The women's pentathlon event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that women's combined events were contested at the Games.
Results
+ Results by event: abbreviations listed after table Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 200m Points Notes Mary Peters 13.6 16.13† 1.66 5.73 24.3† 5148 GR Ann Wilson 13.6 11.04 1.72† 6.55† 24.6 5037 Jenny Meldrum 14.2 13.11 1.57 5.73 24.8 4736 4 Moira Walls 14.0 1.69 6.39 25.5 4704 5 Susan Scott 13.7 11.58 1.48 5.94 24.7 4681 6 Ruth Martin-Jones 15.0 10.96 1.54 5.95 24.9 4497 7 Shirley Clelland 14.4 10.21 1.51 5.95 25.2 4458 8 Yvonne Saunders 14.8 1.69 5.70 25.4 4441 9 Modupe Oshikoya 14.9 1.69 5.89 25.0 4411 10 Diane Jones 15.5 12.79 1.66 5.45 27.1 4388 11 Lindy Carruthers 14.2 1.48 5.59 25.5 4265 12 Moira Niccol 14.4 1.51 5.61 25.5 4236 13 June Hirst 14.7 1.54 5.59 25.9 4165 14 Anita De Gregory 16.0 1.40 5.21 25.6 3801 15 Genevieve Carosin 18.1 1.40 5.14 27.0 3403 Pam Kilborn 13.3† ?.?? – – DNF Penny McCallum 13.7 8.23 ?.?? – – DNF Maureen Caird 13.5 ?.?? – – DNF Barbara Poulsen DNS – – – – DNS
Abbreviations in table headings In the order they appear:
References
Detailed results (p11)