Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
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{{EngvarB|date=May 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event
|event = Badminton
|games = 1970
|image = Badminton pictogram.svg
|image_size = 80
|caption =
|venue = Meadowbank Stadium
|dates = 16–21 July 1970
|competitors =
|nations =
|gold =
|goldCGA =
|silver =
|silverCGA =
|bronze =
|bronzeCGA =
|prev = 1966
|next = 1974
}}
The badminton competition at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16 July until 21 July 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecgf.com/games/games_index.asp|title=Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=9 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215184607/http://www.thecgf.com/games/games_index.asp|archive-date=15 February 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Sixteen countries participated in this event.{{cite web |title=The Tenth British Commonwealth Games |url=https://worldbadminton.com/museum/publications/WorldBadminton/documents/n11_197310.pdf |work=World Badminton |edition=11 |date=October 1973 |page=2 |access-date=27 February 2024}}
Final results
| class=wikitable style="margin:auto;"
|+ {{Screen reader-only|Final result}} ! scope=col | Category ! scope=col | Winners ! scope=col |Runners-up ! scope=col | Score |
| Men's singles
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Jamie Paulson | {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Whetnall | 10-15, 15–13, 15–10 |
| Women's singles
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Beck | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Perrin | 5-11, 11–3, 11–8 |
| Men's doubles
| {{flagicon|MAS}} Ng Boon Bee & Punch Gunalan | {{flagicon|MAS}} Ng Tat Wai & Tan Soon Hooi | 15–3, 15–3 |
| Women's doubles
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Boxall & Sue Whetnall | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Perrin & Julie Rickard | 15–9, 15–2 |
| Mixed doubles
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Talbot & Margaret Boxall | {{flagicon|ENG}} Roger Mills & Gillian Perrin | 8-15, 15–12, 15–12 |
Results
=Men's singles=
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3
| RD1=Round of 16
| RD2=Quarter-finals
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD4a=Bronze medal match
| RD1-team01={{flagicon|CAN}} Jamie Paulson
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Talbot
| RD1-score01-1=15
| RD1-score02-1=8
| RD1-score01-2=18
| RD1-score02-2=17
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|NZL}} Richard Purser
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|IND}} Satish Bhatia
| RD1-score03-1=15
| RD1-score04-1=7
| RD1-score03-2=18
| RD1-score04-2=14
| RD1-score03-3=
| RD1-score04-3=
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Ray Sharp
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|IND}} Raman Ghosh
| RD1-score05-1=15
| RD1-score06-1=6
| RD1-score05-2=15
| RD1-score06-2=3
| RD1-score05-3=
| RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|MAS}} Abdul Rahman Mohamed
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} Adam Flockhart
| RD1-score07-1=15
| RD1-score08-1=8
| RD1-score07-2=15
| RD1-score08-2=3
| RD1-score07-3=
| RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Whetnall
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|CAN}} Dave Charron
| RD1-score09-1=15
| RD1-score10-1=3
| RD1-score09-2=15
| RD1-score10-2=7
| RD1-score09-3=
| RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|MAS}} Punch Gunalan
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|SCO}} Jim McNeillage
| RD1-score11-1=15
| RD1-score12-1=3
| RD1-score11-2=15
| RD1-score12-2=3
| RD1-score11-3=
| RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|IND}} Suresh Goel
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|SIN}} Wee Kin
| RD1-score13-1=15
| RD1-score14-1=3
| RD1-score13-2=15
| RD1-score14-2=10
| RD1-score13-3=
| RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|CAN}} Bruce Rollick
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|AUS}} Ross Livingston
| RD1-score15-1=15
| RD1-score16-1=12
