New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 60 competitors and 18 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Kingston, Jamaica, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Don Oliver. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 26 medals, eight of which were gold.

New Zealand at the
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF codeNZL
CGANew Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Kingston, Jamaica
Competitors60
Flag bearerOpening: Don Oliver
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
8
Silver
5
Bronze
13
Total
26
Officials18
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1966, with a total of 26 medals, including eight gold.

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldLes MillsAthleticsMen's discus throw
 GoldPeter WelshAthleticsMen's 3000 m steeplechase
 GoldRoy WilliamsAthleticsMen's decathlon
 GoldValerie YoungAthleticsWomen's discus throw
 GoldValerie YoungAthleticsWomen's shot put
 GoldBill KiniBoxingMen's heavyweight
 GoldDave GerrardSwimmingMen's 220 yards butterfly
 GoldDon OliverWeightliftingMen's heavyweight
 SilverLes MillsAthleticsMen's shot put
 SilverDes ThomsonCyclingMen's road race
 SilverBrian LaceyShootingOpen 50 m rifle prone
 SilverTony GrahamSwimmingMen's 110 yards breaststroke
 SilverTony GrahamSwimmingMen's 220 yards breaststroke
 BronzeNorman ReadAthleticsMen's 20 mile road walk
 BronzeMike RyanAthleticsMen's marathon
 BronzeIan StuddAthleticsMen's 1 mile
 BronzeRobin TaitAthleticsMen's discus throw
 BronzeBrian KendallBoxingMen's bantamweight
 BronzeLaurie ByersCyclingMen's road race
 BronzeGaye McDermitFencingWomen's individual foil
 BronzeJoyce Fenton
Pam French
Gaye McDermit
FencingWomen's team foil
 BronzeTom SutherlandShootingOpen fullbore rifle Queen's Prize
 BronzeVivien HaddonSwimmingWomen's 220 yards breaststroke
 BronzeMargaret MacraeSwimmingWomen's 220 yards backstroke
 BronzeHilton Brown
Dave Gerrard
Tony Graham
Paddy O'Carroll
SwimmingMen's 4 × 110 yards medley relay
 BronzeTony GreigWrestlingMen's lightweight
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics 5 1 4 10
Swimming 1 2 3 6
Boxing 1 0 1 2
Weightlifting 1 0 0 1
Cycling 0 1 1 2
Shooting 0 1 1 2
Fencing 0 0 2 2
Wrestling 0 0 1 1
Total 8 5 13 26
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Male 6 4 8 18
Female 2 0 4 6
Mixed / open 0 1 1 2
Total 8 5 13 26

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13417
Badminton 224
Boxing 4N/A4
Cycling 8N/A8
Diving 101
Fencing 538
Shooting 404
Swimming 549
Weightlifting 3N/A3
Wrestling 2N/A2
Total471360

Athletics

Track and road

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank[lower-roman 2] Result Rank
Bill Baillie Men's 3 miles N/A DNS
Men's 6 miles N/A 30:01.09
Men's marathon N/A DNS
Roger Johnson Men's 440 yards hurdles 51.74 Q N/A 56.07
Jeff Julian Men's marathon N/A 2:32:45.45
Brenda Matthews Women's 80 m hurdles 11.13 Q N/A 11.37
Women's 100 yards 10.93 Q 10.86 Did not advance
Geoff Pyne Men's 1 mile 4:04.53 Q N/A 4:03.210
Men's 3 miles N/A 13:18.69
Norman Read Men's 20 mile walk N/A 2:46:28.2
Mike Ryan Men's marathon N/A 2:27:59.0
Marise Stephen Women's 880 yards 2:06.61 Q N/A 2:05.96
Ian Studd Men's 1 mile 4:09.54 Q N/A 3:58.4
Men's 3 miles N/A 13:25.810
Peter Welsh Men's 3000 m steeplechase N/A 8:29.6 GR
  1. Ranks given are within the heat
  2. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Diane Charteris Women's discus throw 126 ft 2 in
(38.46 m)
8
Women's shot put 46 ft 5 14 in
(14.15 m)
5
Bob Hargreaves Men's shot put 53 ft 11 in
(16.43 m)
5
Les Mills Men's discus throw 184 ft 4 in
(56.18 m)
Men's shot put 60 ft 3 14 in
(18.37 m)
Dave Norris Men's long jump 24 ft 6 14 in
(7.47 m)
7
Men's triple jump 50 ft 11 12 in
(15.53 m)
5
Robin Tait Men's discus throw 180 ft 6 in
(55.02 m)
Men's shot put 53 ft 9 12 in
(16.40 m)
6
Valerie Young Women's discus throw 163 ft 4 in
(49.78 m)
Women's shot put 54 ft 1 34 in
(16.50 m) GR

