England competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 - 13 August 1966.[1] [2]

England finished at the top of the medal table.

Medal table (top three)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England33242380
2 Australia23282273
3 Canada14202357
Totals (3 entries)707268210

The athletes that competed are listed below.[3]

Athletics

Name Event/s Medal/s
Bill Adcocks marathon 1 x silver
John Adey 440y, relay 1 x bronze
Fred Alsop triple jump & long jump 1 x bronze
Brenda Bedford shot put & discus
Lillian Board 440y
John Boulter 880y & 1 mile
Trevor Burton pole vault
Chris Carter 880y
Mel Cheskin 220y, relay
Derek Clarke decathlon
Pat Lowe-Cropper 880y
Dave Dear 220y, relay
Neill Duggan 1 mile
John FitzSimons javelin 1 x gold
Roy Fowler 6 miles
Bob Frith 100y
Dave Gaskin decathlon & long jump
Tim Graham 440y, relay 1 x bronze
Joy Grieveson 440y
Jill Hall 100y, relay 1 x silver, 1 x bronze
David Hemery 120y hurdles 1 x gold
Maurice Herriott 3,000m steeplechase
Ron Hill 6 miles
David Jones 220y, relay
Barrie Kelly 100y, relay
Brian Kilby marathon
Gwenda Matthews high jump & long jump
Bob McStocker 100y
Ray Middleton 20 mile walk 1 x silver
Mike Parker 120y hurdles 1 x silver
Howard Payne hammer 1 x gold
Pam Piercy 440 & 880y
Sue Platt javelin
Ernie Pomfret 3,000m steeplechase
Pat Pryce 80m hurdles
Mary Rand 80m hurdles, high jump & long jump 1 x gold
Allan Rushmer 3 miles 1 x bronze
Peter Seddon hammer
John Sherwood 440y hurdles
Sheila Parkin long jump 1 x silver
Dorothy Shirley high jump 1 x silver
Ann Simmonds 80m hurdles, long jump & high jump
Alan Simpson 1 mile 1 x silver
Janet Simpson 100 & 220y, relay 1 x silver
Daphne Slater 100 & 220y, relay 1 x silver
Anne Smith 880y 1 x bronze
Gerald Stevens 3,000m steeplechase
Bill Tancred discus & shot put
Laurie Taitt 120y hurdles
Dick Taylor 3 miles
Don Thompson 20 mile walk
Maureen Tranter 100 & 220y, relay 1 x silver
Dave Travis javelin
Bruce Tulloh 3 miles, 6 miles
Michael Varah 880y
Ron Wallwork 20 mile walk 1 x gold
Peter Warden 440y hurdles, relay 2 x bronze
Deidre Watkinson 440 & 880y 1 x silver
Walter Wilkinson 1 mile
Bill Wilkinson 3 miles
Martin Winbolt-Lewis 440y, relay 1 x bronze
Robin Woodland 440y hurdles

Badminton

Name Event/s Medal/s
Angela Bairstow singles, doubles, mixed 2 x gold, 1 x silver
Colin Beacom singles, doubles. mixed
David Horton singles, doubles, mixed 1 x bronze
Jenny Horton singles, doubles, mixed 1 x gold, 1 x silver
Tony Jordan singles, doubles, mixed 1 x silver
Roger Mills singles, doubles, mixed 1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Iris Rogers singles, doubles, mixed 1 x silver
Ursula Smith singles, doubles, mixed 1 x gold, 1 x bronze

Boxing

Name Event/s Medal/s
Bobby Arthur 67 kg welterweight 1 x silver
Johnny Clark 51 kg flyweight
Ken Cooper 57 kg featherweight
Billy Hiatt 63.5 kg light-welterweight
Mark Rowe 71 kg light-middleweight 1 x gold
Ron Thurston 60 kg lightweight 1 x silver
Roger Tighe 81 kg light-heavyweight 1 x gold
John Turpin 75 kg middleweight 1 x bronze

Cycling

Name Event/s Medal/s
Ian Alsop scratch & 1 km time trial 1 x gold
Reg Barnett 1,000m sprint
Fred Booker 1,000m sprint & 1 km time trial 1 x silver
Trevor Bull scratch 1 x bronze
John Clarey road race
Harry Jackson 4,000m pursuit
Brendan McKeown 4,000m pursuit
Dave Nie road race
Hugh Porter road race & 4,000m pursuit
Mick Shea road race
Dave Watkins scratch & 1,000m sprint
Billy Whiteside 1 km time trial

