Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	25 July 1970
Medalists
Dave Steen    Canada   Jeff Teale    England   Les Mills    New Zealand
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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 shot put event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1]

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Dave Steen	Canada	19.21
	Jeff Teale	England	18.43
	Les Mills	New Zealand	18.40
4	Geoff Capes	England	17.06
5	Brian Caulfield	Canada	16.83
6	Mike Lindsay	Scotland	16.77
7	Martyn Lucking	England	16.71
8	John Walters	Wales	16.05
9	Yovan Ochola	Uganda	15.36
	Imbert Roberts	Saint Lucia	DNS}}

• Results (p10)