Australian Road Walking Championships - 1970The women's 3km Walk was conducted at Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia on 30 August 1970 The men's 20km Walk was conducted in the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, SA on 29 August 1970 The men's 50km Walk was conducted in Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria on 26 September 1970 | ||||
| 3KM ROAD WALK - Women - Sunday 30 August 1970 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Di Behan | NSW | 15:31 | |
| 2 | Gail Syratt | NSW | 15:43 | |
| 3 | Jill Phillips | NSW | 16:20 | |
| 4 | Lillian Harper | SA | 16:30 | |
| 5 | Elaine MacFarlane | SA | 16:54 | |
| 6 | Megan Pye | Vic | 17:00 | |
| 7 | Theresa Smith | SA | 17:11 | |
| 8 | Robyn Knape | Vic | ||
| 9 | Bev Patmore | NSW | ||
| 10 | Lynetta Krieg | SA | ||
| 11 | K. Herbert | SA | ||
| 12 | Lisa Malbut | SA | ||
| Teams | ||||
| 1 | New South Wales | NSW | 6 pts | |
| 2 | South Australia | SA | 16 pts | |
| 20KM ROAD WALK - Men - Saturday 29 August 1970 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| 1 | Noel Freeman | Vic | 1:30:57 | |
| 2 | Graeme Nicholls | Vic | 1:35:20 | |
| 3 | Arthur Jones | NSW | 1:35:50 | |
| 4 | Steven Hausfeld | NSW | 1:37:42 | |
| 5 | Varel Newmark | Vic | 1:38:50 | |
| 6 | Robin Wood | Vic | 1:38:54 | |
| 7 | Justin Coxhead | Vic | 1:39:23 | |
| 8 | Frank Leonard | SA | 1:40:19 | |
| 9 | Alistaire Johnstone | NSW | 1:43:03 | |
| 10 | Barry Whittaker | SA | 1:43:55 | |
| 11 | Robin Whyte | NSW | 1:44:04 | |
| 12 | Martin Davey | WA | 1:45:52 | |
| 13 | Rod Bambery | Vic | 1:45:59 | |
| 14 | Clarrie Jack | Vic | 1:47:20 | |
| 15 | Don Keane | WA | 1:49:21 | |
| 16 | Graham Evans | SA | 1:50:43 | |
| 17 | Keith Heness | NSW | 1:51:25 | |
| 18 | Lloyd Davies | WA | 1:51:59 | |
| 19 | Peter Whitham | SA | 1:53:17 | |
| 20 | Len Hart | SA | 1:53:21 | |
| 21 | Vincent Sutherland | WA | 1:54:32 | |
| 22 | Jack Webber | SA | 1:55:03 | |
| 23 | Sidney Bray | Qld | 1:57:58 | |
| 24 | Phil Hollis | SA | 1:58:43 | |
| 25 | Jeff Kennett | SA | 1:59:28 | |
| 26 | Kevin Finn | SA | 2:00:35 | |
| 27 | David Tapp | SA | 2:03:57 | |
| 28 | Bill Starr | SA | 2:04:44 | |
| Teams | ||||
| 1 | Victoria | Vic | 14 pts | |
| 2 | New South Wales | NSW | 25 pts | |
| 3 | South Australia | SA | 44 pts | |
| 4 | Western Australia | WA | 53 pts | |
| 50KM ROAD WALK - Men - Saturday 26 September 1970 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| 1 | Ted Allsopp | Vic | 4:21:05 | |
| 2 | Peter Fullager | SA | 4:29:15 | |
| 3 | Bob Gardiner | Vic | 4:36:53 | |
| 4 | Steven Hausfeld | NSW | 4:41:05 | |
| 5 | Robin Whyte | NSW | 4:41:51 | |
| 6 | Graeme Nicholls | Vic | 4:55:55 | |
| 7 | Robin Wood | Vic | 5:04:58 | |
| 8 | Victor Townsend | NSW | 5:08:36 | |
| 9 | Andrew Jamieson | Vic | 5:15:16 | |
| 10 | Brendan Hyde | NSW | 5:24:46 | |
| 11 | Peter Whitham | SA | 5:27:25 | |
| 12 | Jack Webber | SA | 5:32:25 | |
| 13 | Graeme Anderson | Vic | 6:21:53 | |
| Sydney Bray | Qld | DNF | ||
| Brian Carman | NSW | DNF | ||
| David Black | Vic | DNF | ||
| Paul Cronin | Vic | DNF | ||
| Geoff Laycock | Vic | DNF | ||
| Claude Martin | Vic | DNF | ||
| Gordon Mills | Vic | DNF | ||
| Varel Newmark | Vic | DNF | ||
| Norm Marr | Vic | DNF | ||
| Justin Coxhead | Vic | DNF | ||
| Clarrie Jack | Vic | DQ | ||
| Teams | ||||
| 1 | Victoria | Vic | 10 pts | |
| 2 | New South Wales | NSW | 16 pts | |
| 3 | South Australia | SA | 19 pts | |
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