1970 British Commonwealth Games#Boxing

In August 1966, the bid vote was held in Jamaica. Edinburgh, Scotland with 18 votes beat Christchurch, New Zealand, with 11.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5XhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656%2C1132888|title=Edinburgh Get 1970 Games|date=8 August 1966|work=Glasgow Herald|access-date=5 November 2016}}

File:Commonwealth games 1970 countries map.PNG

42 teams were represented at the 1970 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

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• 23px Antigua
• {{flag|Australia}}
• {{flag|Bahamas|colonial}}
• {{flag|Barbados}}
• {{flag|Bermuda}}
• {{flag|Canada}}
• {{flag|Ceylon|1951}}
• {{flag|Dominica|1965}}
• {{flag|England}}
• 23px Fiji
• {{flag|Ghana}}
• {{flag|Gibraltar|ensign1939}}
• {{flag|Grenada|1967}}: first appearance
• {{flag|Guernsey|old}}: first appearance
• {{flag|Guyana}}
• 23px Hong Kong
• {{flag|India}}
• {{flag|Isle of Man}}
• {{flag|Jamaica}}
• {{flag|Jersey|old}}
• {{flag|Kenya}}
• {{flag|Malawi}}: first appearance
• {{flag|Malaysia}}
• {{flag|Malta}}
• 23px Mauritius
• {{flaglink|New Zealand|at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games}}
• {{flag|Nigeria}}
• {{flag|Northern Ireland}}
• {{flag|Pakistan}}
• {{flagicon|PNG|1970}} Papua and New Guinea
• {{flag|Saint Lucia|1967}}
• {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|colonial}}
• {{flag|Scotland}} (host)
• 23px Sierra Leone
• {{flag|Singapore}}
• {{flag|Swaziland}}: first appearance
• {{flag|Tanzania}}
• {{flag|The Gambia}}: first appearance
• {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
• {{flag|Uganda}}
• {{flag|Wales}}
• {{flag|Zambia|1964}}

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In December of the following year, an appeal fund was launched, aiming to raise £200,000 towards the cost of running the games.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zHhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1263%2C1464595 |title=S.R.U. gift of £1,000 to Games fund |work=Glasgow Herald |date=9 December 1967 |page=1 |access-date=6 November 2016}}

{{Medals table

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| gold_AUS = 36 | silver_AUS = 24 | bronze_AUS = 22

| gold_ENG = 27 | silver_ENG = 25 | bronze_ENG = 32

| gold_CAN = 18 | silver_CAN = 24 | bronze_CAN = 24

| gold_SCO = 6 | silver_SCO = 8 | bronze_SCO = 11 | host_SCO = yes

| gold_KEN = 5 | silver_KEN = 3 | bronze_KEN = 6

| gold_IND = 5 | silver_IND = 3 | bronze_IND = 4

| gold_PAK = 4 | silver_PAK = 3 | bronze_PAK = 2

| gold_JAM = 4 | silver_JAM = 2 | bronze_JAM = 1

| gold_UGA = 3 | silver_UGA = 3 | bronze_UGA = 1

| gold_NIR = 3 | silver_NIR = 1 | bronze_NIR = 5

| gold_NZL = 2 | silver_NZL = 6 | bronze_NZL = 6

| gold_WAL = 2 | silver_WAL = 6 | bronze_WAL = 4

| gold_GHA = 2 | silver_GHA = 3 | bronze_GHA = 2

| gold_NGR = 2 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 0

| gold_MAS = 1 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 1

| gold_BHK = 1 | silver_BHK = 0 | bronze_BHK = 0 | name_BHK = {{flag|British Hong Kong|1959}}

| gold_TTO = 0 | silver_TTO = 4 | bronze_TTO = 3

| gold_ZAM = 0 | silver_ZAM = 2 | bronze_ZAM = 2

| gold_SIN = 0 | silver_SIN = 1 | bronze_SIN = 1

| gold_BAR = 0 | silver_BAR = 1 | bronze_BAR = 0

| gold_TAN = 0 | silver_TAN = 1 | bronze_TAN = 0

| gold_FIJ = 0 | silver_FIJ = 0 | bronze_FIJ = 1 | name_FIJ = {{flagteam|FIJ|colonial}}

| gold_GAM = 0 | silver_GAM = 0 | bronze_GAM = 1

| gold_GUY = 0 | silver_GUY = 0 | bronze_GUY = 1

| gold_IOM = 0 | silver_IOM = 0 | bronze_IOM = 1

| gold_MAW = 0 | silver_MAW = 0 | bronze_MAW = 1 | name_MAW = {{flagteam|MAW|1964}}

| gold_VIN = 0 | silver_VIN = 0 | bronze_VIN = 1 | name_VIN = {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|colonial|name=Saint Vincent}}

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• [https://www.commonwealthsport.com/commonwealth-games/edinburgh-1970 "Edinburgh 1970"]. Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060503184350/http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/gamesinfo/pastgames/1970/1970.htm 1970 British Commonwealth Games] – Australian Commonwealth Games official website

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