Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump
# Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Lynn Davies Wales | Phil May Australia | Alan Lerwill England |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Phil May | Australia | 8.03w | q |
| 2 | Alan Lerwill | England | 7.78 | q |
| 3 | Geoff Hignett | England | 7.56 | q |
| 4 | Michael Ahey | Ghana | 7.54 | q |
| 5 | Lynn Davies | Wales | 7.45 | q |
| 6 | Dave Norris | New Zealand | 7.43 | q |
| 7 | George Ogan | Nigeria | 7.41 | q |
| 8 | Patrick Onyango Sumba | Kenya | 7.21 | q |
| 9 | Hamish Robertson | Scotland | 7.14 | q |
| 10 | Gwyn Williams | Wales | 7.09 | q |
| 11 | Abraham Munabi | Uganda | 7.07 | q |
| 12 | David Walker | Scotland | 7.05 | q |
| 13 | Granville Buckley | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.04 | |
| 14 | Sheikh Faye | Gambia | 7.02 | |
| 15 | Raphael Mlewa | Tanzania | 6.93 | |
| 16 | Peter Ndovi | Malawi | 6.92 | |
| 17 | Obed Gardiner | Bahamas | 6.88 | |
| 18 | Calvin Greenaway | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.84 | |
| 19 | Reynold Edwards | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.61 | |
| 20 | Jack Buga | Uganda | 6.57 | |
| 21 | Orlando Williams | Sierra Leone | 6.53 | |
| 22 | Don Miller | Bahamas | 6.50 | |
| 23 | Jerry Wisdom | Bahamas | 6.41 | |
| | Rick Cuttell | Canada | DNS | |
| | Raymond Anthony | Grenada | DNS | |
| | Labh Singh | India | DNS | |
| | Mohinder Singh Gill | India | DNS | |
| | John Kanondo | Tanzania | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Lynn Davies | Wales | 8.06 |
| | Phil May | Australia | 7.94 |
| | Alan Lerwill | England | 7.94 |
| 4 | Michael Ahey | Ghana | 7.78 |
| 5 | Dave Norris | New Zealand | 7.64 |
| 6 | David Walker | Scotland | 7.51 |
| 7 | Geoff Hignett | England | 7.49 |
| 8 | Hamish Robertson | Scotland | 7.37 |
| 9 | George Ogan | Nigeria | 7.15 |
| 10 | Gwyn Williams | Wales | 7.14 |
| 11 | Patrick Onyango Sumba | Kenya | 7.10 |
| 12 | Abraham Munabi | Uganda | 7.05 |

* ↑ Second best jump: 7.89 m
* ↑ Second best jump: 7.86 m
