Wrestling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was the ninth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games.

The events took place in one of the three sports halls forming part of the Meadowbank Sports Centre, which was built specifically for the Games, at a cost of £2.8 million. The sport featured contests in ten weight classes.

India topped the wrestling medal by virtue of winning five of the ten gold medals on offer.

Medal table

Medallists

Results

Light flyweight 48kg

Final positions: 1. Prakash 2. Shand 3. Sadiq, Urquhart

Flyweight 52kg

Final positions: 1. Kumar 2. Nzir 3. Stitt 4. Simpson 5. Sinclair

Bantamweight 57kg

Final positions: 1. Sardar 2. Singerman 3. Robinson 4. Bishambar 5. Grant

Featherweight 62kg

Final positions: 1. Saeed 2. Bolger 3. Ranhawa 4. Brown 5. Dawes, McCourtney

Lightweight 68kg

Final positions: 1. Chand 2. Yaqub 3. Sorensen 4. Idle 5. Cuirlino 6. Anderson, Lauri

Welterweight 74kg

Final positions: 1. Mukhtiar 2. Wurr 3. Mackay 4. O'Brien 5. Amey, Hussein. 7. Buchanan

Middleweight 82kg

Final positions: 1. Birajdar 2. Schori 3. Aspin, Grinstead 5. Bashir 6. Mitchell

Light heavyweight 90kg

Final positions: 1. Faiz 2. Singh 3. Pilon 4. Cantwell 5. Nihon 6. Barraclough, McNeill

Heavyweight 100kg

Final positions: 1. Millard 2. Bishwanath 3. Riaz 4. Hubber

• Wallace Booth of Scotland, was forced to withraw from the heavyweight category because he failed a fitness test shortly before his first match.

Super heavyweight +100kg

Final positions: 1. Ilahi 2. Mane 3. McNamara 4. Milat 5. Holden

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