British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966 / Athletics

At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston in 1966 , a total of 34 athletics competitions were held between August 5 and 13, 23 of which were for men and 11 for women. The venue was Independence Park .

The Anglo-American system of measurement was used for the last time for lengths and widths .

Men

100 yard run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Harry Jerome	CAN	9.41
2	Tom Robinson	BAH	9.44
3	Edwin Roberts	TRI	9.52
4th	David Ejoke	NGR	9.52
5	Gary Eddy	OUT	9.52
6th	Stanley Allotey	GHA	9.53
7th	Barrie Kelly	CLOSELY	9.66
8th	Ebenezer Addy	GHA	9.74

Final: August 6th

Wind: -0.8 m / s

220 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Stanley Allotey	GHA	20.65
2	Edwin Roberts	TRI	20.93
3	David Ejoke	NGR	20.95
4th	Gary Eddy	OUT	21.05
5	Don Domansky	CAN	21.13
6th	Gary Holdsworth	OUT	21.40
7th	Harry Jerome	CAN	21.41
8th	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	MAS	21.53

Final: August 11th

Wind: 1.0 m / s

440 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Wendell Mottley	TRI	45.08
2	Kent Bernard	TRI	46.06
3	Don Domansky	CAN	46.42
4th	Daniel Rudisha	KEN	46.45
5	Bill Crothers	CAN	46.90
6th	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	CLOSELY	47.02
7th	John Adey	CLOSELY	47.09
8th	Noel Clough	OUT	47.53

Final: August 11th

880 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Noel Clough	OUT	1: 46.9
2	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1: 47.2
3	George Kerr	JAM	1: 47.2
4th	Bill Crothers	CAN	1: 47.3
5	Chris Carter	CLOSELY	1: 48.1
6th	Ralph Doubell	OUT	1: 48.3
7th	Peter Francis	KEN	1: 48.3
8th	Lennox Yearwood	TRI	1: 57.5

Final: August 8th

Mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	3: 55.34
2	Alan Simpson	CLOSELY	3: 57.27
3	Ian Studd	NZL	3: 58.61
4th	Walter Wilkinson	CLOSELY	3: 59.37
5	Derek Graham	NIR	3: 59.40
6th	Keith Wheeler	OUT	3: 59.81
7th	Ergas Leps	CAN	4: 01.08
8th	Kerry O'Brien	OUT	4: 02.72

Final: August 13th

Three mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	12: 57.4
2	Ron Clarke	OUT	12: 59.2
3	Allan Rushmer	CLOSELY	13: 08.6
4th	Naftali Temu	KEN	13: 10.4
5	Ian McCafferty	SCO	13: 12.2
6th	Dick Taylor	CLOSELY	13: 12.4
7th	Bill Wilkinson	CLOSELY	13: 15.4
8th	Derek Graham	NIR	13: 17.8

8th August

Six mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Naftali Temu	KEN	27: 14.21
2	Ron Clarke	OUT	27: 39.42
3	Jim Alder	SCO	28: 15.4
4th	Pascal Mfyomi	TAN	28: 38.0
5	Ron Hill	CLOSELY	28: 42.6
6th	Dave Ellis	CAN	28: 55.4
7th	Fergus Murray	SCO	29: 40.0
8th	Andy Boychuk	CAN	29: 54.0

6th of August

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jim Alder	SCO	2:22:08
2	Bill Adcocks	CLOSELY	2:22:13
3	Mike Ryan	NZL	2:27:59
4th	Dave Ellis	CAN	2:31:47
5	Jeff Julian	NZL	2:32:46
6th	Ron Wallingford	CAN	2:35:13
7th	Chrisantus Nyakwayo	KEN	2:45:00
8th	Stan Vennard	NIR	2:46:59

