20:59.5
15	Robert Farrell

Pos	Athlete
1	Gordon Johnson & Ronald Jonker
2	Jocelyn Lovell & Barry Harvey
3	John Hatfield & John Beswick
4	Bryce Preston & Max Vertongen
5	Winston Attong & Robert Farrell
6	Tony Brockhurst & Pete Mugglestone

Quarter-final

Repechage

Semi finals

Third place

Final

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling