Athletics at the 8th British Commonwealth Games | |
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Host City: | Kingston, Jamaica |
Dates: | 4–13 August 1966 |
Stadium: | Independence Park |
Nations Participating: | 33 |
Athletes Participating: | 396 |
Events: | 34 |
Records Set: | 11 GR |
Level: | Senior |
Previous: | 1962 Perth |
Next: | 1970 Edinburgh |
Games: | 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games |
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.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
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Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time | ||
9.41 GR | 9.44 | 9.52 | |||||
20.65 GR | 20.93 | 20.95 | |||||
45.08 GR | 46.06 | 46.42 | |||||
1:46.9 GR | 1:47.2 | 1:47.2 | |||||
3:55.34 GR | 3:57.27 | 3:58.61 | |||||
12:57.4 GR | 12:59.2 | 13:08.6 | |||||
27:14.21 GR | 27:39.42 | 28:15.4 | |||||
2:22:08 | 2:22:13 | 2:27:59 | |||||
14.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 | |||||
50.95 | 51.46 | 51.54 | |||||
8:29.44 | 8:32.58 | 8:32.81 | |||||
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 | ||
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 | ||
2:44:43 | 2:45:19 | 2:46:29 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
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Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance | ||
2.08 m | 2.03 m | 2.00 m | |||||
4.80 m | 4.72 m | 4.65 m | |||||
7.99 m | 7.89 m | 7.83 m | |||||
16.40 m (w) | 16.08 m | 15.96 m | |||||
18.79 m | 18.37 m | 17.14 m | |||||
56.18 m | 55.94 m | 55.02 m | |||||
61.98 m | 60.12 m | 59.56 m | |||||
79.78 m | 76.16 m | 69.94 m |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
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Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time | ||
10.6 GR | 10.8 | 10.8 | |||||
23.73 | 23.86 | 23.92 | |||||
53.0 | 54.1 | 54.2 | |||||
2:04.3 | 2:04.5 | 2:05.0 | |||||
10.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 | |||||
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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
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Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance | ||
1.73 m | 1.70 m | 1.70 m | |||||
6.36 m | 6.30 m | 6.15 m | |||||
16.50 m | 16.29 m | 15.34 m | |||||
49.78 m | 49.20 m | 48.70 m | |||||
51.38 m | 47.80 m | 47.68 m |