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Men's decathlon at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	21 and 22 July 1970
Medalists
Geoff Smith    Australia   Peter Gabbett    England   Barry King    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 decathlon event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Results

Full results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Geoff Smith	Australia	10.9	6.93	13.20	1.70	48.7†	14.6w†	38.82	4.20	60.12	4:36.0	7492
	Peter Gabbett	England	10.7†	7.51†	11.86	1.89	48.7†	15.3	41.70	3.30	55.96	4:30.0†	7469
	Barry King	England	11.3	7.02	15.63†	1.70	51.4	16.5	43.60†	3.80	65.04†	4:52.1	7201
4	James Smith	England	10.7†	7.05	12.64	1.86	52.2	15.2w	35.80	3.80	48.46	4:53.6	7033
5	Steve Spencer	Canada	11.6	6.45	12.98	1.89	52.6	15.5w	38.92	3.50	57.70	4:42.5	6863
6	Gordon Stewart	Canada	11.3	6.67	12.04	1.75	50.9	15.8	35.28	4.50†	47.84	4:46.4	6863
7	Roger Main	New Zealand	11.2	6.40	13.25	1.67	51.0	15.4	39.00	3.60	40.28	4:56.4	6548
8	Ian Grant	Scotland	11.3	6.10	9.39	1.83	52.8	16.8	33.34	3.10	49.66	4:49.0	6048
9	David Kidner	Scotland	11.3	7.14	12.51	1.94†	54.0	15.2w	38.16	NM	44.14	5:12.3	6030
10	Luc Bax	Mauritius	12.0	6.08	11.08	?.??	60.1	16.1	32.34	3.10	43.74	5:32.1	5250
	Vijay Singh Chauhan	India	11.4	6.73	10.55	1.83	50.9	?.??	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Roland Boulle	Mauritius	12.0	5.78	13.08	?.??	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Roy Williams	New Zealand	11.2	6.97	12.57	?.??	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Calvin Greenaway	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNS

Abbreviations in table headings

In the order they appear:

• LJ – Long jump
• SP – Shot put
• HJ – High jump
• H – Hurdles
• DT – Discus throw
• PV – Pole vault
• JT – Javelin throw

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

• Day 1 results (p11)
• Day 2 results (p9)

• Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
• Combined events at the Commonwealth Games