British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966

British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966
venue	Kingston , Jamaica
participating countries	34
Participating athletes	1050
Competitions	110 in 9 sports
Opening ceremony	4th August 1966
Closing ceremony	August 13, 1966

The British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1966 were the eighth edition of the event now known as the Commonwealth Games . They took place from August 4th to 13th, 1966 in the Jamaican capital Kingston .

110 competitions were held in badminton , boxing , fencing , weightlifting , athletics , cycling , wrestling , shooting and swimming (including diving ). 1050 athletes from 34 countries took part. The main competition site was Independence Park .

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  British Honduras  Ceylon  England  Fiji  Ghana Gibraltar  Guyana

India  Isle of Man  Jamaica jersey  Canada  Kenya  Malaysia  Mauritius  New Zealand  Nigeria  Northern Ireland

Pakistan  Papua and New Guinea  Scotland  Sierra Leone  Singapore  South Arab Federation  St. Vincent and the Grenadines  Tanzania  Trinidad and Tobago  Uganda  Wales

sports

• badminton
• Boxing
• fencing
• Weightlifting
• athletics
• Cycling
• Wrestling
• shoot
• swim
• Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	England	33	24	23	80
2	Australia	23	28	22nd	73
3	Canada	14th	20th	23	57
4th	New Zealand	8th	5	13	26th
5	Ghana	5	2	2	9
	Trinidad and Tobago	5	2	2	9
7th	Pakistan	4th	1	4th	9
8th	Kenya	4th	1	3	8th
9	India	3	4th	3	10
	Nigeria	3	4th	3	10
11	Wales	3	2	2	7th
12	Malaysia	3	2	1	6th
13	Scotland	1	4th	4th	9
14th	Northern Ireland	1	3	3	7th
15th	Isle of Man	1	-	-	1
16	Jamaica	-	4th	8th	12
17th	Bahamas	-	1	-	1
	Bermuda	-	1	-	1
	Guyana	-	1	-	1
	Papua and New Guinea	-	1	-	1
21st	Uganda	-	-	3	3
22nd	Barbados	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Commonwealth Games Federation