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 |
The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was 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.
Kingston was elected host by the CGF in Rome, Italy during ? the 1960 Summer Olympics.
City | Country | Votes |
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Kingston | Jamaica | 17 |
Edinburgh | Scotland | 12 |
Salisbury | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 5 |
34 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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* Host nation (Jamaica)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | England (ENG) | 33 | 24 | 23 | 80 |
2 | Australia (AUS) | 23 | 28 | 22 | 73 |
3 | Canada (CAN) | 14 | 20 | 23 | 57 |
4 | New Zealand (NZL) | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
5 | Ghana (GHA) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
7 | Pakistan (PAK) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
8 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
9 | India (IND) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Nigeria (NGR) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
11 | Wales (WAL) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
12 | Malaysia (MAS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
13 | Scotland (SCO) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
14 | Northern Ireland (NIR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
15 | Isle of Man (IOM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Jamaica (JAM)* | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
17 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
22 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (22 entries) | 111 | 110 | 120 | 341 |
Event | 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 |
Event | 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 |
Event | 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 | |||
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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Road Race | Men | Peter Buckley | 05:07:52 | Des Thomson | 05:12:11 | Laurie Byers | 05:12:20 |
Event | 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 |
Event | 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 |
Event | 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 |
Event | 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 |
Event | 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 |
Preceded by Perth | British Empire and Commonwealth Games Kingston VIII British Empire and Commonwealth Games | Succeeded by Edinburgh |
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