Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 8th British Commonwealth Games
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
← 1962 Perth 1970 Edinburgh → 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.

Results

Athletics took place from 5 to 13 August.

Medal summary

Men

Men's track and road events, medallists and times by event, with link to details: GR means Games Record

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
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

Men's field events , medallists and heights or distances by event, with link to details

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Height / distance	Athlete	Height / distance	Athlete	Height / distance
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

Men's decathlon , medallists and points with link to details

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points
Decathlon	Roy Williams (NZL)	7270 pts	Clive Longe (WAL)	7123 pts	Gerry Moro (CAN)	6983 pts

Women

Women's track events, medallists and times by event, with link to details: GR means Games Record

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
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	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

Women's field events, medallists and heights or distances by event, with link to details

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Height / distance	Athlete	Height / distance	Athlete	Height / distance
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)

Medals won in athletics by nation, ranked

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.