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Women's 1500 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	23 July 1970
Medalists
Rita Ridley    England   Joan Page    England   Thelma Fynn    Canada
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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 women's 1500 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 23 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that a race this long was held for women at the Games.

The winning margin was 0.2 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the women's 1500 metres at these games.

Results

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rita Ridley	England	4:18.8
	Joan Page	England	4:19.0
	Thelma Fynn	Canada	4:19.1
4	Penny Werthner	Canada	4:21.3
5	Norine Braithwaite	England	4:21.3
6	Val Robinson	New Zealand	4:22.2
7	Margaret MacSherry	Scotland	4:23.6
8	Christine Haskett	Scotland	4:23.8
9	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	4:25.2
10	Anne Smith	New Zealand	4:26.8
	Adrienne Smyth	Northern Ireland	DNS

References

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

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