The women'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: in 1970 it was replaced by the 200 metres.

Medalists + Gold Silver BronzeDianne BurgeJenny LamyIrene Piotrowski

Results Heats

Qualification for semifinal The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind speeds Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +1.9 m/s, Heat 5: +0.6 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Marjorie Turner 24.6 Q 2 1 Una Morris 24.7 Q 3 1 Gloria Dourass 25.3 Q 4 1 Sigrid Sandiford 25.5 5 1 Maria Jinadu 25.5 1 2 Jenny Lamy 24.2 Q 2 2 Maureen Tranter 24.2 Q 3 2 Janet Maddin 24.9 Q 4 2 Jocelyn Haynes 25.3 5 2 Ana Ramacake 25.3 6 2 Esther Maganga 26.3 7 2 Teresa Johnson 26.5 1 3 Judy Pollock 24.1 Q 2 3 Janet Simpson 24.2 Q 3 3 Elizabeth Gill 24.6 Q 4 3 Lorna McGarvey 24.9 q 5 3 Olajumoke Bodunrin 25.5 6 3 Barbara Lyall 25.7 7 3 Thora Best 25.9 8 3 Lydia Stephens 26.2 1 4 Joyce Bennett 24.2 Q 2 4 Vilma Charlton 24.6 Q 3 4 Valerie Parker 24.8 Q 4 4 Elizabeth Parsons 25.0 5 4 Oyeronke Akindele 25.1 6 4 Octavia Straker 25.2 1 5 Dianne Burge 24.5 Q 2 5 Daphne Slater 24.8 Q 3 5 Irene Piotrowski 25.0 Q 4 5 Thelwyn Appleby 25.5 5 5 Millicent Jackson 27.6 5 Adlin Mair 5 Regina Okafor

Semifinals

Qualification The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Wind speed Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Dianne Burge 24.0 Q 2 1 Una Morris 24.1 Q 3 1 Judy Pollock 24.2 Q 4 1 Janet Simpson 24.2 Q 5 1 Marjorie Turner 24.3 6 1 Janet Maddin 24.5 7 1 Daphne Slater 24.7 8 1 Gloria Dourass 25.4 1 2 Jenny Lamy 24.1 Q 2 2 Irene Piotrowski 24.1 Q 3 2 Joyce Bennett 24.1 Q 4 2 Vilma Charlton 24.4 Q 5 2 Maureen Tranter 24.5 6 2 Elizabeth Gill 24.8 7 2 Valerie Parker 25.0 8 2 Lorna McGarvey 25.5

Final

Wind speed +1.0 m/s

+ Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Dianne Burge 23.73 Jenny Lamy 23.86 Irene Piotrowski 23.92 4 Judy Pollock 24.14 5 Joyce Bennett 24.16 6 Una Morris 24.3 7 Vilma Charlton 24.4 8 Janet Simpson 24.6

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