Australia competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. It was Australia's eighth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.
Australia won medals in nine of the ten sports that it entered.
Medallists The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's 880 yards Athletics Men's 440 yards hurdles Athletics Men's high jump Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Women's 100 yards Athletics Women's 220 yards Athletics Women's 440 yards Athletics Women's 80 metres hurdles Pam Kilborn Joyce Bennett Dianne Burge Athletics Women's 4 × 110 yards relay Athletics Women's high jump Athletics Women's javelin throw Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 1650 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 110 yards Backstroke Swimming Men's 220 yards Backstroke Swimming Men's 110 yards Breaststroke Swimming Men's 220 yards Breaststroke Swimming Men's 440 yards Individual Medley John Ryan Mike Wenden Bob Windle Swimming Men's 4×110 yards Freestyle Relay Mike Wenden Peter Reynolds Bob Windle Swimming Men's 4×220 yards Freestyle Relay Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle Weightlifting Men's Light Heavyweight Athletics Men's 3 miles Athletics Men's 6 miles Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Athletics Men's javelin throw Athletics Women's 220 yards Athletics Women's 880 yards Athletics Women's discus throw Athletics Women's javelin throw Boxing Men's Bantamweight Cycling Men's Time Trial Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit Cycling Men's 10 miles Scatch Diving Men's 3m Springboard Diving Men's 10m Platform Diving Women's 10m Platform Brian McCowage John Humphreys Russell Hobby Fencing Men's Foil Team Gabor Arato Laszlo Tornallyay Fencing Men's Sabre Team Melody Coleman Walburga Winter Fencing Women's Foil Team Shooting Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 110 yards Butterfly Swimming Men's 220 yards Butterfly Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle Jan Murphy Lynette Bell Marion Smith Swimming Women's 4×110 yards Freestyle Relay Swimming Women's 440 yards Individual Medley Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight Wrestling Men's Bantamweight Allen Crawley Gary Holdsworth Peter Norman Athletics Men's 4 × 110 yards relay Athletics Women's high jump Boxing Men's Flyweight Boxing Men's Light Welterweight Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight Cycling Men's Time Trial Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit Cycling Men's Sprint Diving Men's 3m Springboard Diving Men's 10m Platform Diving Women's 3m Springboard John Humphreys Peter Hardiman Russell Hobby Fencing Men's Épée Team Fencing Men's Sabre Shooting Men's Small Bore Rifle Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 220 yards Backstroke Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 110 yards Breaststroke Heather Saville Jill Pauline Groeger Lynette Bell Swimming Women's 4×110 yards Medley Relay Weightlifting Men's Middleweight Wrestling Men's Middleweight
| width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sportSport Swimming117623Athletics118221Weightlifting1113Cycling0336Diving0336Fencing 0325Boxing0134Shooting0112Wrestling0112Total23282273
Officials Commandant & General Manager: Bill Young Assistant General Manager: Arthur Tunstall Team Secretary: David McKenzie Attache & Medical Officer: Dr Roger Parrish Physiotherapists: Leslie Bridges, Thomas Dobson Section Officials: Athletics Manager – Frederick Humphreys, Athletics Manageress – Mary Breen, Athletics Coaches – Kevin Dynan, Jack Pross; Badminton Competitor/Manager – Kenneth Turner; Boxing Manager/Coach – Harold Napper; Cyycling Manager – Charles Manins, Cycling Coach/Trainer – Harry Browne; Fencing Coach/Manager – Ivan Lund; Shooting Competitor/Manager – James Kirkwood; Swimming Manager – Ray McNamara, Swimming Manageresss – Leah Phillips, Swimming Men's Coach – Don Talbot, Swimming Women's Coach – Terry Gathercole; Diving Coach – Jack Barnett; Weightlifting Manager/Coach – Les Martyn; Wrestling Manager/Coach – Hugh Williams
See also Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
References
External links Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database