Combined

Athlete Event 100 m Long jump Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 m Overall points Rank
Roy Williams Men's decathlon 11.0
804 pts
7.24 m
869 pts
13.60 m
703 pts
1.83 m
725 pts
51.2
753 pts
15.0
848 pts
45.24 m
786 pts
3.80 m
754 pts
47.30 m
596 pts
4:55.6
432 pts
7270 pts GR

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Alison Glenie Women's singles Bye  Espley (CAN)
L 11–3 8–11 10–12
Did not advance
Don Higgins Men's singles  Mills (ENG)
L 15–9 7–15 1–15
Did not advance
Richard Purser Men's singles  Goel (IND)
L 15–5 13–18 14–17
Did not advance
Gaynor Simpson Women's singles  Humber (CAN)
L 3–11 11–7 9–11
Did not advance
Alison Glenie
Gaynor Simpson
Women's doubles N/A Bye  Daysmith / Humber (CAN)
W 17–16 15–10
 Bairstow / Rogers (ENG)
L 1–15 10–15
 Teoh / Ang (MAL)
L 11–15 9–15
4
Don Higgins
Richard Purser
Men's doubles N/A Bye  Tan / Yew (MAL)
L 7–15 7–15
Did not advance
Alison Glenie
Richard Purser
Mixed doubles Bye  Ferguson / McCoig (SCO)
L 4–15 15–11 8–15
Did not advance
Gaynor Simpson
Don Higgins
Mixed doubles  Bennett / Roberts (JAM)
W 15–5 10–15 15–7
 Whittaker / Paterson (CAN)
L 10–15 7–15
Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Wayne Young Flyweight N/A  Scott (CAN)
L
Did not advance
Brian Kendall Bantamweight  Virabhak (SIN)
W
 Henry (JAM)
W
 Norwood (AUS)
L
Did not advance
Paul Domney Lightweight  Porteous (SCO)
L
Did not advance
Bill Kini Heavyweight N/A  Coker (SLE)
W WO
 McAlinden (NIR)
W
 Ray (GHA)
W

Cycling

Road

Men's road race
Athlete Time Rank
Laurie Byers 5:12:19.8
Tino Tabak 5:40:00.615
Des Thomson 5:12:01.2
Richie Thomson 5:39:59.414

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
John Bigwood  Cloutier (CAN)
W 12.9
Bye  Barnett (ENG)
L
Did not progress
Les Booth  Browne (BAR)
 Lawson (JAM)
W 12.6
Bye  Hoyte (TTO)
L
Did not progress
Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Dave Comparini 1:15.21 9
Graham Wright 1:11.50 5
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Athlete Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Dave Comparini 5:11.7 6 Q  Jackson (ENG)
L 5:22.8
Did not advance
Graham Wright 5:15.1 7 Q  Bylsma (AUS)
L 5:21.3
Did not advance
Men's 10 miles scratch race
Athlete Time Rank
John Bigwood DNF
Les Booth Finished Unplaced
Graham Wright DNF

Diving

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Robin Hood Men's 3 m springboard 271.90 6 Q 130.46 5

Fencing

Individual

Athlete Event Elimination pool Semifinal pool Final pool
Wins Defeats Rank Wins Defeats Rank Wins Defeats Rank
Bob Binning Individual épée 146 Did not advance
Individual sabre 423 Q 233 Q 346
Michael Henderson Individual foil 323 Q 323 Q 346
Individual sabre 246 Did not advance
Keith Mann Individual épée 245 Did not advance
Individual foil 15 Did not advance
Richard Peterson Individual épée 24=5 Did not advance
Brian Pickworth Individual foil 323 Q 323 Q 435
Individual sabre 323 Q 313 Q 345

Team

Athletes Event Elimination pool Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Bob Binning
Keith Mann
Richard Peterson
Team épée  Scotland
L 4–5
 England
L 2–5
Did not advance
Michael Henderson
Keith Mann
Brian Pickworth
Team foil  Canada
W 6–3
 Jamaica
W 6–3
 Australia
L 3–5
 Scotland
L 1–5
4
Bob Binning
Michael Henderson
Brian Pickworth
Team sabre  Wales
W 6–3
 Jamaica
W 5–1
 Australia
L 3–5
 Canada
L 3–5
4

Individual

Athlete Event Elimination pool Final pool
Wins Defeats Rank Wins Defeats Rank
Joyce Fenton Individual foil 245 Did not advance
Pam French Individual foil 246 Did not advance
Gaye McDermit Individual foil 433 Q 43

