1966 Commonwealth Games
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8th British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Host city Kingston, Jamaica
Nations participating 34 Nations of the Commonwealth
Athletes participating 1,316 (inc. officials)
Events 110 events in 10 sports
Opening ceremony 4 August 1966
Closing ceremony 13 August 1966
Main Stadium Independence Park
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.

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Participating Teams

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

Medals by country

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  England 33 24 23 80
2  Australia 23 28 22 73
3  Canada 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  Wales 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  Bahamas 0 1 0 1
18  Bermuda 0 1 0 1
19  Guyana 0 1 0 1
20  Papua New Guinea 0 1 0 1
21  Uganda 0 0 3 3
22  Barbados 0 0 1 1
Total 110 110 120 340

Medals by event

Athletics

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

Badminton

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

Boxing

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

Diving

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

Cycling

Track

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

Road

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road Race Men Peter Buckley Flag of the Isle of Man 05:07:52 Des Thompson Flag of New Zealand 05:12:11 Laurie Byers Flag of New Zealand 05:12:20

Fencing

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

Shooting

Pistol

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

Rifle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Small Bore Rifle Men/Open Gilmour Boa Flag of Canada 587 Brian Lacey Flag of New Zealand 585 John Murphy Flag of Australia 584
Full Bore Rifle Men/Open Lord John Swansea Flag of Wales 394 Robert Stewart Flag of Papua New Guinea 381 Tom Sutherland Flag of New Zealand 381

Swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle Men Mike Wenden Flag of Australia 54.0 Bobby McGregor Flag of Scotland 54.2 David Dickson Flag of Australia 54.6
440 Yards Freestyle Men Robert Windle Flag of Australia 4:15.0 John Bennett Flag of Australia 4:15.8 Ralph Hutton Flag of Canada 4:16.1
1650 Yards Freestyle Men Ron Jackson Flag of Australia 17:25.9 Sandy Gilchrist Flag of Canada 17:33.9 Ralph Hutton Flag of Canada 17:38.9
110 Yards Backstroke Men Peter Reynolds Flag of Australia 1:02.4 Ralph Hutton Flag of Canada 1:02.7 Neil Jackson Flag of England 1:03.3
220 Yards Backstroke Men Peter Reynolds Flag of Australia 2:12.0 Ralph Hutton