Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
International athletics championship event
Athletics at the 8th British Commonwealth Games | |
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Dates | 4–13 August 1966 |
Host city | Kingston, Jamaica![]() |
Venue | Independence Park |
Level | Senior |
Events | 34 |
Participation | 396 athletes from 33 nations |
Records set | 11 GR |
At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. 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 games to feature events measured in imperial, rather than metric units. It was also the last edition to allow four athletes from each country in a single event before that number was reduced to three. Eleven Games records were improved over the course of the competition.
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 yards (wind: -0.8 m/s) details | ![]() | 9.41 GR | ![]() | 9.44 | ![]() | 9.52 |
220 yards (wind: +1.0 m/s) details | ![]() | 20.65 GR | ![]() | 20.93 | ![]() | 20.95 |
440 yards details | ![]() | 45.08 GR | ![]() | 46.06 | ![]() | 46.42 |
880 yards details | ![]() | 1:46.9 GR | ![]() | 1:47.2 | ![]() | 1:47.2 |
1 mile details | ![]() | 3:55.34 GR | ![]() | 3:57.27 | ![]() | 3:58.61 |
3 miles details | ![]() | 12:57.4 GR | ![]() | 12:59.2 | ![]() | 13:08.6 |
6 miles details | ![]() | 27:14.21 GR | ![]() | 27:39.42 | ![]() | 28:15.4 |
Marathon details | ![]() | 2:22:08 | ![]() | 2:22:13 | ![]() | 2:27:59 |
120 yards hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | ![]() | 14.1 | ![]() | 14.2 | ![]() | 14.3 |
440 yards hurdles details | ![]() | 50.95 | ![]() | 51.46 | ![]() | 51.54 |
3000 metres steeplechase details | ![]() | 8:29.44 | ![]() | 8:32.58 | ![]() | 8:32.81 |
4 × 110 yards relay details | ![]() Ebenezer Addy Bonner Mends James Addy Stanley Allotey | 39.8 GR | ![]() Wes Clayton Pablo McNeil Lynn Headley Michael Fray | 40.0 | ![]() Gary Eddy Allen Crawley Gary Holdsworth Peter Norman | 40.0 |
4 × 440 yards relay details | ![]() Lennox Yearwood Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley | 3:02.8 GR | ![]() Ross MacKenzie Brian MacLaren Don Domansky Bill Crothers | 3:04.9 | ![]() Martin Winbolt-Lewis John Adey Peter Warden Tim Graham | 3:06.5 |
20 miles walk details | ![]() | 2:44:43 | ![]() | 2:45:19 | ![]() | 2:46:29 |
High jump details | ![]() | 2.08 m | ![]() | 2.03 m | ![]() | 2.00 m |
Pole vault details | ![]() | 4.80 m | ![]() | 4.72 m | ![]() | 4.65 m |
Long jump details | ![]() | 7.99 m | ![]() | 7.89 m | ![]() | 7.83 m |
Triple jump details | ![]() | 16.40 m (w) | ![]() | 16.08 m | ![]() | 15.96 m |
Shot put details | ![]() | 18.79 m | ![]() | 18.37 m | ![]() | 17.14 m |
Discus throw details | ![]() | 56.18 m | ![]() | 55.94 m | ![]() | 55.02 m |
Hammer throw details | ![]() | 61.98 m | ![]() | 60.12 m | ![]() | 59.56 m |
Javelin throw details | ![]() | 79.78 m | ![]() | 76.16 m | ![]() | 69.94 m |
Decathlon details | ![]() | 7270 pts | ![]() | 7123 pts | ![]() | 6983 pts |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 yards (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | ![]() | 10.6 GR | ![]() | 10.8 | ![]() | 10.8 |
220 yards (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | ![]() | 23.73 | ![]() | 23.86 | ![]() | 23.92 |
440 yards details | ![]() | 53.0 | ![]() | 54.1 | ![]() | 54.2 |
880 yards details | ![]() | 2:04.3 | ![]() | 2:04.5 | ![]() | 2:05.0 |
80 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | ![]() | 10.9 | ![]() | 11.0 | ![]() | 11.0 |
4 × 110 yards relay details | ![]() Jennifer Lamy Pam Kilborn Joyce Bennett Dianne Burge | 45.3 =GR | ![]() Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall | 45.6 | ![]() Adlin Mair Una Morris Vilma Charlton Carmen Smith | 45.6 |
High jump details | ![]() | 1.73 m | ![]() | 1.70 m | ![]() | 1.70 m |
Long jump details | ![]() | 6.36 m | ![]() | 6.30 m | ![]() | 6.15 m |
Shot put details | ![]() | 16.50 m | ![]() | 16.29 m | ![]() | 15.34 m |
Discus throw details | ![]() | 49.78 m | ![]() | 49.20 m | ![]() | 48.70 m |
Javelin throw details | ![]() | 51.38 m | ![]() | 47.80 m | ![]() | 47.68 m |
Medal table
* Host nation (Jamaica)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |
Participating nations
Aden (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (7)
Australia (32)
Bahamas (14)
Barbados (8)
Bermuda (6)
British Honduras (4)
Canada (35)
Ceylon (1)
England (61)
Fiji (1)
Ghana (10)
Gibraltar (1)
Guyana (3)
India (6)
Isle of Man (3)
Jamaica (49)
Kenya (21)
Malaysia (5)
Mauritius (6)
New Zealand (17)
Nigeria (21)
Northern Ireland (5)
Pakistan (5)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
Scotland (18)
Sierra Leone (11)
Singapore (2)
Tanzania (4)
Trinidad and Tobago (16)
Uganda (6)
Wales (12)
References
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.