# Athletics at the 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.

## Medal summary
### Men

Men's track and road events, medallists and times by event, with link to details: GR means Games Record :
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time |
| 100 yards (wind: -0.8 m/s) details | Harry Jerome (CAN) | 9.41 GR | Tom Robinson (BHS) | 9.44 | Edwin Roberts (TTO) | 9.52 |
| 220 yards (wind: +1.0 m/s) details | Stanley Allotey (GHA) | 20.65 GR | Edwin Roberts (TTO) | 20.93 | David Ejoke (NGA) | 20.95 |
| 440 yards details | Wendell Mottley (TTO) | 45.08 GR | Kent Bernard (TTO) | 46.06 | Don Domansky (CAN) | 46.42 |
| 880 yards details | Noel Clough (AUS) | 1:46.9 GR | Wilson Kiprugut (KEN) | 1:47.2 | George Kerr (JAM) | 1:47.2 |
| 1 mile details | Kip Keino (KEN) | 3:55.34 GR | Alan Simpson (ENG) | 3:57.27 | Ian Studd (NZL) | 3:58.61 |
| 3 miles details | Kip Keino (KEN) | 12:57.4 GR | Ron Clarke (AUS) | 12:59.2 | Allan Rushmer (ENG) | 13:08.6 |
| 6 miles details | Naftali Temu (KEN) | 27:14.21 GR | Ron Clarke (AUS) | 27:39.42 | Jim Alder (SCO) | 28:15.4 |
| Marathon details | Jim Alder (SCO) | 2:22:08 | Bill Adcocks (ENG) | 2:22:13 | Mike Ryan (NZL) | 2:27:59 |
| 120 yards hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | David Hemery (ENG) | 14.1 | Mike Parker (ENG) | 14.2 | Ghulam Raziq (PAK) | 14.3 |
| 440 yards hurdles details | Ken Roche (AUS) | 50.95 | Kingsley Agbabokha (NGA) | 51.46 | Peter Warden (ENG) | 51.54 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Peter Welsh (NZL) | 8:29.44 | Kerry O'Brien (AUS) | 8:32.58 | Benjamin Kogo (KEN) | 8:32.81 |
| 4 × 110 yards relay details | Ghana (GHA) Ebenezer Addy Bonner Mends James Addy Stanley Allotey | 39.8 GR | Jamaica (JAM) Wes Clayton Pablo McNeil Lynn Headley Michael Fray | 40.0 | Australia (AUS) Gary Eddy Allen Crawley Gary Holdsworth Peter Norman | 40.0 |
| 4 × 440 yards relay details | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Lennox Yearwood Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley | 3:02.8 GR | Canada (CAN) Ross MacKenzie Brian MacLaren Don Domansky Bill Crothers | 3:04.9 | England (ENG) Martin Winbolt-Lewis John Adey Peter Warden Tim Graham | 3:06.5 |
| 20 miles walk details | Ron Wallwork (ENG) | 2:44:43 | Ray Middleton (ENG) | 2:45:19 | Norman Read (NZL) | 2:46:29 |
Men's field events , medallists and heights or distances by event, with link to details :
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance |
| High jump details | Lawrie Peckham (AUS) | 2.08 m | Samuel Igun (NGA) | 2.03 m | Anton Norris (BAR) | 2.00 m |
| Pole vault details | Trevor Bickle (AUS) | 4.80 m | Mike Bull (NIR) | 4.72 m | Gerry Moro (CAN) | 4.65 m |
| Long jump details | Lynn Davies (WAL) | 7.99 m | John Morbey (BMU) | 7.89 m | Wellesley Clayton (JAM) | 7.83 m |
| Triple jump details | Samuel Igun (NGA) | 16.40 m (w) | George Ogan (NGA) | 16.08 m | Fred Alsop (ENG) | 15.96 m |
| Shot put details | Dave Steen (CAN) | 18.79 m | Les Mills (NZL) | 18.37 m | George Puce (CAN) | 17.14 m |
| Discus throw details | Les Mills (NZL) | 56.18 m | George Puce (CAN) | 55.94 m | Robin Tait (NZL) | 55.02 m |
| Hammer throw details | Howard Payne (ENG) | 61.98 m | Praveen Kumar (IND) | 60.12 m | Muhammad Iqbal (PAK) | 59.56 m |
| Javelin throw details | John FitzSimons (ENG) | 79.78 m | Nick Birks (AUS) | 76.16 m | Muhammad Nawaz (PAK) | 69.94 m |
Men's decathlon , medallists and points with link to details :
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Athlete | Points | Athlete | Points | Athlete | Points |
| Decathlon details | Roy Williams (NZL) | 7270 pts | Clive Longe (WAL) | 7123 pts | Gerry Moro (CAN) | 6983 pts |