August 11th

20 mile walk

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ron Wallwork	CLOSELY	2:44:43
2	Ray Middleton	CLOSELY	2:45:19
3	Norman Read	NZL	2:46:29
4th	Don Thompson	CLOSELY	2:46:43
5	Alex Oakley	CAN	2:54:26
6th	Felix Cappella	CAN	2:57:22
7th	Philip Bannan	IOM	3:06:12
8th	Albert Johnson	IOM	3:08:06

6th of August

120 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	David Hemery	CLOSELY	14.1
2	Mike Parker	CLOSELY	14.2
3	Ghulam Raziq	PAH	14.3
4th	Ray Harvey	JAM	14.3
5	Laurie Taitt	CLOSELY	14.3
6th	Folu Erinle	NGR	14.5
7th	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.6
8th	Dave Prince	OUT	14.6

Final: August 11th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

440 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ken Roche	OUT	50.95
2	Kingsley Agbabokha	NGR	51.46
3	Peter Warden	CLOSELY	51.54
4th	Robin Woodland	CLOSELY	51.86
5	Gary Knoke	OUT	51.94
6th	Bill Gairdner	CAN	52.14
7th	Roger Johnson	NZL	55.87
	John Sherwood	CLOSELY	DNS

Final: August 8th

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Peter Welsh	NZL	8: 29.44
2	Kerry O'Brien	OUT	8: 32.58
3	Benjamin Kogo	KEN	8: 32.81
4th	Maurice Herriott	CLOSELY	8: 33.19
5	Ian Blackwood	OUT	8: 41.30
6th	Ernie Pomfret	CLOSELY	8: 41.32
7th	John Linaker	SCO	8: 41.38
8th	Naftali Chirchir	KEN	8: 47.4

6th of August

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Ghana	Ebenezer Addy Bonner Mends James Addy Stanley Allotey	39.8
2	Jamaica	Wellesley Clayton Pablo McNeil Lynn Headley Michael Fray	40.0
3	Australia	Gary Eddy Allen Crawley Gary Holdsworth Peter Norman	40.0
4th	Wales	Terry Davies Lynn Davies Keri Jones Ronald Jones	40.2
5	Canada	Ed Hearne Terry Tomlinson Don Domansky Harry Jerome	40.4
6th	Nigeria	Omubo Peters Folu Erinle Sydney Asiodu David Ejoke	40.4
7th	England	David Jones Dave Dear Melvyn Cheskin Barrie Kelly	40.9
8th	Trinidad and Tobago	Winston Short Cipriani Phillip Henry Noel Clifton Bertrand	41.3

4 by 440 yards relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Trinidad and Tobago	Lennox Yearwood Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley	3: 02.8
2	Canada	Ross MacKenzie Brian MacLaren Don Domansky Bill Crothers	3: 04.9
3	England	Martin Winbolt-Lewis John Adey Peter Warden Tim Graham	3: 06.5
4th	Jamaica	Clifton Forbes Laurie Khan George Kerr Rupert Hoilette	3: 06.8
5	Australia	Peter Norman Gary Knoke Noel Clough Ken Roche	3: 12.2
6th	Nigeria	Benedict Majekodunmi Kingsley Agbabokha Paulinus Nwaokoro David Ejoke	3: 12.4
7th	Barbados	Bertram Catwell Ezra Burnham Charles Harewood Keith Forde	3: 12.9
8th	Uganda	Amos Omolo Asuman Bawala Nkedi George Odeke Francis Hategakimana	3: 13.6

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Lawrie Peckham	OUT	2.08
2	Samuel Igun	NGR	2.03
3	Anton Norris	BAR	2.00
4th	Crawford Fairbrother	SCO	1.98
5	Fela Shobande	NGR	1.95
6th	Trevor Tennant	JAM	1.93
7th	Bhim Singh	IND	1.88
8th	Patrick Rahming	BAH	1.83
	Ivor Bird	ANT	1.83

