Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 110 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 17 and 18 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 120 yards hurdles.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| David Hemery England | Malcolm Baird Australia | Godfrey Murray Jamaica |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: +6.8 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | David Hemery | England | 13.73 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mal Baird | Australia | 14.04 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Brian Donnelly | Canada | 14.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | John Akii-Bua | Uganda | 14.3 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Alfred Belleh | Nigeria | 14.4 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Michael Billy-Montague | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.2 | |
| 7 | 1 | Pierre Jallow | Gambia | 16.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Godfrey Murray | Jamaica | 14.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Stuart Storey | England | 14.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | George Neeland | Canada | 14.4 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alan Murray | Scotland | 14.6 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | John Kinahan | Northern Ireland | 14.9 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jean Jatha | Mauritius | 15.6 | |
| 1 | 3 | Alan Pascoe | England | 13.8 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kwaku Ohene-Frempong | Ghana | 14.1 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Adeola Aboyade-Cole | Nigeria | 14.3 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Rich McDonald | Canada | 14.3 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Charles Kirkpatrick | Northern Ireland | 14.6 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Alun James | Wales | 14.7 | q |

### Semifinals

Held on 18 July

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind: Heat 1: +5.4 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | David Hemery | England | 13.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mal Baird | Australia | 14.02 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kwaku Ohene-Frempong | Ghana | 14.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rich McDonald | Canada | 14.2 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Stuart Storey | England | 14.25 | |
| 6 | 1 | Berwyn Price | Wales | 14.4 | |
| 7 | 1 | Alfred Belleh | Nigeria | 14.4 | |
| 8 | 1 | Charles Kirkpatrick | Northern Ireland | 14.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Alan Pascoe | England | 13.9 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Godfrey Murray | Jamaica | 14.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Brian Donnelly | Canada | 14.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | George Neeland | Canada | 14.2 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | John Akii-Bua | Uganda | 14.4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Adeola Aboyade-Cole | Nigeria | 14.7 | |
| 7 | 2 | Alan Murray | Scotland | 14.7 | |
| 8 | 2 | Alun James | Wales | 14.9 | |

### Final

Held on 18 July

Wind: +2.9 m/s

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | David Hemery | England | 13.66 |
| | 4 | Mal Baird | Australia | 13.86 |
| | 3 | Godfrey Murray | Jamaica | 14.02 |
| 4 | 5 | George Neeland | Canada | 14.2 |
| 5 | 7 | Brian Donnelly | Canada | 14.2 |
| 6 | 2 | Rich McDonald | Canada | 14.4 |
| 7 | 6 | Kwaku Ohene-Frempong | Ghana | 14.7 |
| | 8 | Alan Pascoe | England | DNF |
