Commonwealth Games Edinburgh 1970 (0)
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Geoff Smith | AUS | 7492 W |
10,99 - 6.93 - 13.20 - 1.70 - 48,70 - 14,66 - 38.82 - 4.20 - 60.12 - 4.36,0 |
7410 W |
| 2 | Peter Gabbett | ENG | 7469 W |
10,70 - 7.51 - 11.86 - 1.89 - 48,71 - 15,37 - 41.70 - 3.30 - 55.96 - 4.30,0 |
7401 W |
| 3 | Barry King | ENG | 7201 + |
11,38 - 7.02 - 15.63 - 1.70 - 51,44 - 16,52 - 43.60 - 3.80 - 65.04 - 4.52,1 |
7112 + |
| 4 | Jim Smith | ENG | 7033 W |
10,75 - 7.05 - 12.64 - 1.86 - 52,28 - 15,26 - 35.80 - 3.80 - 48.46 - 4.53,6 |
6903 W |
| 5 | Steve Spencer | CAN | 6863 W |
11,69 - 6.45 - 12.98 - 1.89 - 52,69 - 15,54 - 38.92 - 3.50 - 57.70 - 4.42,5 |
6743 W |
| 6 | Gordon Stewart | CAN | 6863 + |
11,31 - 6.67 - 12.04 - 1.75 - 50,91 - 15,82 - 35.28 - 4.50 - 47.84 - 4.46,4 |
6776 + |
| 7 | Roger Main | NZL | 6548 | 11,2 - 6.40 - 13.25 - 1.67 - 51,0 - 15,4 - 39.00 - 3.60 - 40.28 - 4.56,4 |
6445 |
| 8 | Ian Grant | SCO | 6048 | 11,3 - 6.10 - 9.39 - 1.83 - 52,8 - 16,8 - 33.34 - 3.10 - 49.66 - 4.49,0 |
5961 |
| 9 | David Kidner | SCO | 6030 + |
11,3 - 7.14 - 12.51 - 1.94 - 54,0 - 15,2 - 38.16 - 0 - 44.14 - 5.12,3 |
6113 |
| 10 | Luc Bax | MRI | 5250 | 12,0 - 6.08 - 11.08 - 1.67 - 60,1 - 16,1 - 32.34 - 3.10 - 43.74 - 5.32,1 |
5236 |
W – one event with wind >4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events >2.0 m/s (IAAF rule until 31/12/2009)
+ – wind assistance indicated in the archive; exact wind readings are unavailable
By 1985 – total points recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables.
The Points column preserves the published competition totals and placings. Some event times are shown with greater precision in the archive, so recalculating them may produce different totals.
Didn’t finish:
Vijay Singh Chauhan (IND), Roland Boulle (MRI), Roy Williams (NZL)
Didn’t start:
Calvin Greenaway (ANT)
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