Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Men's hammer throw ; at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	18 July 1970
Medalists
	← 1966 Kingston Christchurch 1974 →

The men's hammer throw event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Results

Final results
Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance
	Howard Payne	England	67.80
	Bruce Fraser	England	62.90
	Barry Williams	England	61.58
4	Lawrie Bryce	Scotland	61.42
5	Praveen Kumar	India	60.34
6	Warwick Nicholl	New Zealand	60.02
7	Gary Salmond	Canada	59.94
8	Mike Cairns	Canada	59.34
9	Anthony Tenisci	Canada	57.06
10	Niall McDonald	Scotland	55.94
11	Yovan Ochola	Uganda	48.74
	Morris Davies	Wales	NM

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
v t e

v t e Hammer throw at the Commonwealth Games
Men's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Women's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022