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8th British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Image:8th British Empire and Commonwealth Games- Kingston 1966.gif
Host city	Kingston, Jamaica
Nations participating	24 Nations of the Commonwealth
Athletes participating	1,316 (inc. officials)
Events	110 events in 10 sports
Opening ceremony	August 4, 1966
Closing ceremony	August 13, 1966
Officially opened by
Queen's Baton Final Runner
Main Stadium	Independence Park
Motto	{{{Motto}}}

Image:Commonwealth games 1966 countries map.PNG

The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from August 4 to August 13. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Commonwealth countries.

Contents 1 Participating Teams 2 Medals by country 3 Medals by event 3.1 Athletics 3.2 Boxing 3.3 Cycling 3.3.1 Track 3.3.2 Road 3.4 Fencing 3.5 Shooting 3.5.1 Pistol 3.5.2 Rifle 3.6 Swimming 3.7 Diving 3.8 Swimming 3.9 Diving 3.10 Weightlifting 3.11 Wrestling 3.12 Badminton 4 External links

[edit] Participating Teams

32 teams were represented at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (teams competing for the first time are shown in bold)

Antigua	Australia	Bahamas	Barbados
Bermuda	British Honduras	Canada	Ceylon
England	Fiji	Ghana	Gibraltar
Guyana	India	Isle of Man	Jamaica
Jersey	Kenya	Malaysia	Mauritius
New Zealand	Nigeria	Northern Ireland	Pakistan
Papua & New Guinea	Scotland	Sierra Leone	Singapore
South Arabia	St Vincent	Tanzania	Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda	Wales

[edit] Medals by country

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of England.svg England	33	24	23	80
2	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	23	28	22	73
3	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	14	20	23	57
4	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	8	5	13	26
5	Image:Ghana flag 1964.svg Ghana	5	2	2	9
	Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago	5	2	2	9
7	Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	4	1	4	9
8	Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	4	1	3	8
9	Image:Flag of India.svg India	3	4	3	10
	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3	4	3	10
11	Image:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales	3	2	2	7
12	Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia	2	2	1	5
13	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	1	4	4	9
14	Image:Flag of Northern Ireland.svg Northern Ireland	1	3	3	7
15	Image:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man	1	0	0	1
16	Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica	0	4	8	12
17	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana	0	1	0	1
	Papua & New Guinea	0	1	0	1
21	Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	0	0	3	3
22	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Medal Totals	110	110	120	340

