Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	25 July 1970
Medalists
Errol Stewart, Lennox Miller, Carl Lawson, Don Quarrie    Jamaica   Michael Ahey, James Addy, Edward Owusu, George Daniels    Ghana   Ian Green, Martin Reynolds, Dave Dear, Brian Green    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 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 4 × 110 yards relay.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jamaica Errol Stewart, Lennox Miller, Carl Lawson, Don Quarrie	Ghana Michael Ahey, James Addy, Edward Owusu, George Daniels	England Ian Green, Martin Reynolds, Dave Dear, Brian Green

Heats

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Qualification for final

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

Heats results

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	scope=col Notes
1	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Wendell Mottley, Carl Archer, Hasely Crawford, Edwin Roberts	40.3	Q
2	1	England	Ian Green, Martin Reynolds, Dave Dear, Brian Green	40.5	Q
3	1	Nigeria	Timon Oyebami, Robert Ojo, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kolawole Abdulai	40.9	Q
4	1	Northern Ireland	Mike Bull, Gerard Carson, Joe Chivers, John Kilpatrick	41.2	Q
5	1	Antigua and Barbuda	Calvin Greenaway, Cuthbert Jacobs, Fred Sowerby, Patrick Francis	42.8
	1	Australia	Greg Lewis, Phil May, Gary Eddy, Peter Norman	DNF
	1	Bahamas	Bernard Nottage, Gerald Wisdom, Kevin Johnson, Tom Robinson	DNF
1	2	Jamaica	Errol Stewart, Lennox Miller, Carl Lawson, Don Quarrie	40.0	Q
2	2	Ghana	Michael Ahey, James Addy, Edward Owusu, George Daniels	40.1	Q
3	2	Wales	Terry Davies, Lynn Davies, John Williams, Howard Davies	40.5	Q
4	2	Scotland	Ian Turnbull, Les Piggot, Stuart Bell, Don Halliday	40.5	Q
	2	Canada	Brian Donnelly, George Neeland, Rich McDonald, Rick Cuttell	DQ
	2	Pakistan	Ghulam Qadir, Iqbal Shinwari, John Permal, Muhammad Mohddin	DQ
	2	Gambia	Dodou Joof, Percy Coker, Pierre Jallow, Sheikh Tidiane Faye	DQ

Final

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Final results

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Errol Stewart, Lennox Miller, Carl Lawson, Don Quarrie	39.46	GR
	Ghana	Michael Ahey, James Addy, Edward Owusu, George Daniels	39.82
	England	Brian Green, Dave Dear, Ian Green, Martin Reynolds	40.05
4	Scotland	Ian Turnbull, Les Piggot, Stuart Bell, Don Halliday	40.0
5	Wales	Terry Davies, Lynn Davies, John Williams, Howard Davies	40.2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	Wendell Mottley, Carl Archer, Hasely Crawford, Edwin Roberts	40.3
7	Nigeria	Timon Oyebami, Robert Ojo, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kolawole Abdulai	40.9
8	Northern Ireland	Mike Bull, Gerard Carson, Joe Chivers, John Kilpatrick	41.1