The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first time metric units rather than imperial units were used in all events, and also the first time the event was held in Scotland. Also, the event saw the first unique Games trademark logo: an emblem showing the Games emblem intertwined with a St Andrews Cross and a thistle. The event was followed by the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes.

In August 1966, the bid vote was held in Jamaica. Edinburgh, Scotland with 18 votes beat Christchurch, New Zealand with 11.^[1]

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1970 British Commonwealth Games bidding results

City	Country	Votes
Edinburgh	Scotland	18
Christchurch	New Zealand	11

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

In December of the following year, an appeal fund was launched, aiming to raise £200,000 towards the cost of running the games.^[2]

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	36	24	22	82
2	England (ENG)	27	25	32	84
3	Canada (CAN)	18	24	24	66
4	Scotland (SCO)*	6	8	11	25
5	Kenya (KEN)	5	3	6	14
6	India (IND)	5	3	4	12
7	Pakistan (PAK)	4	3	2	9
8	Jamaica (JAM)	4	2	1	7
9	Uganda (UGA)	3	3	1	7
10	Northern Ireland (NIR)	3	1	5	9
11	New Zealand (NZL)	2	6	6	14
12	Wales (WAL)	2	6	4	12
13	Ghana (GHA)	2	3	2	7
14	Nigeria (NGR)	2	0	0	2
15	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	1	3
16	British Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
17	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	4	3	7
18	Zambia (ZAM)	0	2	2	4
19	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
20	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	1	0	1
22	Fiji (FIJ)	0	0	1	1
	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man (IOM)	0	0	1	1
	Malawi (MAW)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		121	121	133	375

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