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Countries which participated

The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 August to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Commonwealth countries. Kingston was elected host in Rome, Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The vote was Kingston: 17, Edinburgh, Scotland: 12 and Salisbury, Rhodesia: 5.

Participating teams

34 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

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	33	24	23	80
2	Australia	23	28	22	73
3	Wales	14	20	23	57
4	New Zealand	8	5	13	26
5	Ghana	5	2	2	9
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	2	2	9
7	Pakistan	4	1	4	9
8	Kenya	4	1	3	8
9	India	3	4	3	10
10	Nigeria	3	4	3	10
11	Canada	3	2	2	7
12	Malaysia	2	2	1	5
13	Scotland	1	4	4	9
14	Northern Ireland	1	3	3	7
15	Isle of Man	1	0	0	1
16	Jamaica	0	4	8	12
17	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
18	Guyana	0	1	0	1
19	Uganda	0	1	0	1
20	Papua New Guinea	0	0	3	3
21	Barbados	0	0	1	1
Total		110	110	120	340

Medals by event

Athletics

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

Badminton

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

Boxing

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

Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Brian Phelps	154.55	Don Wagstaff	150.17	Chris Robb	136.52
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Brian Phelps	164.57	Don Wagstaff	148.44	Chris Robb	141.68
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Kathy Rowlatt	147.1	Beverley Boys	134.92	Susan Knight	134.9
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Joy Newman	98.87	Robyn Bradshaw	98.85	Beverley Boys	97.21

Cycling

Track

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

Road

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road Race	Men	Peter Buckley	05:07:52	Des Thomson	05:12:11	Laurie Byers	05:12:20

Fencing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Men	Allan Jay	Bill Hoskyns	Graham Paul
Foil - Team	Men	England	Australia	Scotland
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns	John Pelling	Robert Reynolds
Épée - Team	Men	England	Canada	Australia
Sabre	Men	Ralph Cooperman	Sandy Leckie	Gabor Arato
Sabre- Team	Men	England	Australia	Canada
Foil	Women	Janet Wardell-Yerburgh	Shirley Parker	Gaye McDermit
Foil - Team	Women	England	Australia	New Zealand

Shooting

Pistol

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

Rifle

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

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 yd freestyle	Mike Wenden	54.0	Bobby McGregor	54.2	David Dickson	54.6
440 yd freestyle	Robert Windle	4:15.0	John Bennett	4:15.8	Ralph Hutton	4:16.1
1650 yd freestyle	Ron Jackson	17:25.9	Sandy Gilchrist	17:33.9	Ralph Hutton	17:38.9
110 yd backstroke	Peter Reynolds	1:02.4	Ralph Hutton	1:02.7	Neil Jackson	1:03.3
220 yd backstroke	Peter Reynolds	2:12.0	Ralph Hutton	2:13.5	Karl Byrom	2:18.8
110 yd breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	1:08.2	Tony Graham	1:12.9	Malcolm Tucker	1:13.9
220 yd breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	2:29.3	Tony Graham	2:36.9	Bill Mahony	2:38.9
110 yd butterfly	Ron Jacks	1:00.3	Graham Dunn	1:00.9	Keith Bewley	1:01.5
220 yd butterfly	David Gerrard	2:12.7	Brett Hill	2:12.8	Tom Arusoo	2:14.2
440 yd individual medley	Peter Reynolds	4:50.8	Ralph Hutton	4:51.8	Sandy Gilchrist	4:58.7
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Australia David Dickson John Ryan Michael Wenden Robert Windle	3:35.6	Canada J.A. Gilchrist Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ronald Jacks	3:42.3	England Anthony Jarvis John Martin-Dye Michael Turner Robert Lord	3:43.7
4×220 yd freestyle relay	Australia David Dickson Michael Wenden Peter Reynolds Robert Windle	7:59.5	Canada J.A. Gilchrist Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ronald Jacks	8:15.0	England Anthony Jarvis John Thurley Keith Bewley Michael Turner	8:24.0
4×110 yd medley relay	Canada J.A. Gilchrist Leonard Chase Ralph Hutton Ronald Jacks	4:10.5	England Keith Bewley Malcolm Tucker Michael Turner Neil Jackson	4:11.3	New Zealand David Gerrard Tony Graham Hilton Brown Paddy O'Carroll	4:17.5

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 yd freestyle	Marion Lay	01:02.3	Lynette Bell	01:03.2	Jan Murphy	01:03.4
440 yd freestyle	Kathy Wainwright	04:38.8	Jenny Thorn	04:44.5	Kim Herford	04:47.2
110 yd backstroke	Linda Ludgrove	01:09.2	Elaine Tanner	01:09.9	Janet Franklin	01:11.8
220 yd backstroke	Linda Ludgrove	02:28.5	Elaine Tanner	02:29.7	Margaret Macrae	02:34.7
110 yd breaststroke	Diana Harris	01:19.7	Jill Slattery	01:19.8	Heather Saville	01:21.6
220 yd breaststroke	Jill Slattery	02:50.3	Stella Mitchell	02:50.3	Vivien Haddon	02:53.9
110 yd butterfly	Elaine Tanner	01:06.8	Judy Gegan	01:09.3	Ann Barner	01:09.7
220 yd butterfly	Elaine Tanner	02:29.9	Marilyn Carson	02:34.8	Ann Barner	02:35.0
440 yd individual medley	Elaine Tanner	05:26.3	Jan Murphy	05:28.1	Jane Hughes	05:34.1
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Canada Elaine Tanner Jane Hughes Louise Kennedy Marion Lay	04:10.8	Australia Janet Steinbeck Janice Murphy Lynette Bell Marion Smith	04:11.1	England Diana Wilkinson Jeanette Cave Pauline Sillett Susan Cope	04:17.3
4×110 yd medley relay	England Diana Harris Judy Gegan Linda Ludgrove Pauline Sillett	04:40.6	Canada Donna Ross Elaine Tanner Louise Kennedy Marion Lay	04:44.5	Australia Allyson Mabb Heather Saville Jill Pauline Groeger Lynette Bell	04:45.7

Weightlifting

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

Wrestling

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

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