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Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at Independence Park in Kingston, . 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 competition to feature events measured in imperial units, rather than metric units. Eleven Games records were improved over the course of the competition.

Contents Medal summary Men Women Medal table References

Medal summary

Men

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Ghana (GHA) Jamaica (JAM) Australia (AUS) Bonner Mends 4×110 yards Lynn Headley Allen Crawley Ebenezer Addy 39.8 GR 40.0 40.0 relay Gary Holdsworth James Addy Pablo McNeil Gary Eddy Stanley Allotey Wes Clayton Peter Norman (TTO) England (ENG) Canada (CAN) Edwin Roberts John Adey 4×440 yards 3:02.8 Don Domansky Kent Bernard 3:04.9 Martin Winbolt- 3:06.5 relay GR Brian MacLaren Lennox Lewis Ross MacKenzie Yearwood Peter Warden Bill Crothers Wendell Mottley Tim Graham

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze Dianne 10.6 Irene 100 yards 10.8 Jill Hall (ENG) 10.8 Burge (AUS) GR Piotrowski (CAN) Dianne Jenny Irene 220 yards 23.73 23.86 23.92 Burge (AUS) Lamy (AUS) Piotrowski (CAN) Judy Deirdre Una 440 yards 53.0 54.1 54.2 Pollock (AUS) Watkinson (ENG) Morris (JAM) Abby Judy Anne 880 yards 2:04.3 2:04.5 2:05.0 Hoffman (CAN) Pollock (AUS) Smith (ENG) 80 metres Pam Carmen Jenny 10.9 11.0 11.0 hurdles Kilborn (AUS) Smith (JAM) Wingerson (CAN) Michele 1.73 Dorothy 1.70 Robyn 1.70 High jump Brown (AUS) m Shirley (ENG) m Woodhouse (AUS) m Mary 6.36 Sheila 6.30 Violet 6.15 Long jump Rand (ENG) m Parkin (ENG) m Odogwu (NGA) m Val 16.50 Mary 16.29 Nancy 15.34 Shot put Young (NZL) m Peters (NIR) m McCredie (CAN) m Val 49.78 Jean 49.20 Carol 48.70 Discus throw Young (NZL) m Roberts (AUS) m Martin (CAN) m Margaret 51.38 Anna 47.80 Jay 47.68 Javelin throw Parker (AUS) m Bocson (AUS) m Dahlgren (CAN) m

England (ENG) Jamaica (JAM) Australia (AUS) Daphne Slater Adlin Mair-Clarke 4×110 yards Dianne Burge 45.3 Janet Simpson 45.6 Carmen Smith 45.6 relay Jennifer Lamy GR Jill Hall Una Morris Joyce Bennett Maureen Tranter Vilma Charlton Pamela Ryan

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* Host nation (Jamaica)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Australia (AUS) 11 8 2 21

2 England (ENG) 5 7 6 18

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 2 0 3

10 Scotland (SCO) 1 0 1 2

11 Jamaica (JAM)* 0 2 4 6

12 Northern Ireland (NIR) 0 2 0 2

Bahamas (BAH) 0 1 0 1

13 Bermuda (BER) 0 1 0 1

India (IND) 0 1 0 1

16 Pakistan (PAK) 0 0 3 3

17 (BAR) 0 0 1 1

Totals (17 nations) 34 34 34 102

References

Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men (http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13. Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women (http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cgw.htm). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.

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