| RD1-score15-2=15
| RD1-score16-2=7
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|CAN}} Paulson
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|NZL}} Purser
| RD2-score01-1=15
| RD2-score02-1=9
| RD2-score01-2=15
| RD2-score02-2=8
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Sharp
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|MAS}} Rahman
| RD2-score03-1=15
| RD2-score04-1=6
| RD2-score03-2=15
| RD2-score04-2=7
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|MAS}} Gunalan
| RD2-score05-1=17
| RD2-score06-1=15
| RD2-score05-2=15
| RD2-score06-2=2
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|IND}} Goel
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|CAN}} Rollick
| RD2-score07-1=16
| RD2-score08-1=18
| RD2-score07-2=15
| RD2-score08-2=3
| RD2-score07-3=15
| RD2-score08-3=12
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|CAN}} Paulson
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Sharp
| RD3-score01-1=17
| RD3-score02-1=14
| RD3-score01-2=15
| RD3-score02-2=5
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|IND}} Goel
| RD3-score03-1=15
| RD3-score04-1=12
| RD3-score03-2=15
| RD3-score04-2=5
| RD3-score03-3=
| RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|CAN}} Paulson
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
| RD4-score01-1=10
| RD4-score02-1=15
| RD4-score01-2=15
| RD4-score02-2=13
| RD4-score01-3=15
| RD4-score02-3=10
| RD4-seed03=
| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Sharp
| RD4-score03-1=15
| RD4-score03-2=15
| RD4-score03-3=
| RD4-seed04=
| RD4-team04={{flagicon|IND}} Goel
| RD4-score04-1=9
| RD4-score04-2=12
| RD4-score04-3=
}}
=Women's singles=
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3
| RD1=Round of 16
| RD2=Quarter-finals
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD4a=Bronze medal match
| RD1-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Beck
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|CAN}} Judy Rollick
| RD1-score01-1=11
| RD1-score02-1=8
| RD1-score01-2=11
| RD1-score02-2=4
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Judith Nyirati
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|SCO}} Joanna Flockhart
| RD1-score03-1=11
| RD1-score04-1=0
| RD1-score03-2=11
| RD1-score04-2=3
| RD1-score03-3=
| RD1-score04-3=
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Boxall
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|SCO}} Helen Kelly
| RD1-score05-1=11
| RD1-score06-1=5
| RD1-score05-2=11
| RD1-score06-2=2
| RD1-score05-3=
| RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|MAS}} Teoh Siew Yong
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|CAN}} Patricia Moody
| RD1-score07-1=10
| RD1-score08-1=12
| RD1-score07-2=11
| RD1-score08-2=5
| RD1-score07-3=11
| RD1-score08-3=4
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Perrin
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|JAM}} Christine Bennett
| RD1-score09-1=11
| RD1-score10-1=1
| RD1-score09-2=11
| RD1-score10-2=1
| RD1-score09-3=
| RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|MAS}} Rosalind Singha Ang
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|SCO}} Maureen Hume
| RD1-score11-1=11
| RD1-score12-1=3
| RD1-score11-2=11
| RD1-score12-2=3
| RD1-score11-3=
| RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|MAS}} Sylvia Ng Meow Eng
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|AUS}} Kay Marie Nesbit
| RD1-score13-1=
| RD1-score14-1=
| RD1-score13-2=
| RD1-score14-2=
| RD1-score13-3=
| RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|CAN}} Alison Ridgway
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|SCO}} Mary Thompson
| RD1-score15-1=11
| RD1-score16-1=5
| RD1-score15-2=11
| RD1-score16-2=6
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Beck
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Nyirati
| RD2-score01-1=11
| RD2-score02-1=8
| RD2-score01-2=12
| RD2-score02-2=11
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Boxall
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|MAS}} Siew Yong
| RD2-score03-1=11
| RD2-score04-1=2
| RD2-score03-2=11
| RD2-score04-2=3
