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

The men's triple jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 and 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Phil May Australia | Mick McGrath Australia | Mohinder Singh Gill India |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mick McGrath | Australia | 16.09 | q |
| 2 | Samuel Igun | Nigeria | 16.08 | q |
| 3 | Mohinder Singh Gill | India | 16.07 | q |
| 4 | Phil May | Australia | 15.87 | q |
| 5 | Tony Wadhams | England | 15.80 | q |
| 6 | Patrick Onyango Sumba | Kenya | 15.65 | q |
| 7 | Johnston Amoah | Ghana | 15.53 | q |
| 8 | Labh Singh | India | 15.52 | q |
| 9 | Abraham Munabi | Uganda | 15.51 | q |
| 10 | Lennox Burgher | Jamaica | 15.19 | q |
| 11 | Dave Norris | New Zealand | 15.01 | q |
| 11 | Alan Lerwill | England | 15.01 | q |
| 11 | Reynold Edwards | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.01 | q |
| 14 | Hamish Robertson | Scotland | 14.91 | |
| 15 | Obed Gardiner | Bahamas | 14.79 | |
| 16 | George Ogan | Nigeria | 14.70 | |
| 17 | Graham Webb | Wales | 14.64 | |
| 18 | Henry Jackson | Jamaica | 14.63 | |
| 19 | John Kanondo | Tanzania | 14.61 | |
| 20 | Don Miller | Bahamas | 14.52 | |
| 21 | Granville Buckley | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.48 | |
| 22 | Jack Buga | Uganda | 14.46 | |
| 23 | Raphael Mlewa | Tanzania | 13.99 | |
| 24 | Graham Hamlyn | England | 13.96 | |
| 25 | Orlando Williams | Sierra Leone | 13.48 | |
| 26 | Samson Mubangalala | Zambia | 13.39 | |
| | Raymond Anthony | Grenada | NM | |
| | Sheikh Faye | Gambia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Phil May | Australia | 16.72 | GR |
| | Mick McGrath | Australia | 16.41 | |
| | Mohinder Singh Gill | India | 15.90 | |
| 4 | Abraham Munabi | Uganda | 15.87 | |
| 5 | Johnston Amoah | Ghana | 15.73 | |
| 6 | Labh Singh | India | 15.70 | |
| 7 | Samuel Igun | Nigeria | 15.67 | |
| 8 | Patrick Onyango Sumba | Kenya | 15.61 | |
| 9 | Lennox Burgher | Jamaica | 15.23 | |
| 10 | Alan Lerwill | England | 15.19 | |
| 11 | Dave Norris | New Zealand | 14.46 | |
| 12 | Reynold Edwards | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.30 | |
| 13 | Tony Wadhams | England | 13.70 | |
