At the 1966 GANEFO, the athletics events were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in November and December.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. . A total of 21 men's and 12 women's athletics events were contested at the competition.GANEFO Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14. The program was the same as the previous edition, except that the men's decathlon and steeplechase events were dropped. Composed entirely of athletes from Asian nations, the events served as a counterpart to the athletics at the 1966 Asian Games, which featured largely Western-allied Asian nations.Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.
Continuing on from the first GANEFO, China dominated the athletics competition, winning nineteen of the gold medals on offer. North Korea was the next most successful with ten gold medals. North Vietnam, Syria and Cambodia each won one gold medal each.
Ni Zhiqin, China's leading men's high jumper, was the only man to defend his title from the 1963 games. Zheng Fengrong, a former world record holder, added the high jump gold to the defence of her women's pentathlon title and also an 80 metres hurdles bronze. The most successful athlete of the tournament was Sin Kim-dan, who won the 200 metres, 400 metres and 800 metres titles – this meant she managed to defend all her 1963 titles.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.5 10.6 10.7200 metres 21.5 21.9 22.0400 metres 49.8 50.0 50.2800 metres 1:52.4 1:54.5 1:55.11500 metres 3:52.0 3:58.6 4:00.05000 metres 15:15.8 16:09.6 16:11.410,000 metres 32:05.0 32:41.4 34:27.0110 m hurdles 13.9 15.0 15.5400 m hurdles 55.3 55.5 55.64×100 m relay 41.9 42.4 42.64×400 m relay 3:20.7 3:22.5 3:24.5Marathon 2:42:30 2:53:29 3:41:10High jump 2.27 m 1.95 m 1.90 mPole vault 4.00 m 3.90 m 3.80 mLong jump 7.63 m 7.40 m 7.36 mTriple jump 16.22 m 15.75 m 15.22 mShot put 15.59 m 15.36 m 12.99 mDiscus throw 49.76 m 43.28 m 41.96 mHammer throw 49.84 m 48.06 m 42.38 mJavelin throw 62.06 m 59.36 m 59.30 m
Women 100 metres 11.9 12.1 12.3200 metres 24.5 24.7 25.4400 metres 53.1 58.4 60.0800 metres 2:03.7 2:16.2 2:30.880 m hurdles 11.2 11.6 11.74×100 m relay 48.2 49.2 49.8High jump 1.70 m 1.65 m 1.60 mLong jump 6.12 m 6.01 m 5.48 mShot put 16.43 m 15.39 m 14.73 mDiscus throw 54.56 m 43.30 m 40.06 mJavelin throw 42.98 m 42.12 m 40.80 mPentathlon 4300 pts 4151 pts 3934 pts
References
Medalists GANEFO Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.