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Perrin
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|MAS}} Ang
| RD2-score05-1=11
| RD2-score06-1=4
| RD2-score05-2=11
| RD2-score06-2=4
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|MAS}} Ng
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Ridgway
| RD2-score07-1=11
| RD2-score08-1=4
| RD2-score07-2=11
| RD2-score08-2=2
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Beck
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Boxall
| RD3-score01-1=11
| RD3-score02-1=6
| RD3-score01-2=12
| RD3-score02-2=9
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Perrin
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|MAS}} Ng
| RD3-score03-1=10
| RD3-score04-1=12
| RD3-score03-2=11
| RD3-score04-2=5
| RD3-score03-3=11
| RD3-score04-3=2
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Beck
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Perrin
| RD4-score01-1=5
| RD4-score02-1=11
| RD4-score01-2=11
| RD4-score02-2=3
| RD4-score01-3=11
| RD4-score02-3=8
| RD4-seed03=
| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Boxall
| RD4-score03-1=11
| RD4-score03-2=11
| RD4-score03-3=
| RD4-seed04=
| RD4-team04={{flagicon|MAS}} Ng
| RD4-score04-1=6
| RD4-score04-2=8
| RD4-score04-3=
}}
=Men's doubles=
{{8TeamBracket|sets=3
| team-width=160
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|MAS}} Ng Boon Bee
{{flagicon|MAS}} Punch Gunalan
| RD1-score1-1=15
| RD1-score1-2=15
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|NIR}} Cyril Wilkinson
{{flagicon|NIR}} Samuel Blair
| RD1-score2-1=2
| RD1-score2-2=6
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|CAN}} Yves Paré
{{flagicon|CAN}} Jamie Paulson
| RD1-score3-1=18
| RD1-score3-2=15
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|IND}} Dipu Ghosh
{{flagicon|IND}} Raman Ghosh
| RD1-score4-1=14
| RD1-score4-2=3
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|MAS}} Ng Tat Wai
{{flagicon|MAS}} Tan Soon Hooi
| RD1-score5-1=15
| RD1-score5-2=9
| RD1-score5-3=17
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|IND}} Suresh Goel
{{flagicon|IND}} Satish Bhatia
| RD1-score6-1=1
| RD1-score6-2=15
| RD1-score6-3=16
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|ENG}} David Eddy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Talbot
| RD1-score7-1=12
| RD1-score7-2=15
| RD1-score7-3=15
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|CAN}} Dave Charron
{{flagicon|CAN}} Rolf Paterson
| RD1-score8-1=15
| RD1-score8-2=11
| RD1-score8-3=5
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|MAS}} Boon Bee
{{flagicon|MAS}} Gunalan
| RD2-score1-1=15
| RD2-score1-2=15
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|CAN}} Paré
{{flagicon|CAN}} Paulson
| RD2-score2-1=11
| RD2-score2-2=8
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|MAS}} Tat Wai
{{flagicon|MAS}} Soon Hooi
| RD2-score3-1=15
| RD2-score3-2=15
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Eddy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Talbot
| RD2-score4-1=11
| RD2-score4-2=3
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|MAS}} Boon Bee
{{flagicon|MAS}} Gunalan
| RD3-score1-1=15
| RD3-score1-2=15
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|MAS}} Tat Wai
{{flagicon|MAS}} Soon Hooi
| RD3-score2-1=3
| RD3-score2-2=3
| RD3-score2-3=
| 3rd-seed1=
| 3rd-team1={{flagicon|CAN}} Paré
{{flagicon|CAN}} Paulson
| 3rd-score1-1=15
| 3rd-score1-2=15
| 3rd-score1-3=
| 3rd-seed2=
| 3rd-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Eddy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Talbot
| 3rd-score2-1=10
| 3rd-score2-2=12
| 3rd-score2-3=
}}
=Women's doubles=
{{8TeamBracket|sets=3
| team-width=160
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Boxall
{{flagicon|ENG}} Sue Whetnall
| RD1-score1-1=15
| RD1-score1-2=15
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Joanna Flockhart
{{flagicon|SCO}} Helen Kelly
| RD1-score2-1=6
| RD1-score2-2=9
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|MAS}} Sylvia Tan
{{flagicon|MAS}} Sylvia Ng Meow Eng
| RD1-score3-1=15
| RD1-score3-2=15
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|CAN}} Alison Ridgway
