Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	21 July 1970
Medalists
George Puce    Canada   Les Mills    New Zealand   Bill Tancred    England
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Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's discus throw event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1]

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	George Puce	Canada	59.02
	Les Mills	New Zealand	57.84
	Bill Tancred	England	56.68
4	Arthur McKenzie	England	55.34
5	Zigurd Stauts	Canada	55.20
6	Robin Tait	New Zealand	53.82
7	Joe Antunovich	New Zealand	53.50
8	Mike Cushion	England	51.34
9	Mike Lindsay	Scotland	50.94
10	Dave Steen	Canada	50.64
11	John Walters	Wales	48.06
12	Yovan Ochola	Uganda	44.98
13	Imbert Roberts	Saint Lucia	37.28
	Praveen Kumar	India	DNS

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