6th of August

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Trevor Bickle	OUT	4.80
2	Mike Bull	NIR	4.72
3	Gerry Moro	CAN	4.65
4th	Dave Stevenson	SCO	4.65
5	Bob Yard	CAN	4.57
6th	Trevor Burton	CLOSELY	4.11
7th	Norrie Foster	SCO	4.11
8th	Augustine Soga	GHA	3.81

13 August

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lynn Davies	WHALE	7.99
2	John Morbey	BER	7.89
3	Wellesley Clayton	JAM	7.83
4th	Allen Crawley	OUT	7.79
5	Victor Brooks	JAM	7.65
6th	Phil May	OUT	7.50
7th	Dave Norris	NZL	7.47
8th	Julius Sang	KEN	7.41

8th August

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Samuel Igun	NGR	16.40 w
2	George Ogan	NGR	16.08
3	Fred Alsop	CLOSELY	15.96
4th	Tim Barrett	BAH	15.73
5	Dave Norris	NZL	15.53
6th	Mahoney Samuels	JAM	15.47
7th	Lennox Burgher	JAM	15.19
8th	Victor Brooks	JAM	15.05

August 11th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dave Steen	CAN	18.79
2	Les Mills	NZL	18.37
3	George Puce	CAN	17.14
4th	Mike Lindsay	SCO	17.03
5	Bob Hargreaves	NZL	16.43
6th	Robin Tait	NZL	16.39
7th	Roy Hollingsworth	TRI	15.23
8th	Bill Tancred	CLOSELY	14.93

August 11th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Les Mills	NZL	56.19
2	George Puce	CAN	55.94
3	Robin Tait	NZL	55.02
4th	Dave Steen	CAN	54.24
5	Roy Hollingsworth	TRI	53.93
6th	Mike Lindsay	SCO	50.32
7th	Ain Roost	CAN	49.72
8th	Praveen Kumar	IND	48.98

8th August

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Howard Payne	CLOSELY	61.98
2	Praveen Kumar	IND	60.13
3	Muhammad Iqbal	PAH	59.57
4th	Dick Leffler	OUT	58.05
5	Lawrie Bryce	SCO	57.74
6th	Peter Seddon	CLOSELY	57.49
7th	Anthony Kipruto	KEN	46.72

13 August

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	John FitzSimons	CLOSELY	79.79
2	Nick Birks	OUT	76.16
3	Muhammad Nawaz	PAH	69.93
4th	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	MAS	69.35
5	Ain Roost	CAN	66.63
6th	Dave Travis	CLOSELY	65.64
7th	Zenon Andrusyshyn	CAN	64.19
8th	Wilson Kiptalam	KEN	60.69

6th of August

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Roy Williams	NZL	7270
2	Clive lunge	WHALE	7123
3	Gerry Moro	CAN	6983
4th	Norrie Foster	SCO	6728
5	Derek Clarke	CLOSELY	6691
6th	Keswick Smalling	JAM	6513
7th	Koech Kiprop	KEN	6399
8th	Trevor Bickle	OUT	6007

6th of August

Women

100 yard run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dianne Burge	OUT	10.6
2	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	10.8
3	Jill Hall	CLOSELY	10.8
4th	Jennifer Lamy	OUT	10.8
5	Joyce Bennett	OUT	10.8
6th	Vilma Charlton	JAM	10.9
7th	Adlin Mair	JAM	10.9
8th	Daphne Slater	CLOSELY	11.0

Final: August 8th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

220 yards run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dianne Burge	OUT	23.73
2	Jennifer Lamy	OUT	23.86
3	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	23.92
4th	Judy Pollock	OUT	24.14
5	Joyce Bennett	OUT	24.16
6th	Una Morris	JAM	24.40
7th	Vilma Charlton	JAM	24.41
8th	Janet Simpson	CLOSELY	24.64

Final: August 11th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

440 yards run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Judy Pollock	OUT	53.0
2	Deirdre Watkinson	CLOSELY	54.1
3	Una Morris	JAM	54.2
4th	Rosemary Stirling	SCO	54.4
5	Lillian Board	CLOSELY	54.7
6th	Cecelia Carter	CAN	55.0
7th	Jan Maddin	CAN	55.3
8th	Gloria Dourass	WHALE	55.5