{{flagicon|CAN}} Judy Rollick
| RD1-score4-1=10
| RD1-score4-2=12
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Perrin
{{flagicon|ENG}} Julie Rickard
| RD1-score5-1=15
| RD1-score5-2=15
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|CAN}} Patricia Moody
{{flagicon|CAN}} Nancy McKinley
| RD1-score6-1=3
| RD1-score6-2=7
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|MAS}} Rosalind Singha Ang
{{flagicon|MAS}} Teoh Siew Yong
| RD1-score7-1=15
| RD1-score7-2=15
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|NIR}} Maureen Mockford
{{flagicon|NIR}} Joan McCloy
| RD1-score8-1=2
| RD1-score8-2=4
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Boxall
{{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
| RD2-score1-1=15
| RD2-score1-2=15
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|MAS}} Tan
{{flagicon|MAS}} Ng
| RD2-score2-1=4
| RD2-score2-2=11
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Perrin
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rickard
| RD2-score3-1=15
| RD2-score3-2=15
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|MAS}} Ang
{{flagicon|MAS}} Siew Yong
| RD2-score4-1=2
| RD2-score4-2=10
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Boxall
{{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
| RD3-score1-1=15
| RD3-score1-2=15
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Perrin
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rickard
| RD3-score2-1=9
| RD3-score2-2=2
| RD3-score2-3=
| 3rd-seed1=
| 3rd-team1={{flagicon|MAS}} Ang
{{flagicon|MAS}} Siew Yong
| 3rd-score1-1=15
| 3rd-score1-2=12
| 3rd-score1-3=15
| 3rd-seed2=
| 3rd-team2={{flagicon|MAS}} Tan
{{flagicon|MAS}} Ng
| 3rd-score2-1=2
| 3rd-score2-2=15
| 3rd-score2-3=10
}}
=Mixed doubles=
{{8TeamBracket|sets=3
| team-width=160
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Talbot
{{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Boxall
| RD1-score1-1=15
| RD1-score1-2=15
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Jim McNeillage
{{flagicon|SCO}} Maureen Hume
| RD1-score2-1=6
| RD1-score2-2=5
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} David Eddy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Sue Whetnall
| RD1-score3-1=15
| RD1-score3-2=17
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|CAN}} Dave Charron
{{flagicon|CAN}} Nancy McKinley
| RD1-score4-1=9
| RD1-score4-2=14
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} Roger Mills
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Perrin
| RD1-score5-1=15
| RD1-score5-2=15
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|SCO}} Bob McCoig
{{flagicon|SCO}} Helen Kelly
| RD1-score6-1=10
| RD1-score6-2=4
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Whetnall
{{flagicon|ENG}} Julie Rickard
| RD1-score7-1=15
| RD1-score7-2=18
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|SCO}} Fraser Gow
{{flagicon|SCO}} Christine Evans
| RD1-score8-1=9
| RD1-score8-2=17
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Talbot
{{flagicon|ENG}} Boxall
| RD2-score1-1=17
| RD2-score1-2=15
| RD2-score1-3=17
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Eddy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
| RD2-score2-1=18
| RD2-score2-2=6
| RD2-score2-3=14
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Mills
{{flagicon|ENG}} Perrin
| RD2-score3-1=15
| RD2-score3-2=15
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rickard
| RD2-score4-1=4
| RD2-score4-2=11
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Talbot
{{flagicon|ENG}} Boxall
| RD3-score1-1=8
| RD3-score1-2=15
| RD3-score1-3=15
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Mills
{{flagicon|ENG}} Perrin
| RD3-score2-1=15
| RD3-score2-2=12
| RD3-score2-3=12
| 3rd-seed1=
| 3rd-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Eddy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
| 3rd-score1-1=15
| 3rd-score1-2=12
| 3rd-score1-3=15
| 3rd-seed2=
| 3rd-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Whetnall
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rickard
| 3rd-score2-1=8
| 3rd-score2-2=15
| 3rd-score2-3=12
}}