1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other 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).

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories: Template:Div col

• Template:Country data Antigua and Barbuda—first appearance
• File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
• Template:Country data Bahamas
• Template:Country data Barbados
• Template:Country data Bermuda
• Template:Country data British Honduras
• Template:Country data Canada
• Template:Country data Ceylon
• File:Flag of England.svg England
• File:Flag of Fiji (1924–1970).svg Fiji
• Template:Country data Ghana
• Template:Country data Gibraltar
• File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
• File:Flag of India.svg India
• Template:Country data Isle of Man
• Template:Country data Jamaica (host)
• Template:Country data Jersey
• Template:Country data Kenya
• File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
• File:Flag of Mauritius (1923–1968).svg Mauritius
• File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
• Template:Country data Nigeria
• Template:Country data Northern Ireland
• Template:Country data Pakistan
• Template:Flagicon Papua and New Guinea
• Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Template:Country data Scotland
• File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
• File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
• Template:Country data South Arabia—first appearance
• Template:Country data Tanzania—first appearance
• Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago
• Template:Country data Uganda
• Template:Country data Wales

Medals by event

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 Samuel 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

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

External links

• "Kingston 1966". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
• 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games (archived 21 May 2007)

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Succeeded by Edinburgh