[edit] Medals by event

[edit] Athletics

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Yards	Women	Dianne Burge (AUS)	10.6	Irene Piotrowski (CAN)	10.8	Jill Hall (ENG)	10.8
220 Yards	Women	Dianne Burge (AUS)	23.73	Jenny Lamy (AUS)	23.86	Irene Piotrowski (CAN)	23.92
440 Yards	Women	Judy Pollock (AUS)	53	Deirdre Watkinson (ENG)	54.1	Una Morris (JAM)	54.2
880 Yards	Women	Abby Hoffman (CAN)	00:02:04	Judy Pollock (AUS)	00:02:04	Anne Smith (ENG)	00:02:05
80 Metres Hurdles	Women	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	10.9	Carmen Smith (JAM)	11	Jenny Wingerson (CAN)	11
High Jump	Women	Michele Brown (Mason) (AUS)	1.73	Dorothy Shirley (ENG)	1.7	Robyn Woodhouse (AUS)	1.7
Long Jump	Women	Mary Rand (Bignal) (ENG)	6.36	Sheila Parkin (ENG)	6.3	Violet Odogwu (NGR)	6.15
Shot	Women	Val Young (NZL)	16.5	Mary Peters (NIR)	16.29	Nancy McCredie (CAN)	15.34
Discus	Women	Val Young (NZL)	49.78	Jean Roberts (AUS)	49.2	Carol Martin (CAN)	48.7
Javelin	Women	Margaret Parker (AUS)	51.38	Anna Bocson (Pazera) (AUS)	47.8	Jay Dahlgren (CAN)	47.68
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	45.3	England (ENG)	45.6	Jamaica (JAM)	45.6
100 Yards	Men	Harry Jerome (CAN)	9.41	Tom Robinson (BAH)	9.44	Edwin Roberts (TRI)	9.52
220 Yards	Men	Stanley Allotey (GHA)	20.65	Edwin Roberts (TRI)	20.93	David Njoke (NGR)	20.95
440 Yards	Men	Wendell Mottley (TRI)	45.08	Kent Bernard (TRI)	46.06	Don Domansky (CAN)	46.42
880 Yards	Men	Noel Clough (AUS)	00:01:47	Wilson Kiprugut (KEN)	00:01:47	George Kerr (JAM)	00:01:47
1 Mile	Men	Kip Keino (KEN)	00:03:55	Alan Simpson (ENG)	00:03:57	Ian Studd (NZL)	00:03:59
3 Miles	Men	Kip Keino (KEN)	00:12:57	Ron Clarke (AUS)	00:12:59	Allan Rushmer (ENG)	00:13:09
6 Miles	Men	Naftali Temu (KEN)	00:27:14	Ron Clarke (AUS)	00:27:39	Jim Alder (SCO)	00:28:15
Marathon	Men	Jim Alder (SCO)	02:22:08	Bill Adcocks (ENG)	02:22:13	Mike Ryan (NZL)	02:27:59
3000 Metres Steeplechase	Men	Peter Welsh (NZL)	00:08:29	Kerry O'Brien (AUS)	00:08:33	Benjamin Kogo (KEN)	00:08:33
120 Yards Hurdles	Men	David Hemery (ENG)	14.1	Mike Parker (ENG)	14.2	Ghulam Raziq (PAK)	14.3
440 Yards Hurdles	Men	Ken Roche (AUS)	50.95	Kingsley Agbabokha (NGR)	51.46	Peter Warden (ENG)	51.54
High Jump	Men	Lawrie Peckham (AUS)	2.08	Samuel Igun (NGR)	2.03	Anton Norris (BAR)	2
Pole Vault	Men	Trevor Bickle (AUS)	4.8	Mike Bull (NIR)	4.72	Gerry Moro (CAN)	4.65
Long Jump	Men	Lynn Davies (WAL)	7.99	John Morbey (BER)	7.89	Wellesley Clayton (JAM)	7.83
Triple Jump	Men	Samuel Igun (NGR)	16.40w	George Ogan (NGR)	16.08	Fred Alsop (ENG)	15.96
Shot	Men	David Steen (CAN)	18.79	Les Mills (NZL)	18.37	George Puce (CAN)	17.14
Discus	Men	Les Mills (NZL)	56.18	George Puce (CAN)	55.94	Robin Tait (NZL)	55.02
Hammer	Men	Howard Payne (ENG)	61.98	Praveen Kumar (IND)	60.12	Muhammad Iqbal (PAK)	59.56
Javelin	Men	John FitzSimons (ENG)	79.78	Nick Birks (AUS)	76.16	Muhammad Nawaz (PAK)	69.94
Decathlon	Men	Roy Williams (NZL)	7270	Clive Longe (WAL)	7123	Gerry Moro (CAN)	6983
20 Miles Road Walk	Men	Ron Wallwork (ENG)	02:44:43	Ray Middleton (ENG)	02:45:19	Norman Read (NZL)	02:46:29
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Men	Ghana (GHA)	39.8	Jamaica (JAM)	40	Australia (AUS)	40
4 x 440 Yards Relay	Men	Trinidad & Tobago (TRI)	00:03:03	Canada (CAN)	00:03:05	England (ENG)	00:03:07

[edit] Boxing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Sulley Shittu (GHA)		Kenneth Campbell (JAM)		Frank Scott (CAN)
						John Rakowski (AUS)
Bantamweight	Men	Edward Ndukwu (NGR)		Darryl Norwood (AUS)		Nderu Mwaura (KEN)
						Brian Kendall (NZL)
Featherweight	Men	Philip Waruinge (KEN)		Pat Maguire (NIR)		Amos Ajoo (GHA)
						Harold West (JAM)
Lightweight	Men	Anthony Andeh (NGR)		Ron Thurston (ENG)		Stephen Baraza (KEN)
						Samuel Lockhart (NIR)
Light Welterweight	Men	Jim McCourt (NIR)		Aaron Popoola (GHA)		Alex Odhiambo (UGA)
						Ray Maguire (AUS)
Welterweight	Men	Eddie Blay (GHA)		Bobby Arthur (ENG)		Nojim Maiyegun (NIR)
						Andy Peace (SCO)
Light Middleweight	Men	Mark Rowe (ENG)		Tom Imrie (SCO)		R. Okine (GHA)
						Nojim Maiyegun (NGR)
Middleweight	Men	Joe Darkey (GHA)		Arthur Trout (JAM)		John Turpin (ENG)
						Mathias Ouma (UGA)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Roger Tighe (ENG)		Fatai Ayinla (NGR)		Dennis Booth (AUS)
						Sylvester Hines (JAM)
Heavyweight	Men	Bill Kini (NZL)		Adonis Ray (GHA)		Danny McAlinden (NIR)
						Benson Ocan (UGA)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	Men	Roger Gibbon (TRI)	00:01:10	Philip Bristow-Stagg (AUS)	00:01:11	Richard Hine (AUS)	00:01:11
Sprint	Men	Roger Gibbon (TRI)		Jim Booker (ENG)		Daryl Perkins (AUS)
Individual Pursuit	Men	Hugh Porter (ENG)	00:04:57	John Bylsma (AUS)	00:04:59	Richard Hine (AUS)	00:05:04
10 Miles Scratch	Men	Ian Alsop (ENG)	00:21:46	Hilton Clarke (AUS)	00:21:46	Trevor Bull (ENG)	00:21:47