Final: August 8th

880 yards run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abby Hoffman	CAN	2: 04.3
2	Judy Pollock	OUT	2: 04.5
3	Anne Smith	CLOSELY	2: 05.0
4th	Rosemary Stirling	SCO	2: 05.4
5	Pat Lowe	CLOSELY	2: 05.8
6th	Marise Stephen	NZL	2: 05.9
7th	Pam Piercy	CLOSELY	2: 06.3
8th	Cecelia Carter	CAN	2: 13.1

Final: August 13th

80 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pam Kilborn	OUT	10.9
2	Carmen Smith	JAM	11.0
3	Jenny Wingerson	CAN	11.0
4th	Cathy Chapman	CAN	11.1
5	Pat Pryce	CLOSELY	11.1
6th	Ann Wilson	CLOSELY	11.2
7th	Brenda Matthews	NZL	11.3
8th	Violet Odogwu	NGR	11.5

Final: August 13th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Australia	Jennifer Lamy Pam Kilborn Joyce Bennett Dianne Burge	45.3
2	England	Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall	45.6
3	Jamaica	Adlin Mair Una Morris Vilma Charlton Carmen Smith	45.6
4th	Canada	Valerie Parker Marjorie Turner Jan Maddin Irene Piotrowski	45.9
5	Wales	Liz Parsons Gloria Dourass Liz Gill Thelwyn Bateman	46.2
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Sybil Donmartin Jocelyn Haynes Octavia Straker Sigrid Sandiford	47.4
7th	Nigeria	Jumoke Bodunrin Regina Okafor Mairo Jinadu Oyeronke Akindele	47.9
8th	Sierra Leone	Millicent Jackson Teresa Johnson Olive Palmer-Davies Marie Sesay	49.3

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Michele Brown	OUT	1.73
2	Dorothy Shirley	CLOSELY	1.70
3	Robyn Woodhouse	OUT	1.70
4th	Susan Nigh	CAN	1.67
5	Patsy Callender	BAR	1.67
6th	Gwenda Hurst	CLOSELY	1.65
7th	Ann Wilson	CLOSELY	1.65
8th	Mary Rand	CLOSELY	1.62

8th August

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mary Rand	CLOSELY	6.36
2	Sheila Parkin	CLOSELY	6.30
3	Violet Odogwu	NGR	6.15
4th	Alix Jamieson	SCO	6.06
5	Helen Frith	OUT	5.97
6th	Jenny Wingerson	CAN	5.85
7th	Pam Kilborn	OUT	5.81
8th	Cathy Chapman	CAN	5.77

13 August

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Young	NZL	16.50
2	Mary Peters	NIR	16.29
3	Nancy McCredie	CAN	15.34
4th	Jean Roberts	OUT	14.66
5	Diane Charteris	NZL	14.15
6th	Brenda Bedford	CLOSELY	13.94
7th	Carol Martin	CAN	13.58
8th	Jay Dahlgren	CAN	12.88

6th of August

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Young	NZL	49.79
2	Jean Roberts	OUT	49.21
3	Carol Martin	CAN	48.70
4th	Rosemary Payne	SCO	47.68
5	Nancy McCredie	CAN	46.01
6th	Brenda Bedford	CLOSELY	44.84
7th	Jay Dahlgren	CAN	41.66
8th	Diane Charteris	NZL	38.46

13 August

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Margaret Parker	OUT	51.39
2	Anna Bocson	OUT	47.81
3	Jay Dahlgren	CAN	47.68
4th	Jean Blake	JAM	45.60
5	Christa Leipert	CAN	44.46
6th	Sue Platt	CLOSELY	42.27
7th	Eileen Sutherland	JAM	41.13

August 11th

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• VIII Commonwealth Game, Kingston 1966 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• VIII Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics