England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

England competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966.

England finished at the top of the medal table with 33 gold medals, 24 silver medals and 23 bronze medals.

Medal table (top three)

Results

Team

Athletics

Men

AthleteEventsClubMedalsBill Adcocks marathon Coventry Godiva John Adey 440y, relay Finchley Harriers Fred Alsop triple jump & long jump Hornchurch Harriers John Boulter 880y & 1 mile Achilles Club Trevor Burton pole vault Chelmsford AC Chris Carter 880y Brighton & Hove AC Mel Cheskin 220y, relay Polytechnic Harriers Derek Clarke decathlon Royal Air Force AC Dave Dear 220y, relay Southampton AAC Neill Duggan 1 mile Sparkhill Harriers John FitzSimons javelin Polytechnic Harriers Roy Fowler 6 miles North Staffs and Stone AC Bob Frith 100y Polytechnic Harriers Dave Gaskin decathlon & long jump Liverpool Pembroke AC Tim Graham 440y, relay Polytechnic Harriers David Hemery 120y hurdles Ruislip and Northwood AC Maurice Herriott 3,000m steeplechase Sparkhill Harriers Ron Hill 6 miles Bolton United David Jones 220y, relay Woodford Green AC Barrie Kelly 100y, relay Bury and Radcliffe AC Brian Kilby marathon Coventry Godiva Bob McStocker 100y Ilford AC Ray Middleton 20 mile walk Belgrave Harriers Mike Parker 120y hurdles Achilles Club Howard Payne hammer Birchfield Harriers Ernie Pomfret 3,000m steeplechase Houghton Harriers Allan Rushmer 3 miles Tipton Harriers Peter Seddon hammer British Army AC John Sherwood 440y hurdles Loughborough Colleges Alan Simpson 1 mile Rotherham Harriers & AC Gerald Stevens 3,000m steeplechase Reading AC Bill Tancred discus & shot put British Army AC Laurie Taitt 120y hurdles Herne Hill Harriers Dick Taylor 3 miles Coventry Godiva Don Thompson 20 mile walk Metropolitan WC, London Dave Travis javelin Surrey AC Bruce Tulloh 3 miles, 6 miles Portsmouth AC Michael Varah 880y Loughborough Colleges Ron Wallwork 20 mile walk Lancashire Walking Club Peter Warden 440y hurdles, relay Airedale and Spen Valley , Walter Wilkinson 1 mile Longwood Harriers Bill Wilkinson 3 miles Saltwell Harriers Martin Winbolt-Lewis 440y, relay Dorking AC Robin Woodland 440y hurdles Hercules AC Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsBrenda Bedford shot put & discus Hercules AC Lillian Board 440y London Olympiades Pat Lowe 880y Birchfield Harriers Joy Grieveson 440y Darlington Harriers Jill Hall 100y, relay Mitcham AC , Gwenda Matthews-Hurst high jump & long jump Ruislip and Northwood AC Sheila Parkin long jump Lady Mabel College P.E. Pam Piercy 440 & 880y Hull Achilles Sue Platt javelin London Olympiades Pat Pryce 80m hurdles Ruislip and Northwood AC Mary Rand 80m hurdles, high jump & long jump London Olympiades Dorothy Shirley high jump Spartan LAC Janet Simpson 100 & 220y, relay London Olympiades Daphne Slater 100 & 220y, relay Birchfield Harriers Anne Smith 880y Mitcham AC Maureen Tranter 100 & 220y, relay Bilston AC Deidre Watkinson 440 & 880y Gosport AC Ann Wilson 80m hurdles, long jump & high jump Southend AC

Badminton

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsColin Beacom singles, doubles. mixed Surrey David Horton singles, doubles, mixed Essex Tony Jordan singles, doubles, mixed Cheshire Roger Mills singles, doubles, mixed Surrey , Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsAngela Bairstow singles, doubles, mixed Surrey , , Jenny Horton singles, doubles, mixed Surrey , Iris Rogers singles, doubles, mixed Surrey Ursula Smith singles, doubles, mixed Kent ,

Boxing

AthleteEventsClubMedalsBobby Arthur 67 kg welterweight Coventry Irish ABC Johnny Clark 51 kg flyweight Robert Browning BC, London Ken Cooper 57 kg featherweight Kyrle Hall ABC, Birmingham Billy Hiatt 63.5 kg light-welterweight Battersea ABC, London Mark Rowe 71 kg light-middleweight Fitzroy Lodge ABC, London Ron Thurston 60 kg lightweight Raven BC, Warrington Roger Tighe 81 kg light-heavyweight Hull Boys' Club John Turpin 75 kg middleweight Rothwell Collliery ABC, Leeds

