# Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 220 yards

The women's 220 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 11 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested: in 1970 it was replaced by the 200 metres.

## Medalists

Medallists :
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Dianne Burge Australia | Jenny Lamy Australia | Irene Piotrowski Canada |

## Results
### Heats
#### Qualification for semifinal

The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

#### Wind speeds

Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +1.9 m/s, Heat 5: +0.6 m/s
Heats results :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Marjorie Turner | Canada | 24.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 24.7 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gloria Dourass | Wales | 25.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sigrid Sandiford | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Maria Jinadu | Nigeria | 25.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 24.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maureen Tranter | England | 24.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Janet Maddin | Canada | 24.9 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jocelyn Haynes | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.3 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ana Ramacake | Fiji | 25.3 | |
| 6 | 2 | Esther Maganga | Tanzania | 26.3 | |
| 7 | 2 | Teresa Johnson | Sierra Leone | 26.5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Judy Pollock | Australia | 24.1 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Janet Simpson | England | 24.2 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Elizabeth Gill | Wales | 24.6 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Lorna McGarvey | Northern Ireland | 24.9 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Olajumoke Bodunrin | Nigeria | 25.5 | |
| 6 | 3 | Barbara Lyall | Scotland | 25.7 | |
| 7 | 3 | Thora Best | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.9 | |
| 8 | 3 | Lydia Stephens | Kenya | 26.2 | |
| 1 | 4 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.2 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Vilma Charlton | Jamaica | 24.6 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Valerie Parker | Canada | 24.8 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Elizabeth Parsons | Wales | 25.0 | |
| 5 | 4 | Oyeronke Akindele | Nigeria | 25.1 | |
| 6 | 4 | Octavia Straker | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.2 | |
| 1 | 5 | Dianne Burge | Australia | 24.5 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Daphne Slater | England | 24.8 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 25.0 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Thelwyn Appleby | Wales | 25.5 | |
| 5 | 5 | Millicent Jackson | Sierra Leone | 27.6 | |
| | 5 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | DNS | |
| | 5 | Regina Okafor | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals
#### Qualification

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

#### Wind speed

Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s
Semifinals results :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Dianne Burge | Australia | 24.0 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 24.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Judy Pollock | Australia | 24.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Janet Simpson | England | 24.2 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Marjorie Turner | Canada | 24.3 | |
| 6 | 1 | Janet Maddin | Canada | 24.5 | |
| 7 | 1 | Daphne Slater | England | 24.7 | |
| 8 | 1 | Gloria Dourass | Wales | 25.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 24.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 24.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Vilma Charlton | Jamaica | 24.4 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Maureen Tranter | England | 24.5 | |
| 6 | 2 | Elizabeth Gill | Wales | 24.8 | |
| 7 | 2 | Valerie Parker | Canada | 25.0 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lorna McGarvey | Northern Ireland | 25.5 | |

### Final
#### Wind speed

+1.0 m/s
Final results :
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Dianne Burge | Australia | 23.73 |
| | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 23.86 |
| | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 23.92 |
| 4 | Judy Pollock | Australia | 24.14 |
| 5 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.16 |
| 6 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 24.3 |
| 7 | Vilma Charlton | Jamaica | 24.4 |
| 8 | Janet Simpson | England | 24.6 |