India at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

India at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games
CG codeIND
CGAIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors30 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
5
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
12
British Commonwealth Games appearances

India competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. It was the country's sixth appearance at the Commonwealth Games after making its debut at the 1934 British Empire Games.

The Indian contingent consisted of 30 athletes who competed across five sports. India won twelve medals, including five gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals, finishing sixth in the overall medal table.

Medalists

India won twelve medals including five gold, three silver and four bronze medals and finished sixth in the overall medal table.[1] Wrestling was India's most successful sport, accounting for nine of the country's twelve medals, including five gold medals. The Games also marked India's first Commonwealth Games medal in boxing, won by Shivaji Bhonsle in the men's welterweight division.[2]

Medal Name Sport Event
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Ved Prakash Wrestling Light flyweight 48 kg
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Sudesh Kumar Wrestling Flyweight 52 kg
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Udey Chand Wrestling Lightweight 68 kg
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Mukhtiar Singh Wrestling Welterweight 74 kg
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Harishchandra Birajdar Wrestling Middleweight 82 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Sajjan Singh Wrestling Heavyweight 90 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Bishwanath Singh Wrestling Light heavyweight 100 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Maruti Mane Wrestling Super heavyweight over 100 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Randhawa Singh Wrestling Featherweight 62 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Alexander Navis Weightlifting Featherweight 56 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Mohinder Singh Gill Athletics Men's triple jump
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Shivaji Bhonsle Boxing Welterweight 67 kg

Competitors

The Indian contingent consisted of 30 athletes who competed across five sports.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics909
Badminton404
Boxing2N/a2
Weightlifting5N/a5
Wrestling10N/a10
Total30030

Athletics

Nine athletes competed in the athletics events. Mohinder Singh Gill won the bronze medal in the men's triple jump.[2][3]

Track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Harnek Singh Men's 5000 metres DNS N/a
Men's marathon N/a 2:23:12 16
Dhavamrai Biredar 2:29:18 19
Jagbir Singh DNF
Bachan Singh Men's 20 miles walk DQ

Field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Praveen Kumar Men's discus throw N/a DNS
Men's hammer throw 60.34 m 5
Bhim Singh Men's high jump 2.06 m 4
Labh Singh Men's long jump DNS
Men's triple jump 15.52 m 8 15.70 m 6
Mohinder Singh Gill Men's long jump N/a DNS
Men's triple jump 16.07 m 3 15.90 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Combined

Athlete Event 100 m Long jump Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 m Points Rank
Vijay Singh Chauhan Men's decathlon 11.4 6.73 m 10.55 m 1.83 m 50.9 NA — — — — 3,446 DNF

Badminton

Suresh Goel won the bronze medal in the men's singles event.[2][3]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarter-final Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Satish Bhatia Men's singles  Purser (NZL)
L 7–15, 14–18		 Did not advance
Raman Ghosh  Sharp (ENG)
L 6–15, 3–15		 Did not advance
Suresh Goel  Kin (SIN)
W 15–3, 15–10		  Rollick (CAN)
W 16–18, 15–3, 15–12		  Whetnall (ENG)
L 12–15, 5–15		  Sharp (ENG)
W 15–15, 15–9		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dipu Ghosh
Raman Ghosh		 Men's doubles N/a  Boon Bee / Gunalan (MAS)
L 14–15, 3–15		 Did not advance
Suresh Goel
Satish Bhatia		  Tat Wai / Soon Hooi (MAS)
L 1–15, 15–9, 16–17		 Did not advance
Legend
  • W – Win; L – Loss;

Boxing

Shivaji Bhonsle won the bronze medal in the welterweight 67 kg category.[2][3]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Muniswami Venu Lightweight 60 kg  Gillan (SCO)
L VPO		 Did not advance
Shivaji Bhonsle Welterweight 67 kg Bye  Baldassare (CAN)
W VPO		  Olulu (KEN)
L VPO		 N/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Legend
  • W – Win; L – Loss;
  • TKO– Technical knock out
  • VPO – Victory by points
  • WO – Walkover

Weightlifting

Alexander Navis won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight 60 kg combined event.[2][3]

Athlete Event Result Rank
Anil Mondal Flyweight 52 kg NM
S. J. Gabriel
Shannug Velliswamy Bantamweight 56 kg 292.5 kg (645 lb) 5
Alexander Navis Featherweight 60 kg 335 kg (739 lb) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Arun K. Das Lightweight 67.5 kg 347.5 kg (766 lb) 5

Wrestling

India won five golds, three silvers and a bronze medal in wrestling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.[2][3]

Freestyle men
Athlete Event Competition rounds Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Ved Prakash Light flyweight 48 kg  Sadiq (PAK)
W VFA		  Urquhart (SCO)
W VFA		  Shand (CAN)
W VPO		 N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sudesh Kumar Flyweight 52 kg  Nazir (PAK)
W VPO		  Simpson (SCO)
W VFA		  Stitt (CAN)
W VFA		 N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bishambar Singh Bantamweight 57 kg  Singerman (CAN)
W VPO		  Robinson (ENG)
L VPO		  Sardar (PAK)
L VPO		 N/a 4
Randhawa Singh Featherweight 62 kg  Brown (AUS)
W VPO		  Dawes (ENG)
W VFA		  Bolger (CAN)
L VFA		  Saeed (PAK)
L VFA		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Udey Chand Lightweight 68 kg  Yaqub (PAK)
W VPO		  Cuirlino (AUS)
W VFA		  Idle (ENG)
W VFA		  Sorensen (CAN)
W VPO		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mukhtiar Singh Welterweight 74 kg  Amey (ENG)
W VPO		  Mohammed (PAK)
W VPO		  Wurr (CAN)
D		  Mackay (NZL)
W VPO		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Harishchandra Birajdar Middleweight 82 kg  Aspin (NZL)
W VPO		  Grinstead (ENG)
W VPO		  Mitchell (SCO)
W VPO		 N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sajjan Singh Light heavyweight 90 kg  Barraclough (ENG)
W VPO		  McNeill (SCO)
W VFA		  Pilon (CAN)
D		  Faiz (PAK)
D		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bishwanath Singh Heavyweight 100 kg  Riaz (PAK)
W VPO		  Hubber (NZL)
W VFA		  Millard (CAN)
L DQ		 N/a 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maruti Mane Super heavyweight +100 kg  Milat (NZL)
W VPO		  McNamara (ENG)
W VPO		  Ilahi (PAK)
L DQ		 N/a 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Legend
  • W – Win; D – Draw; L – Loss;
  • VFA – Victory by fall
  • VPO – Victory by points
  • DQ – Disqualification

References

  1. ↑ "India at Commonwealth Games: Quiet beginnings to rousing podium finishes". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Commonwealth Games 1970". Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 22 April 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "India at Edinburgh 1970". Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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