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Women's 800 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	24 and 25 July 1970
Medalists
Rosemary Stirling    Scotland   Pat Lowe    England   Cheryl Peasley    Australia
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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 800 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 and 25 July 1970 at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 880 yards event.

The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 800 metres at these games.

Medallists

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rosemary Stirling  Scotland	Pat Lowe  England	Cheryl Peasley  Australia

Results

Heats

Qualification for final

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Heats results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sheila Carey	England	2:04.7	Q
2	1	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:04.9	Q
3	1	Cheryl Peasley	Australia	2:05.05	Q
4	1	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:05.8	Q
5	1	Adrienne Smyth	Northern Ireland	2:06.0
6	1	Anne Smith	New Zealand	2:07.3
	1	Thelwyn Bateman	Wales	DNF
	1	Cecilia Smith	Canada	DNF
1	2	Pat Lowe	England	2:07.0	Q
2	2	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:07.4	Q
3	2	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:07.4	Q
4	2	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:07.6	Q
5	2	Thelma Fynn	Canada	2:07.6
6	2	Mary Speedman	Scotland	2:08.3
7	2	Norine Braithwaite	England	2:08.5
8	2	Beverly Franklyn	Jamaica	2:14.7

Final

Final result

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:06.24
	Pat Lowe	England	2:06.27
	Cheryl Peasley	Australia	2:06.33
4	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:08.6
5	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:09.7
6	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:10.0
7	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:16.1
8	Sheila Carey	England	2:18.5

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
2. Rosemary Stirling 800m Gold - Edinburgh 1970. YouTube. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
3. "Games results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 July 1970. p. 39. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

• Australian results

• Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
• 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games