Diving

Name Event/s Medal/s
Frances Cramp platform
John Thomas Miles springboard & platform
Joy Newman platform 1 x gold
Brian Phelps springboard & platform 2 x gold
Kathy Rowlatt springboard 1 x gold
Dennis Young springboard

Fencing

Name Event/s Medal/s
John Rayden sabre, sabre team 1 x gold
Ralph Cooperman sabre, sabre team 1 x gold
Bill Hoskyns épée, foil, foil & épée team 3 gold, 1 x silver
Peter Jacobs épée, épée team 1 x gold
Allan Jay foil, foil team 2 x gold
Richard Oldcorn sabre, sabre team 1 x gold
Shirley Parker foil, foil team 1 x gold, 1 x silver
Graham Paul foil, foil team 1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Joyce Pearce foil, foil team 1 x gold
John Pelling épée, épée team 1 x gold, 1 x silver
Janet Wardell-Yerburgh foil, foil team 2 x gold

Shooting

Name Event/s Medal/s
Richard Cade fullbore rifle pair
Anthony Chivers 50m free pistol
Tony Clark rapid fire pistol, centre fire pistol 1 x gold, 1 x silver
Brian Girling rapid fire pistol, centre fire pistol
Francis Little fullbore rifle pair
Peter Morgan 50m rifle prone
Frank Pacey 50m rifle prone
Charles Sexton 50m free pistol 1 x gold

Swimming

Name Event/s Medal/s
Bob Apel 110 & 220y breaststroke
Ann Barner 110 & 220y butterfly 2 x bronze
Keith Bewley 110 & 220y butterfly, relays 1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Jeanette Cave 110 & 440y freestyle, relay 1 x bronze
Susan Cope relay 1 x bronze
Mary-Anne Cotterill 110 & 220y butterfly
Anthony Davidson 110 & 220y backstroke
Janet Franklin 110 & 200y backstroke 1 x bronze
Judy Gegan 110y butterfly, relay 1 gold, 1 x silver
John Gordon 220y breaststroke, 440y medley
Diana Harris 110 & 220y breaststroke, relay 2 x gold
Neil Jackson 110 & 220y backstroke, relay 1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Tony Jarvis 440 & 1650y freestyle, relays 2 x bronze
Darryl L. Jones 220y butterfly, 440y medley
Alan Kimber 400 & 1650y freestyle, 440y medley
Christine Kindon 110 & 220y backstroke
Liz Long 440y freestyle
Bob Lord 110y freestyle, relay 1 x bronze
Linda Ludgrove 110 & 220y backstroke, relay 3 x gold
John Martin-Dye 110y freestyle, relay 1 x bronze
Stella Mitchell 110 & 220y breaststroke 1 x silver
James Rogers 110 & 220y backstroke
Pauline Sillett 110y freestyle, relays 1 gold, 1 x bronze
Jill Slattery 110 & 220y breaststroke 1 gold, 1 x silver
John Thurley 110 & 220y butterfly, 440y freestyle, relay 1 x bronze
Malcolm Tucker 110 & 220y breaststroke, relay 1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Judith Turnbull 440y medley
Michael Turner 110y freestyle, relays 1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Diana Wilkinson 110y freestyle, relay 1 x bronze
Susan Williams 440y freestyle, 440y medley
Andrew F. Wilson 1650y freestyle

Weightlifting

Name Event/s Medal/s
Sylvanus Blackman 82.5 kg light-heavyweight 1 x silver
Laurie Levine 75 kg middleweight
George Manners 90 kg middle-heavyweight 1 x silver
Louis Martin 90 kg middle-heavyweight 1 x gold
Precious McKenzie 56 kg bantamweight 1 x gold
George Newton 67.5 kg lightweight 1 x silver
Mike Pearman 82.5 kg light-heavyweight 1 x bronze

Wrestling

Name Event/s Medal/s
Bert Aspen 62 kg featherweight 1 x bronze
Andrew Bailey 57 kg bantamweight
Stan Gilligan 68 kg lightweight
Ronald Grinstead 82 kg middleweight
Geoffrey Hill 90 kg light-heavyweight
Denis McNamara 100 kg heavyweight 1 x bronze
Herbert Owen 74 kg welterweight
Alfred Rhodes 52 kg flyweight

References

  1. ^ "1966 Kingston". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  2. ^ "Kingston, Jamaica 1966 Team". Team England.
  3. ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.