[edit] Road

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road Race	Men	Peter Buckley (IOM)	05:07:52	Des Thompson (NZL)	05:12:11	Laurie Byers (NZL)	05:12:20

[edit] Fencing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Foil	Men	Allan Jay (ENG)		Bill Hoskyns (ENG)		Graham Paul (ENG)
Foil - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		Scotland (SCO)
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)		John Pelling (ENG)		Robert Reynolds (WAL)
Épée - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Canada (CAN)		Australia (AUS)
Sabre	Men	Ralph Cooperman (ENG)		Sandy Leckie (SCO)		Gabor Arato (AUS)
Sabre- Team	Men	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		Canada (CAN)
Foil	Women	Janet Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG)		Shirley Parker (ENG)		Gaye McDermitt (NZL)
Foil - Team	Women	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		New Zealand (NZL)

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Pistol

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Free Pistol	Men/Open	Charles Sexton (ENG)	544	Jules Sobrian (CAN)	538	Garfield McMahon (CAN)	536
Centre-Fire Pistol	Men/Open	James Lee (CAN)	576	Tony Clark (ENG)	575	Julio Machado (JAM)	571
Rapid-Fire Pistol	Men/Open	Tony Clark (ENG)	585	Michael Papps (AUS)	578	Jules Sobrian (CAN)	572

[edit] Rifle

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Small Bore Rifle	Men/Open	Gilmour Boa (CAN)	587	Brian Lacey (NZL)	585	John Murphy (AUS)	584
Full Bore Rifle	Men/Open	Lord John Swansea (WAL)	394	Robert Stewart (PNG)	381	Tom Sutherland (NZL)	381

[edit] Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle	Men	Mike Wenden (AUS)	54	Bobby McGregor (SCO)	54.2	David Dickson (AUS)	54.6
440 Yards Freestyle	Men	Robert Windle (AUS)	00:04:15	John Bennett (AUS)	00:04:16	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	00:04:16
1650 Yards Freestyle	Men	Ron Jackson (AUS)	00:17:26	Sandy Gilchrist (CAN)	00:17:34	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	00:17:39
110 Yards Backstroke	Men	Peter Reynolds (AUS)	00:01:02	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	00:01:03	Neil Jackson (ENG)	00:01:03
220 Yards Backstroke	Men	Peter Reynolds (AUS)	00:02:12	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	00:02:14	Karl Byrom (AUS)	00:02:19
110 Yards Breaststroke	Men	Ian O'Brien (AUS)	00:01:08	Hamilton Graham (NZL)	00:01:13	Malcolm Tucker (ENG)	00:01:14
220 Yards Breaststroke	Men	Ian O'Brien (AUS)	00:02:29	Hamilton Graham (NZL)	00:02:37	Bill Mahony (CAN)	00:02:39
110 Yards Butterfly	Men	Ron Jacks (CAN)	00:01:00	Graham Dunn (AUS)	00:01:01	Keith Bewley (ENG)	00:01:01
220 Yards Butterfly	Men	David Gerrard (NZL)	00:02:13	Brett Hill (AUS)	00:02:13	Tom Arusoo (CAN)	00:02:14
440 Yards Individual Medley	Men	Peter Reynolds (AUS)	00:04:51	Ralph Hutton (CAN)	00:04:52	Sandy Gilchrist (CAN)	00:04:59
4 x 110 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:03:36	Canada (CAN)	00:03:42	England (ENG)	00:03:44
4 x 220 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:08:00	Canada (CAN)	00:08:15	England (ENG)	00:08:24
4 x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Men	Canada (CAN)	00:04:11	England (ENG)	00:04:11	New Zealand (NZL)	00:04:17

[edit] Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Brian Phelps (ENG)	154.55	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	150.17	Chris Robb (AUS)	136.52
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Brian Phelps (ENG)	164.57	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	148.44	Chris Robb (AUS)	141.68

[edit] Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle	Women	Marion Lay (CAN)	00:01:02	Lynette Bell (AUS)	00:01:03	Jan Murphy (AUS)	00:01:03
440 Yards Freestyle	Women	Kathy Wainwright (AUS)	00:04:39	Jenny Thorn (AUS)	00:04:44	Kim Herford (AUS)	00:04:47
110 Yards Backstroke	Women	Linda Ludgrove (ENG)	00:01:09	Elaine Tanner (CAN)	00:01:10	Janet Franklin (ENG)	00:01:12
220 Yards Backstroke	Women	Linda Ludgrove (ENG)	00:02:28	Elaine Tanner (CAN)	00:02:30	Margaret McRae (NZL)	00:02:35
110 Yards Breaststroke	Women	Diana Harris (ENG)	00:01:20	Jill Slattery (ENG)	00:01:20	Heather Saville (AUS)	00:01:22
220 Yards Breaststroke	Women	Jill Slattery (ENG)	00:02:50	Stella Mitchell (ENG)	00:02:50	Vivien Haddon (NZL)	00:02:54
110 Yards Butterfly	Women	Elaine Tanner (CAN)	00:01:07	Judy Gegan (ENG)	00:01:09	Ann Barner (ENG)	00:01:10
220 Yards Butterfly	Women	Elaine Tanner (CAN)	00:02:30	Marilyn Carson (CAN)	00:02:35	Ann Barner (ENG)	00:02:35
440 Yards Individual Medley	Women	Elaine Tanner (CAN)	00:05:26	Jan Murphy (AUS)	00:05:28	Jane Hughes (CAN)	00:05:34
4 x 110 Yards Freestyle Relay	Women	Canada (CAN)	00:04:11	Australia (AUS)	00:04:11	England (ENG)	00:04:17
4 x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Women	England (ENG)	00:04:41	Canada (CAN)	00:04:44	Australia (AUS)	00:04:46

[edit] Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Kathy Rowlatt (ENG)	147.1	Beverley Boys (CAN)	134.92	Susan Knight (AUS)	134.9
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Joy Newman (ENG)	98.87	Robyn Bradshaw (AUS)	98.85	Beverley Boys (CAN)	97.21

[edit] Weightlifting

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight - Overall	Men	Precious McKenzie (ENG)	319.5	Martin Dias (GUY)	307	Chun Hon Chan (CAN)	304.5
Featherweight - Overall	Men	Chung Kum Weng (WAL)	337	Mahon Ghosh (IND)	334.5	Allen Salter (CAN)	324.5
Lightweight - Overall	Men	Hugo Gittens (TRI)	367	George Newton (ENG)	354.5	Ieuan Owen (WAL)	349.5
Middleweight - Overall	Men	Pierre St. Jean (CAN)	404.5	Horace Johnson (WAL)	382	Russell Perry (AUS)	372
Light Heavyweight - Overall	Men	George Vakakis (AUS)	419.5	Sylvanus Blackman (ENG)	414.5	Mike Pearman (ENG)	409.5
Middle Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Louis Martin (ENG)	462	George Manners (ENG)	429.5	Dudley Lawson (JAM)	422
Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Don Oliver (NZL)	497	Arthur Shannos (AUS)	464.5	Brandon Bailey (TRI)	462

[edit] Wrestling

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Muhammad Nazir (PAK)		Shamrao Sable (IND)		Peter Michienzi (CAN)
Bantamweight	Men	Bishamber Singh (IND)		Kevin McGrath (AUS)		Muhammad Saeed (PAK)
Featherweight	Men	Muhammad Akhtar (PAK)		Randhawa Singh (IND)		Albert Aspen (ENG)
Lightweight	Men	Mukhtiar Singh (IND)		Ray Lougheed (CAN)		Anthony Greig (NZL)
Welterweight	Men	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)		Richard Bryant (CAN)		Hukum Singh (IND)
Middleweight	Men	Muhammad Faiz (PAK)		Sébastien Donison (CAN)		Michael Benarik (AUS)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Robert Chamberot (CAN)		Wallace Booth (SCO)		Bishwanath Singh (IND)
Heavyweight	Men	Bhim Singh (IND)		Ikram Ilahi (PAK)		Denis McNamara (ENG)

[edit] Badminton

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Singles	Men	Tan Aik Huang (MAS)		Yew Cheng Hoe (MAS)		Dinesk Khanna (IND)
Men's Doubles	Men	Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe (MAS)		Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan (MAS)		David Horton & Roger Mills (ENG)
Women's Singles	Women	Angela Bairstow (ENG)		Sharon Whittaker (CAN)		Ursula Smith (ENG)
Women's Doubles	Women	Helen Horton & Ursula Smith (ENG)		Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers (ENG)		Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong (MAS)
Mixed Doubles	Mixed	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow (ENG)		Tony Jordan & Helen Horton (ENG)		Robert McCoig & Muriel Ferguson (SCO)

[edit] External links

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• A Brief History - from the Delhi 2010 site
• 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website

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