The men'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 at the Games later replaced by the 200 metres.

Medalists + Gold Silver BronzeStanley AlloteyEdwin RobertsDavid Ejoke

Results Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: -4.0 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: -5.7 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s, Heat 8: ? m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gary Holdsworth 21.8 Q 2 1 Bernard Nottage 21.8 Q 3 1 Clifton Bertrand 21.8 Q 4 1 Ross McKenzie 21.8 Q 5 1 Norman Chihota 22.3 6 1 Philip Musondu 22.3 7 1 Aggrey Jacobs 22.9 1 2 Edwin Roberts 21.4 Q 2 2 Sydney Asiodu 21.9 Q 3 2 Terrance Tomlinson 22.0 Q 4 2 Colin Thurton 22.9 Q 5 2 Edward Pratt 23.7 2 Ebenezer Addy 2 Lynn Davies 1 3 Peter Norman 21.7 Q 2 3 Winston Short 21.9 Q 3 3 George Collie 22.1 Q 4 3 Terry Davies 22.4 Q 5 3 Olaniyi Adekunle 22.7 6 3 Clement Cure 23.3 3 Kenneth Powell 1 4 Harry Jerome 21.7 Q 2 4 Mel Cheskin 21.9 Q 3 4 John Owiti 22.2 Q 4 4 E. Donkor 22.3 Q 5 4 Omubo Peters 22.5 6 4 Abdulai Conteh 22.8 7 4 Anthony Cadogan 23.2 1 5 Gary Eddy 21.8 Q 2 5 James Addy 22.0 Q 3 5 Dave Dear 22.1 Q 4 5 Keri Jones 22.3 Q 5 5 Franz Merven 23.0 6 5 Raymond Kargbo 23.2 1 6 David Ejoke 21.7 Q 2 6 Michael Fray 21.9 Q 3 6 Henry Noel 22.2 Q 4 6 David Jones 22.5 Q 5 6 Howard Davies 22.9 6 6 Victor Peters 23.4 7 6 Apmelody Kaumata 23.8 1 7 Menzies Campbell 21.4 Q 2 7 Manikavasagam Jegathesan 21.4 Q 3 7 Clifton Forbes 21.6 Q 4 7 Ajmer Singh 21.8 Q 5 7 Kevin Johnson 22.2 6 7 Johnny Kilpatrick 22.2 7 Gaston Clarenc 1 8 Stanley Allotey 20.9 Q 2 8 Tom Robinson 21.7 Q 3 8 Don Domansky 21.7 Q 4 8 Pablo McNeil 21.8 Q 5 8 Canagasabai Kunalan 22.2 6 8 Yassin Abdi 25.6 8 George Patton 8 Julius Sang

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gary Eddy 20.8 Q, GR 2 1 David Ejoke 21.0 Q 3 1 Manikavasagam Jegathesan 21.1 Q 4 1 James Addy 21.5 Q 5 1 David Jones 21.8 6 1 Ajmer Singh 21.8 7 1 Terrance Tomlinson 22.0 1 Clifton Bertrand 1 2 Harry Jerome 21.2 Q 2 2 Menzies Campbell 21.3 Q 3 2 Gary Holdsworth 21.3 Q 4 2 Winston Short 21.5 Q 5 2 Pablo McNeil 21.7 6 2 George Collie 21.8 7 2 Mel Cheskin 21.9 8 2 William Jones 22.0 1 3 Edwin Roberts 21.1 Q 2 3 Don Domansky 21.3 Q 3 3 Michael Fray 21.5 Q 4 3 John Owiti 21.9 Q 5 3 Sydney Asiodu 22.0 6 3 Terry Davies 22.0 7 3 E. Donkor 22.3 3 Tom Robinson 1 4 Stanley Allotey 20.7 Q, GR 2 4 Henry Noel 21.5 Q 3 4 Peter Norman 21.5 Q 4 4 Dave Dear 21.7 Q 5 4 Bernard Nottage 21.7 6 4 Clifton Forbes 21.8 7 4 Ross McKenzie 21.8 8 4 Colin Thurton 23.0

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s + Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Stanley Allotey 20.6 Q, GR 2 1 Edwin Roberts 20.8 Q 3 1 Don Domansky 21.0 Q 4 1 Manikavasagam Jegathesan 21.1 Q 5 1 Menzies Campbell 21.2 6 1 Peter Norman 21.2 7 1 Michael Fray 21.3 8 1 Dave Dear 21.8 1 2 Gary Eddy 21.1 Q 2 2 Harry Jerome 21.1 Q 3 2 David Ejoke 21.2 Q 4 2 Gary Holdsworth 21.3 Q 5 2 James Addy 21.5 6 2 Henry Noel 21.6 7 2 Winston Short 21.8 8 2 John Owiti 21.9

Final

Wind: +1.0 m/s + Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Stanley Allotey 20.65 GR Edwin Roberts 20.93 David Ejoke 20.95 4 Gary Eddy 21.05 5 Don Domansky 6 Gary Holdsworth 21.40 7 Harry Jerome 21.4 8 Manikavasagam Jegathesan 21.5

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