1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The event was followed by the 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes. Jamaica remains the only host nation of a Commonwealth Games that did not win at least one gold medal in its own games.

Host selection

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A Jamaican five-shilling coin commemorating the Games

Kingston was elected host by the CGF in Rome, Italy during the 1960 Summer Olympics.

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games bidding results
City Country Votes
Kingston File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 17
Edinburgh File:Flag of Scotland (navy blue).svg Scotland 12
Salisbury File:Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963).svg Rhodesia and Nyasaland 5

Participating teams

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Countries that participated

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

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Medals by country

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Medals by event

Athletics

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Badminton

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

Boxing

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

Cycling

Track

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Time Athlete Time Athlete Time
Time Trial, Men Roger Gibbon Template:Flagicon 00:01:09.6 Phillip Watts Bristow-Stagg Template:Flagicon 00:01:10.9 Richard Hine Template:Flagicon 00:01:11.0
Sprint, Men Roger Gibbon Template:Flagicon Fred Booker Template:Flagicon Daryl Perkins Template:Flagicon
Individual Pursuit, Men Hugh Porter Template:Flagicon 00:04:57 John Bylsma Template:Flagicon 00:04:59 Richard Hine Template:Flagicon 00:05:04
10 Miles Scratch, Men Ian Alsop Template:Flagicon 00:21:46 Hilton Clarke Template:Flagicon 00:21:46 Trevor Bull Template:Flagicon 00:21:47

Road

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

Diving

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Fencing

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Foil, Men Allan Jay Template:Flagicon Bill Hoskyns Template:Flagicon Graham Paul Template:Flagicon
Foil – Team, Men England Template:Flagicon
Allan Jay
Graham Paul
Bill Hoskyns		 Australia Template:Flagicon
Barry Wasley
Brian McCowage
John Humphreys
Russell Hobby		 Scotland Template:Flagicon
George Sandor
Joseph Rorke
Robert Wilson
Épée, Men Bill Hoskyns Template:Flagicon John Pelling Template:Flagicon Robert Reynolds Template:Flagicon
Épée – Team, Men England Template:Flagicon
Bill Hoskyns
John Pelling
Peter Jacobs		 Canada Template:Flagicon
John Andru
Konrad Widmaier
Peter Bakonyi		 Australia Template:Flagicon
Barry Wasley
John Humphreys
Peter Hardiman
Russell Hobby
Sabre, Men Ralph Cooperman Template:Flagicon Sandy Leckie Template:Flagicon Gabor Arato Template:Flagicon
Sabre- Team, Men England Template:Flagicon
Ralph Cooperman
Richard Oldcorn
John Rayden		 Australia Template:Flagicon
Brian McCowage
Gabor Arato
Laszlo Tornallyay		 Canada Template:Flagicon
John Andru
Leslie Samek
Robert Foxcroft
Foil, Women Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Template:Flagicon Shirley Parker Template:Flagicon Gaye McDermit Template:Flagicon
Foil – Team, Women England Template:Flagicon
Janet Wardell-Yerburgh
Joyce Pearce
Shirley Parker		 Australia Template:Flagicon
Jeanette Beauchamp
Melody Coleman
Walburga Winter		 New Zealand Template:Flagicon
Joyce Fenton
Gaye McDermit
Pamela French

Shooting

Pistol

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Event For Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Score Athlete Score Athlete Score
50m Free Pistol Men/Open Charles Sexton Template:Flagicon 544 Jules Sobrian Template:Flagicon 538 Garfield McMahon Template:Flagicon 536
25m Centre-Fire Pistol Men/Open James Lee Template:Flagicon 576 Tony Clark Template:Flagicon 575 Julio Machado Template:Flagicon 571
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol Men/Open Tony Clark Template:Flagicon 585 Michael Papps Template:Flagicon 578 Jules Sobrian Template:Flagicon 572

Rifle

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Event For Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Score Athlete Score Athlete Score
50m Rifle Prone Men/Open Gilmour Boa Template:Flagicon 587 Brian Lacey Template:Flagicon 585 John Murphy Template:Flagicon 584
Full Bore Rifle Men/Open Lord John Swansea Template:Flagicon 394 Robert Stewart Template:Flagicon 381 Tom Sutherland Template:Flagicon 381

Swimming

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Weightlifting

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

Wrestling

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