Team

Athletes Event Pool Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Joyce Fenton
Pam French
Gaye McDermit
Team foil  England
L 3–6
 Australia
L 3–6
 Wales
W 5–2

Shooting

Open small bore rifle
Athlete Points Rank
Don Wild 5826
Brian Lacey 585
Open full bore rifle
Athlete Qualifying Final
Stage 1 Stage 2 Total points Rank Stage 3 Total points Rank
Maurice Gordon 100143243=5 Q1353785
Tom Sutherland 100144244=3 Q137381

Swimming

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Hilton Brown Men's 110 yd backstroke 1:05.8=9 Did not progress
Men's 220 yd backstroke 2:21.16 Q 2:19.85
Dave Gerrard Men's 110 yd butterfly 1:01.84 Q 1:02.16
Men's 220 yd butterfly 2:15.33 Q 2:12.7
Tony Graham Men's 110 yd breaststroke 1:13.82 Q 1:12.9
Men's 220 yd breaststroke 2:39.42 Q 2:36.9
Vivien Haddon Women's 110 yd breaststroke 1:19.7 GR1 Q 1:21.94
Women's 220 yd breaststroke Q 2:53.9
Heather Kerr Women's 110 yd butterfly 1:13.010 Did not progress
Women's 220 yd butterfly 2:39.34 Q 2:36.44
Margaret Macrae Women's 110 yd backstroke 1:13.97 Q 1:13.87
Women's 220 yd backstroke 2:37.74 Q 2:34.7
Women's 440 yd freestyle 5:04.49 Did not progress
Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley 5:44.28 Q DNS
Paddy O'Carroll Men's 110 yd backstroke 1:04.95 Q 1:04.44
Men's 220 yd backstroke 2:21.97 Q 2:20.96
Men's 110 yd freestyle 58.414 Did not progress
Allan Seagar Men's 220 yd backstroke 2:22.28 Q 2:25.18
Men's 110 yd breaststroke 1:14.54 Q 1:13.94
Men's 220 yd breaststroke 2:40.84 Q 2:41.64
Men's 4 × 110 yd individual medley 5:03.64 Q 5:07.04
Tui Shipston Women's 110 yd backstroke 1:17.411 Did not progress
Women's 220 yd backstroke 2:46.210 Did not progress
Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley 5:48.89[lower-roman 1] 5:49.38
Hilton Brown
Tony Graham
Dave Gerrard
Paddy O'Carroll
Men's 4 × 110 yd medley relay N/A 4:17.5
Margaret Macrae
Vivien Haddon
Heather Kerr
Tui Shipston
Women's 4 × 110 yd medley relay N/A 4:57.75
  1. Progressed to the final after the withdrawal of Margaret Macrae

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Press Snatch Jerk Total Rank
Bruce Cameron Featherweight 181 lb
(82.1 kg)
199 lb
(90.3 kg)
260 lb
(117.9 kg)
640 lb
(290.3 kg)
8
John Bolton Middleweight 242 12 lb
(110.0 kg)
236 34 lb
(107.4 kg)
308 12 lb
(139.9 kg)
787 34 lb
(357.3 kg)
6
Don Oliver Heavyweight 352 12 lb
(159.9 kg)
303 lb
(137.4 kg)
440 34 lb
(199.9 kg)
1,096 14 lb
(497.3 kg) GR

Wrestling

Athlete Event Elimination rounds Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Neil Scott Featherweight  Aspen (ENG)
L
 Reid (CAN)
L
Eliminated =5
Tony Greig Lightweight  Gilligan (ENG)
W
Bye  Singh (IND)
L
 Lougheed (CAN)
D

Officials

Team officials included:[1]

  • Manager – Ron Shakespeare
  • Assistant manager – Ashley Taylor
  • Chaperone – Pat Cheesman
  • Medical officer – Mayne Smeeton
  • Athletics section manager – J. Hutchinson
  • Athletics coach – Frank Sharpley
  • Badminton section manager – V.A. Horne
  • Boxing section manager – Dick Dunn
  • Cycling section manager – M.T. Gamble
  • Cycling coach – John Peoples
  • Fencing section manager – Brian Hampton
  • Shooting section manager – J.M. Ross
  • Swimming and diving section manager – A.J. Donaldson
  • Swimming and diving coach – M.A. Doidge
  • Weightlifting section manager – Tony George
  • Wrestling section manager – Barrie Courtney

See also

References

  1. New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica. Wellington: New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1966.
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