### Women

Women's track events, medallists and times by event, with link to details: GR means Games Record :
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time | Athlete | Time |
| 100 yards (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | Dianne Burge (AUS) | 10.6 GR | Irene Piotrowski (CAN) | 10.8 | Jill Hall (ENG) | 10.8 |
| 220 yards (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | Dianne Burge (AUS) | 23.73 | Jenny Lamy (AUS) | 23.86 | Irene Piotrowski (CAN) | 23.92 |
| 440 yards details | Judy Pollock (AUS) | 53.0 | Deidre Watkinson (ENG) | 54.1 | Una Morris (JAM) | 54.2 |
| 880 yards details | Abby Hoffman (CAN) | 2:04.3 | Judy Pollock (AUS) | 2:04.5 | Anne Smith (ENG) | 2:05.0 |
| 80 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) details | Pam Kilborn (AUS) | 10.9 | Carmen Smith (JAM) | 11.0 | Jenny Wingerson (CAN) | 11.0 |
| 4 × 110 yards relay details | Australia (AUS) Jennifer Lamy Pam Kilborn Joyce Bennett Dianne Burge | 45.3 =GR | England (ENG) Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall | 45.6 | Jamaica (JAM) Adlin Mair Una Morris Vilma Charlton Carmen Smith | 45.6 |
Women's field events, medallists and heights or distances by event, with link to details :
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance | Athlete | Height / distance |
| High jump details | Michele Brown (AUS) | 1.73 m | Dorothy Shirley (ENG) | 1.70 m | Robyn Woodhouse (AUS) | 1.70 m |
| Long jump details | Mary Rand (ENG) | 6.36 m | Sheila Parkin (ENG) | 6.30 m | Violet Odogwu (NGA) | 6.15 m |
| Shot put details | Val Young (NZL) | 16.50 m | Mary Peters (NIR) | 16.29 m | Nancy McCredie (CAN) | 15.34 m |
| Discus throw details | Val Young (NZL) | 49.78 m | Jean Roberts (AUS) | 49.20 m | Carol Martin (CAN) | 48.70 m |
| Javelin throw details | Margaret Parker (AUS) | 51.38 m | Anna Bocson (AUS) | 47.80 m | Jay Dahlgren (CAN) | 47.68 m |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Jamaica)
Medals won in athletics by nation, ranked :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | England (ENG) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | New Zealand (NZL) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Ghana (GHA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Wales (WAL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Scotland (SCO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Jamaica (JAM)* | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Northern Ireland (NIR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |

## Participating nations

* Aden (2)
* Antigua and Barbuda (7)
* Australia (32)
* Bahamas (14)
* Barbados (8)
* Bermuda (6)
* British Honduras (4)
* Canada (35)
* Ceylon (1)
* England (61)
* Fiji (1)
* Ghana (10)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Guyana (3)
* India (6)
* Isle of Man (3)
* Jamaica (49)
* Kenya (21)
* Malaysia (5)
* Mauritius (6)
* New Zealand (17)
* Nigeria (21)
* Northern Ireland (5)
* Pakistan (5)
* Papua New Guinea (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
* Scotland (18)
* Sierra Leone (11)
* Singapore (2)
* Tanzania (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (16)
* Uganda (6)
* Wales (12)