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Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

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The women's 800 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 and 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1]^[2] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 880 yards event.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rosemary Stirling Scotland	Pat Lowe England	Cheryl Peasley Australia

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sheila Carey	England	2:04.7	Q
2	1	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:04.9	Q
3	1	Cheryl Peasley	Australia	2:05.05	Q
4	1	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:05.8	Q
5	1	Adrienne Smyth	Northern Ireland	2:06.0
6	1	Anne Smith	New Zealand	2:07.3
	1	Thelwyn Bateman	Wales	DNF
	1	Cecilia Smith	Canada	DNF
1	2	Pat Lowe	England	2:07.0	Q
2	2	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:07.4	Q
3	2	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:07.4	Q
4	2	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:07.6	Q
5	2	Thelma Fynn	Canada	2:07.6
6	2	Mary Speedman	Scotland	2:08.3
7	2	Norine Braithwaite	England	2:08.5
8	2	Beverly Franklyn	Jamaica	2:14.7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:06.24
	Pat Lowe	England	2:06.27
	Cheryl Peasley	Australia	2:06.33
4	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:08.6
5	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:09.7
6	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:10.0
7	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:16.1
8	Sheila Carey	England	2:18.5

Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres