Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Appearance
Athletics at the 8th British Commonwealth Games | |
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Dates | 4–13 August 1966 |
Host city | Kingston, Jamaica |
Venue | Independence Park |
Level | Senior |
Events | 34 |
Participation | 396 athletes from 33 nations |
Records set | 11 GR |
At the metric units. It was also the last edition to allow four athletes from each country in a single event before that number was reduced to three. Eleven Games records were improved over the course of the competition.
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards (wind: -0.8 m/s) |
Harry Jerome (CAN) | 9.41 GR | Tom Robinson (BHS) |
9.44 | Edwin Roberts (TTO) | 9.52 |
220 yards (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
Stanley Allotey (GHA) | 20.65 GR | Edwin Roberts (TTO) | 20.93 | David Ejoke (NGA) | 20.95 |
440 yards |
Wendell Mottley (TTO) | 45.08 GR | Kent Bernard (TTO) | 46.06 | Don Domansky (CAN) | 46.42 |
880 yards |
Noel Clough (AUS) | 1:46.9 GR | Wilson Kiprugut (KEN) | 1:47.2 | George Kerr (JAM) |
1:47.2 |
1 mile |
Kip Keino (KEN) |
3:55.34 GR | Alan Simpson (ENG) | 3:57.27 | Ian Studd (NZL) | 3:58.61 |
3 miles |
Kip Keino (KEN) |
12:57.4 GR | Ron Clarke (AUS) | 12:59.2 | Allan Rushmer (ENG) | 13:08.6 |
6 miles |
Naftali Temu (KEN) | 27:14.21 GR | Ron Clarke (AUS) | 27:39.42 | Jim Alder (SCO) | 28:15.4 |
Marathon |
Jim Alder (SCO) | 2:22:08 | Bill Adcocks (ENG) | 2:22:13 | Mike Ryan (NZL) | 2:27:59 |
120 yards hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
David Hemery (ENG) | 14.1 | Mike Parker (ENG) |
14.2 | Ghulam Raziq (PAK) | 14.3 |
440 yards hurdles |
Ken Roche (AUS) | 50.95 | Kingsley Agbabokha (NGA) | 51.46 | Peter Warden (ENG) | 51.54 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Peter Welsh (NZL) | 8:29.44 | Kerry O'Brien (AUS) | 8:32.58 | Benjamin Kogo (KEN) | 8:32.81 |
4 × 110 yards relay |
Ghana (GHA) Ebenezer Addy Bonner Mends James Addy Stanley Allotey |
39.8 GR | 40.0 | Australia (AUS) Gary Eddy Allen Crawley Gary Holdsworth Peter Norman |
40.0 | |
4 × 440 yards relay |
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Lennox Yearwood Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley |
3:02.8 GR | 3:04.9 | England (ENG) Martin Winbolt-Lewis John Adey Peter Warden Tim Graham |
3:06.5 | |
20 miles walk |
Ron Wallwork (ENG) | 2:44:43 | Ray Middleton (ENG) | 2:45:19 | Norman Read (NZL) | 2:46:29 |
High jump |
Lawrie Peckham (AUS) | 2.08 m | Samuel Igun (NGA) | 2.03 m | Anton Norris (BAR) | 2.00 m |
Pole vault |
Trevor Bickle (AUS) | 4.80 m | Mike Bull (NIR) | 4.72 m | Gerry Moro (CAN) | 4.65 m |
Long jump |
Lynn Davies (WAL) | 7.99 m | John Morbey (BMU) | 7.89 m | Wellesley Clayton (JAM) | 7.83 m |
Triple jump |
Samuel Igun (NGA) | 16.40 m (w) | George Ogan (NGA) | 16.08 m | Fred Alsop (ENG) | 15.96 m |
Shot put |
Dave Steen (CAN) | 18.79 m | Les Mills (NZL) | 18.37 m | George Puce (CAN) | 17.14 m |
Discus throw |
Les Mills (NZL) | 56.18 m | George Puce (CAN) | 55.94 m | Robin Tait (NZL) | 55.02 m |
Hammer throw |
Howard Payne (ENG) | 61.98 m | Praveen Kumar (IND) |
60.12 m | Muhammad Iqbal (PAK) | 59.56 m |
Javelin throw |
John FitzSimons (ENG) | 79.78 m | Nick Birks (AUS) | 76.16 m | Muhammad Nawaz (PAK) | 69.94 m |
Decathlon |
Roy Williams (NZL) |
7270 pts | Clive Longe (WAL) | 7123 pts | Gerry Moro (CAN) | 6983 pts |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Dianne Burge (AUS) | 10.6 GR | Irene Piotrowski (CAN) | 10.8 | Jill Hall (ENG) | 10.8 |
220 yards (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Dianne Burge (AUS) | 23.73 | Jenny Lamy (AUS) | 23.86 | Irene Piotrowski (CAN) | 23.92 |
440 yards |
Judy Pollock (AUS) | 53.0 | Deidre Watkinson (ENG) | 54.1 | Una Morris (JAM) | 54.2 |
880 yards |
Abby Hoffman (CAN) | 2:04.3 | Judy Pollock (AUS) | 2:04.5 | Anne Smith (ENG) |
2:05.0 |
80 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Pam Kilborn (AUS) | 10.9 | Carmen Smith (JAM) | 11.0 | Jenny Wingerson (CAN) |
11.0 |
4 × 110 yards relay |
45.3 =GR | Daphne Slater Jill Hall |
45.6 | Jamaica (JAM) Adlin Mair Una Morris Vilma Charlton Carmen Smith |
45.6 | |
High jump |
Michele Brown (AUS) | 1.73 m | Dorothy Shirley (ENG) | 1.70 m | Robyn Woodhouse (AUS) | 1.70 m |
Long jump |
Mary Rand (ENG) | 6.36 m | Sheila Parkin (ENG) | 6.30 m | Violet Odogwu (NGA) | 6.15 m |
Shot put |
Val Young (NZL) | 16.50 m | Mary Peters (NIR) | 16.29 m | Nancy McCredie (CAN) | 15.34 m |
Discus throw |
Val Young (NZL) | 49.78 m | Jean Roberts (AUS) | 49.20 m | Carol Martin (CAN) | 48.70 m |
Javelin throw |
Margaret Parker (AUS) | 51.38 m | Anna Bocson (AUS) |
47.80 m | Jay Dahlgren (CAN) | 47.68 m |
Medal table
* Host nation (Jamaica)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia (AUS) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
2 | England (ENG) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
3 | New Zealand (NZL) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
4 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
5 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
7 | Ghana (GHA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
9 | Wales (WAL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Scotland (SCO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Jamaica (JAM)* | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
12 | Northern Ireland (NIR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
17 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |
Participating nations
- Aden (2)
- Antigua and Barbuda (7)
- Australia (32)
- Bahamas (14)
- Barbados (8)
- Bermuda (6)
- British Honduras (4)
- Canada (35)
- Ceylon (1)
- England (61)
- Fiji (1)
- Ghana (10)
- Gibraltar (1)
- Guyana (3)
- India (6)
- Isle of Man (3)
- Jamaica (49)
- Kenya (21)
- Malaysia (5)
- Mauritius (6)
- New Zealand (17)
- Nigeria (21)
- Northern Ireland (5)
- Pakistan (5)
- Papua New Guinea (2)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
- Scotland (18)
- Sierra Leone (11)
- Singapore (2)
- Tanzania (4)
- Trinidad and Tobago (16)
- Uganda (6)
- Wales (12)
References
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.