Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. A total of 34 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 11 by female athletes. This was the final athletics competition at the quadrennial games to feature events measured in imperial, rather than 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.

Athletics at the 8th British Commonwealth Games
Dates4–13 August 1966
Host cityKingston, Jamaica
VenueIndependence Park
LevelSenior
Events34
Participation396 athletes from
33 nations
Records set11 GR


Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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  Jamaica (JAM)
Wes Clayton
Pablo McNeil
Lynn Headley
Michael Fray
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  Canada (CAN)
Ross MacKenzie
Brian MacLaren
Don Domansky
Bill Crothers
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
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  Deirdre 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
 Australia (AUS)
Jennifer Lamy
Pam Kilborn
Joyce Bennett
Dianne Burge
45.3 =GR  England (ENG)
Maureen Tranter
Janet Simpson
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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)118221
2 England (ENG)57618
3 New Zealand (NZL)51410
4 Canada (CAN)33915
5 Kenya (KEN)3115
6 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)2215
7 Ghana (GHA)2002
8 Nigeria (NGR)1326
9 Wales (WAL)1102
10 Scotland (SCO)1012
11 Jamaica (JAM)*0246
12 Northern Ireland (NIR)0202
13 Bahamas (BAH)0101
 Bermuda (BER)0101
 India (IND)0101
16 Pakistan (PAK)0033
17 Barbados (BAR)0011
Totals (17 nations)343334101

Participating nations

References

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