Cycling

AthleteEventsClubMedalsIan Alsop scratch & 1 km time trial Polytechnic CC Reg Barnett 1,000m sprint Old Kent CC Fred Booker 1,000m sprint & 1 km time trial Rover Racing CC, Birmingham Trevor Bull scratch Sheldon Heath CC John Clarey road race Woolwich CC Harry Jackson 4,000m pursuit Portsmouth North End CC Brendan McKeown 4,000m pursuit Welwyn Wheelers Dave Nie road race Dragon Road Club, London Hugh Porter road race & 4,000m pursuit Wolverhampton Wheelers Mick Shea road race Hemel Hempstead CC Dave Watkins scratch & 1,000m sprint Wyndham CC Billy Whiteside 1 km time trial Kirkby CC

Diving

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsJohn Miles springboard & platform Highgate DC Brian Phelps springboard & platform Highgate DC , Dennis Young springboard Nelson Baths Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsFrances Cramp platform Isleworth Penguins SC Joy Newman platform slander Ladies DC Kathy Rowlatt springboard Leyton

Fencing

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsJohn Rayden sabre, sabre team London Fencing Club Ralph Cooperman sabre, sabre team Salle Paul Fencing Club , Bill Hoskyns épée, foil, foil & épée team Yeovil Fencing Club , , Peter Jacobs épée, épée team Thames Fencing Club Allan Jay foil, foil team Salle Paul Fencing Club , Richard Oldcorn sabre, sabre team Liverpool YMCA Graham Paul foil, foil team Salle Paul Fencing Club , John Pelling épée, épée team Grosvenor Fencing Club , Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsShirley Parker foil, foil team Polytechnic Fencing Club , Joyce Pearce foil, foil team London Fencing Club Janet Wardell-Yerburgh foil, foil team Polytechnic Fencing Club ,

Shooting

AthleteEventsMedalsRichard Cade fullbore rifle Queens prize Anthony Chivers 50m free pistol Tony Clark rapid fire pistol, centre fire pistol , Brian Girling rapid fire pistol, centre fire pistol Francis Little fullbore rifle Queens prize Peter Morgan 50m rifle prone Frank Pacey 50m rifle prone Charles Sexton 50m free pistol

Swimming

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsBob Apel 110 & 220y breaststroke Kettering ASC Keith Bewley 110 & 220y butterfly, relays Bootle SC , , Tony Davidson 110 & 220y backstroke Newcastle-under-Lyme SC John Gordon 220y breaststroke, 440y medley Otter SC, London Neil Jackson 110 & 220y backstroke, relay Southport SC , Tony Jarvis 440 & 1650y freestyle, relays Otter SC, London , Alan Kimber 400 & 1650y freestyle, 440y medley Southampton SC Bob Lord 110y freestyle, relay City of Coventry SC John Martin-Dye 110y freestyle, relay Penguin SC Jimmy Rogers 110 & 220y backstroke St James SC, Stoke Newington John Thurley 110 & 220y butterfly, 440y freestyle, relay Sutton and Cheam SC Malcolm Tucker 110 & 220y breaststroke, relay Southall SC , Michael Turner 110y freestyle, relays Stockport SC , , Andy Wilson 1650y freestyle St James SC, Stoke Newington Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsAnn Barner 110 & 220y butterfly York City Baths Club , Jeanette Cave 110 & 440y freestyle, relay Bristol Central SC Susan Cope relay Bristol Soundwell SC Mary-Anne Cotterill 110 & 220y butterfly Watford SC Janet Franklin 110 & 200y backstroke Taunton SCJudy Gegan 110y butterfly, relay Beckenham Ladies SC , Diana Harris 110 & 220y breaststroke, relay Beckenham Ladies SC , Darryl Jones 220y butterfly, 440y medley Hampstead Ladies SC Christine Kindon 110 & 220y backstroke West Hartlepool SC Liz Long 440y freestyle Ilford SC Linda Ludgrove 110 & 220y backstroke, relay Beckenham Ladies SC , , Stella Mitchell 110 & 220y breaststroke Heston SC Pauline Sillett 110y freestyle, relays Radcliffe SC , Jill Slattery 110 & 220y breaststroke Sheffield City SC , Judith Turnbull 440y medley West Hartlepool SC Diana Wilkinson 110y freestyle, relay Stockport SC Susan Williams 440y freestyle, 440y medley Exeter SC

Weightlifting

AthleteEventsClubMedals Sylvanus Blackman 82.5 kg light-heavyweight London Laurie Levine 75 kg middleweight Kentish Town George Manners 90 kg middle-heavyweight Bethnal Green Louis Martin 90 kg middle-heavyweight Derby Precious McKenzie 56 kg bantamweight Northampton George Newton 67.5 kg lightweight Putney Mike Pearman 82.5 kg light-heavyweight Kentish Town

Wrestling

AthleteEventsMedalsBert Aspen 62 kg featherweight Andy Bailey 57 kg bantamweight Stan Gilligan 68 kg lightweight Ronald Grinstead 82 kg middleweight Geoff Hill 90 kg light-heavyweight Denis McNamara 100 kg heavyweight Bert Owen 74 kg welterweight Alf Rhodes 52 kg flyweight

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