At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 August to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions....

, the athletics events were held at Independence Park in Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

. 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.

Men

100 yards	|9.41 GR	|9.44	|9.52
220 yards	|20.65 GR	|20.93	|20.95
440 yards	|45.08 GR	|46.06	|46.42
880 yards	|1:46.9 GR	|1:47.2	|1:47.2
1 mile	|3:55.34 GR	|3:57.27	|3:57.27
3 miles	|12:57.4 GR	|12:59.2	|13:08.6
6 miles	|27:14.21 GR	|27:39.42	|28:15.4
3000 metres steeplechase	|8:29.44	|8:32.58	|8:32.81
120 yards hurdles	|14.1	|14.2	|14.3
440 yards hurdles	|50.95	|51.46	|51.54
Marathon	|2:22:08	|2:22:13	|2:27:59
20 miles road walk	|2:44:43	|2:45:19	|2:46:29
High jump		2.08 m	|2.03 m	|2.00 m
Pole vault	|4.80 m	|4.72 m	|4.65 m
Long jump	|7.99 m	|7.89 m	|7.83 m
Triple jump	|16.40 m (w)	|16.08 m	|15.96 m
Shot put	|18.79 m	|18.37 m	|17.14 m
Discus throw	|56.18 m	|55.94 m	|55.02 m
Hammer throw	|61.98 m	|60.12 m	|59.56 m
Javelin throw	|79.78 m	|76.16 m	|69.94 m
Decathlon	|7270 pts	|7123 pts	|6983 pts
4×110 yards relay	Ghana Bonner Mends Ebenezer Addy James Addy Stanley Allotey	39.8 GR	Jamaica Lynn Headley Michael Fray Pablo McNeil Pablo McNeil Pablo S. McNeil was a Jamaican sprint athlete and sprinting coach. He participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. McNeil reached the semifinal of the 100 metres in the 1964 Olympics, finishing sixth with a wind assisted run of 10.30 seconds... Wes Clayton	40.0	Australia Allan Crawley Gary Holdsworth Gary Eddy Peter Norman Peter Norman Peter George Norman was an Australian track athlete best known for winning the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. His time of 20.06 seconds still stands as the Australian 200m record. He was a five-time Australian 200m champion...	40.0
4×440 yards relay	Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal... Kent Bernard Lennox Yearwood Wendell Mottley Wendell Mottley Wendell Adrian Mottley educated at Queen's Royal College is a Trinidad and Tobago economist, politician and athlete...	3:02.8 GR	Canada Don Domansky Don Domansky Don Domansky is a retired track and field athlete, who represented Canada at two Summer Olympics in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in this event at the 1967 Pan American Games.-References:... Brian McLaren Ross McKenzie Bill Crothers Bill Crothers Bill Crothers is a retired Canadian athlete.At one point, Crothers held the Canadian record in all distances from 400 metres to 1500 metres and was holder of the world 800 metres indoor record. In 1963, he ran the two fastest 800 metres races of the year...	3:04.9	England John Adey Martin Lewis Peter Warden Tim Graham	3:06.5

Women

100 yards	|10.6 GR	|10.8	|10.8
220 yards	|23.73	|23.86	|23.92
440 yards	|53.0	|54.1	|54.2
880 yards	|2:04.3	|2:04.5	|2:05.0
80 metres hurdles	|10.9	|11.0	|11.0
High jump	|1.73 m	|1.70 m	|1.70 m
Long jump	|6.36 m	|6.30 m	|6.15 m
Shot put	|16.50 m	|16.29 m	|15.34 m
Discus throw	|49.78 m	|49.20 m	|48.70 m
Javelin throw	|51.38 m	|47.80 m	|47.68 m
4×110 yards relay	Australia Dianne Burge Dianne Burge Dianne Burge , is a former Australian sprinter who competed in two Olympic Games and won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games... Jennifer Lamy Joyce Bennett Pamela Ryan	45.3 GR	England Daphne Slater Janet Simpson Janet Simpson Janet Simpson was a British athlete who competed in sprint events and the 400 metres.... Jill Hall Maureen Taylor	45.6	Jamaica Adlin Mair-Clarke Carmen Smith-Brown Una Morris Vilma Charlton	45.6

Medal table

Key:

1	Australia	11	8	2	21
2	New Zealand	6	1	3	10
3	England	5	7	6	18
4	Canada	3	3	10	16
5	Kenya	3	1	1	5
6	Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	1	5
7	Ghana	2	0	0	2
8	Nigeria	1	3	2	6
9	Wales	1	2	0	3
10	Jamaica	0	2	4	6
11	Northern Ireland	0	2	0	2
12=	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
12=	The Bahamas	0	1	0	1
12=	India	0	1	0	1
15	Pakistan	0	0	3	3
16=	Barbados	0	0	1	1
16=	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Total		34	34	34	102