Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres
# Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 20 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 6 miles.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Lachie Stewart | Scotland | 28:11.72 |
| | Ron Clarke | Australia | 28:13.45 |
| | Dick Taylor | England | 28:15.35 |
| 4 | Roger Matthews | England | 28:21.4 |
| 5 | John Caine | England | 28:27.6 |
| 6 | John Ngeno | Kenya | 28:31.4 |
| 7 | Philip Ndoo | Kenya | 28:42.8 |
| 8 | Kerry O'Brien | Australia | 28:43.49 |
| 9 | John Stephen Akhwari | Tanzania | 28:44.0 |
| 10 | Jerome Drayton | Canada | 28:45.0 |
| 11 | Bernard Plain | Wales | 28:51.8 |
| 12 | Derek Graham | Northern Ireland | 29:00.2 |
| 13 | Richard Wedlock | Scotland | 29:09.8 |
| 14 | George Waluza | Malawi | 29:33.8 |
| 15 | Dave Ellis | Canada | 29:37.4 |
| 16 | Alan Joslyn | Wales | 29:51.8 |
| 17 | Ghulam Rasul | Pakistan | 30:03.0 |
| 18 | Nabiba Temu | Kenya | 30:04.4 |
| 19 | Fulgenge Rwabu | Uganda | 30:44.8 |
| 20 | Douglas Zinkala | Zambia | 30:54.4 |
| 21 | Allieu Massaquoi | Sierra Leone | 31:06.2 |
| 22 | Dominic Chiwaya | Malawi | 31:17.8 |
| 23 | Musa Mustafa | Uganda | 31:32.6 |
| 24 | Richard Mabuza | Swaziland | 31:33.0 |
| 25 | Robert Hackman | Ghana | 31:50.4 |
| 26 | Reuben Dlamini | Swaziland | 32:56.8 |
| 27 | Daniel Kalusa | Zambia | 33:23.6 |
| | Donald Pierre | Grenada | DNF |
| | Dandison Moore | Sierra Leone | DNF |
| | Andrew Boychuk | Canada | DNS |
| | Harry Prowell | Guyana | DNS |
