Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump explained

Event:	Men's long jump
Games:	1970
Venue:	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates:	21 and 22 July 1970
Gold:	Lynn Davies
Goldcga:	WAL
Silver:	Phil May
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Alan Lerwill
Bronzecga:	ENG
Prev:	1966 Kingston
Next:	Christchurch 1974

The men's long jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1]

Medallists

scope=col style="background-color:gold; width:200px;	Gold	scope=col style="background-color:silver; width:200px;	Silver	scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966; width:200px;	Bronze
Lynn Davies	Phil May	Alan Lerwill

Results

Qualification

scope=col	Rank !	scope=col	Name !	scope=col	Nationality !	scope=col	Distance !	scope=col	Notes
1			8.03w	q
2			7.78	q
3			7.56	q
4			7.54	q
5			7.45	q
6			7.43	q
7			7.41	q
8			7.21	q
9			7.14	q
10			7.09	q
11			7.07	q
12			7.05	q
13			7.04
14			7.02
15			6.93
16			6.92
17			6.88
18			6.84
19			6.61
20			6.57
21			6.53
22			6.50
23			6.41

Final

scope=col	Rank !	scope=col	Name !	scope=col	Nationality !	scope=col	Distance !	scope=col	Notes
			8.06
			7.94
			7.94
			7.78
			7.64
			7.51
			7.49
			7.37
			7.15
10			7.14
11			7.10
12			7.05

References

• Qualification results (p11)
• Final results (p9)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . thecgf.com . 23 September 2019.