Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 4 × 110 yards relay.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Jamaica Errol Stewart Lennox Miller Carl Lawson Don Quarrie | Ghana Michael Ahey James Addy Edward Owusu George Daniels | England Ian Green Martin Reynolds Dave Dear Brian Green |
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 4 teams of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | Wendell Mottley, Carl Archer, Hasely Crawford, Edwin Roberts | 40.3 | Q |
2 | 1 | England | Ian Green, Martin Reynolds, Dave Dear, Brian Green | 40.5 | Q |
3 | 1 | Nigeria | Timon Oyebami, Robert Ojo, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kolawole Abdulai | 40.9 | Q |
4 | 1 | Northern Ireland | Mike Bull, Gerard Carson, Joe Chivers, John Kilpatrick | 41.2 | Q |
5 | 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | Calvin Greenaway, Cuthbert Jacobs, Fred Sowerby, Patrick Francis | 42.8 | |
1 | Australia | Greg Lewis, Phil May, Gary Eddy, Peter Norman | DNF | ||
1 | Bahamas | Bernard Nottage, Gerald Wisdom, Kevin Johnson, Tom Robinson | DNF | ||
1 | 2 | Jamaica | Errol Stewart, Lennox Miller, Carl Lawson, Don Quarrie | 40.0 | Q |
2 | 2 | Ghana | Michael Ahey, James Addy, Edward Owusu, George Daniels | 40.1 | Q |
3 | 2 | Wales | Terry Davies, Lynn Davies, John Williams, Howard Davies | 40.5 | Q |
4 | 2 | Scotland | Ian Turnbull, Les Piggot, Stuart Bell, Don Halliday | 40.5 | Q |
2 | Canada | Brian Donnelly, George Neeland, Rich McDonald, Rick Cuttell | DQ | ||
2 | Pakistan | Ghulam Qadir, Iqbal Shinwari, John Permal, Muhammad Mohddin | DQ | ||
2 | Gambia | Dodou Joof, Percy Coker, Pierre Jallow, Sheikh Tidiane Faye | DQ |
Final
Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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Jamaica | Errol Stewart, Lennox Miller, Carl Lawson, Don Quarrie | 39.46 | GR | |
Ghana | Michael Ahey, James Addy, Edward Owusu, George Daniels | 39.82 | ||
England | Brian Green, Dave Dear, Ian Green, Martin Reynolds | 40.05 | ||
4 | Scotland | Ian Turnbull, Les Piggot, Stuart Bell, Don Halliday | 40.0 | |
5 | Wales | Terry Davies, Lynn Davies, John Williams, Howard Davies | 40.2 | |
6 | Trinidad and Tobago | Wendell Mottley, Carl Archer, Hasely Crawford, Edwin Roberts, | 40.3 | |
7 | Nigeria | Timon Oyebami, Robert Ojo, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kolawole Abdulai | 40.9 | |
8 | Northern Ireland | Mike Bull, Gerard Carson, Joe Chivers, John Kilpatrick | 41.1 |
References
- ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- Heats & Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald) (p10)