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 city | Kingston, Jamaica |
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Nations | 34 |
Athletes | 1,316 (inc. officials) |
Events | 110 events in 10 sports |
Opening | 4 August 1966 |
Closing | 13 August 1966 |
Opened by | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
Main venue | Independence Park |
Host selection
editKingston was elected host by the CGF in Rome, Italy during ? the 1960 Summer Olympics.
City | Country | Votes |
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Kingston | 17 | |
Edinburgh | 12 | |
Salisbury | 5 |
Participating teams
edit34 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 |
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Medals by country
edit* Host nation (Jamaica)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 80 | |
2 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 73 | |
3 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 57 | |
4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | |
5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||
11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 111 | 110 | 120 | 341 |
Medals by event
editAthletics
editBadminton
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Men's Singles | Tan Aik Huang |
Yew Cheng Hoe |
Dinesh Khanna |
Men's Doubles | Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe |
Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan |
David Horton & Roger Mills |
Women's Singles | Angela Bairstow |
Sharon Whittaker |
Ursula Smith |
Women's Doubles | Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith |
Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers |
Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong |
Mixed Doubles | Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow |
Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton |
Bob McCoig & Muriel Ferguson |
Boxing
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
Flyweight | Men | Sulley Shittu |
Kenneth Campbell |
Frank Scott John Rakowski |
Bantamweight | Men | Edward Ndukwu |
Darryl Norwood |
Nderu Mwaura Brian Kendall |
Featherweight | Men | Philip Waruinge |
Paddy Maguire |
Amos Ajoo Harold West |
Lightweight | Men | Anthony Andeh |
Ron Thurston |
Stephen Baraza Samuel Lockhart |
Light Welterweight | Men | Jim McCourt |
Aaron Popoola |
Alex Odhiambo Bryan Knoche |
Welterweight | Men | Eddie Blay |
Bobby Arthur |
Frank Young Andy Peace |
Light Middleweight | Men | Mark Rowe |
Tom Imrie |
Robert Okine Nojim Maiyegun |
Middleweight | Men | Joe Darkey |
Arthur Trout |
John Turpin Matthias Ouma |
Light Heavyweight | Men | Roger Tighe |
Fatai Ayinla |
Dennis Booth Sylvester Hines |
Heavyweight | Men | Bill Kini |
Adonis Ray |
Danny McAlinden Benson Ocan |
Cycling
editTrack
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Time Trial | Men | Roger Gibbon |
00:01:09.6 | Phillip Watts Bristow-Stagg |
00:01:10.9 | Richard Hine |
00:01:11.0 |
Sprint | Men | Roger Gibbon |
Fred Booker |
Daryl Perkins |
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Individual Pursuit | Men | Hugh Porter |
00:04:57 | John Bylsma |
00:04:59 | Richard Hine |
00:05:04 |
10 Miles Scratch | Men | Ian Alsop |
00:21:46 | Hilton Clarke |
00:21:46 | Trevor Bull |
00:21:47 |
Road
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Road Race | Men | Peter Buckley |
05:07:52 | Des Thomson |
05:12:11 | Laurie Byers |
05:12:20 |
Diving
editFencing
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
Foil | Men | Allan Jay |
Bill Hoskyns |
Graham Paul |
Foil – Team | Men | England Allan Jay Graham Paul Bill Hoskyns |
Australia Barry Wasley Brian McCowage John Humphreys Russell Hobby |
Scotland George Sandor Joseph Rorke Robert Wilson |
Épée | Men | Bill Hoskyns |
John Pelling |
Robert Reynolds |
Épée – Team | Men | England Bill Hoskyns John Pelling Peter Jacobs |
Canada John Andru Konrad Widmaier Peter Bakonyi |
Australia Barry Wasley John Humphreys Peter Hardiman Russell Hobby |
Sabre | Men | Ralph Cooperman |
Sandy Leckie |
Gabor Arato |
Sabre- Team | Men | England Ralph Cooperman Richard Oldcorn John Rayden |
Australia Brian McCowage Gabor Arato Laszlo Tornallyay |
Canada John Andru Leslie Samek Robert Foxcroft |
Foil | Women | Janet Wardell-Yerburgh |
Shirley Parker |
Gaye McDermit |
Foil – Team | Women | England Janet Wardell-Yerburgh Joyce Pearce Shirley Parker |
Australia Jeanette Beauchamp Melody Coleman Walburga Winter |
New Zealand Joyce Fenton Gaye McDermit Pamela French |
Shooting
editPistol
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
50m Free Pistol | Men/Open | Charles Sexton |
544 | Jules Sobrian |
538 | Garfield McMahon |
536 |
25m Centre-Fire Pistol | Men/Open | James Lee |
576 | Tony Clark |
575 | Julio Machado |
571 |
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol | Men/Open | Tony Clark |
585 | Michael Papps |
578 | Jules Sobrian |
572 |
Rifle
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
50m Rifle Prone | Men/Open | Gilmour Boa |
587 | Brian Lacey |
585 | John Murphy |
584 |
Full Bore Rifle | Men/Open | Lord John Swansea |
394 | Robert Stewart |
381 | Tom Sutherland |
381 |
Swimming
edit- Men's events
- Women's events
Weightlifting
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Bantamweight – Overall | Men | Precious McKenzie |
319.5 | Martin Dias |
307 | Chun Hon Chan |
304.5 |
Featherweight – Overall | Men | Chung Kum Weng |
337 | Mahon Ghosh |
334.5 | Allen Salter |
324.5 |
Lightweight – Overall | Men | Hugo Gittens |
367 | George Newton |
354.5 | Ieuan Owen |
349.5 |
Middleweight – Overall | Men | Pierre St.-Jean |
404.5 | Horace Johnson |
382 | Russell Perry |
372 |
Light Heavyweight – Overall | Men | George Vakakis |
419.5 | Sylvanus Blackman |
414.5 | Mike Pearman |
409.5 |
Middle Heavyweight – Overall | Men | Louis Martin |
462 | George Manners |
429.5 | Dudley Lawson |
422 |
Heavyweight – Overall | Men | Don Oliver |
497 | Arthur Shannos |
464.5 | Brandon Bailey |
462 |
Wrestling
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
Flyweight | Men | Muhammad Nazir |
Shamrao Sable |
Peter Michienzi |
Bantamweight | Men | Bishamber Singh |
Kevin McGrath |
Muhammad Saeed |
Featherweight | Men | Muhammad Akhtar |
Randhawa Singh |
Albert Aspen |
Lightweight | Men | Mukhtiar Singh |
Ray Lougheed |
Tony Greig |
Welterweight | Men | Muhammad Bashir |
Richard Bryant |
Hukum Singh |
Middleweight | Men | Muhammad Faiz |
Sébastien Donison |
Michael Benarik |
Light Heavyweight | Men | Robert Chamberot |
Wallace Booth |
Bishwanath Singh |
Heavyweight | Men | Bhim Singh |
Ikram Ilahi |
Denis McNamara |
External links
edit- "Kingston 1966". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
- 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games (archived 21 May 2007)
Preceded by Perth |
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Kingston VIII British Empire and Commonwealth Games |
Succeeded by Edinburgh |