England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

England competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 - 13 August 1966.^[1][2]

England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in Kingston, Jamaica
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 33 Silver 24 Bronze 23 Total 80
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

England finished at the top of the medal table.

Medal table (top three)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	33	24	23	80
2	Australia	23	28	22	73
3	Canada	14	20	23	57
Totals (3 entries)		70	72	68	210

The athletes that competed are listed below.^[3]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Bill Adcocks	marathon	1 x silver
John Adey	440y, relay	1 x bronze
Fred Alsop	triple jump & long jump	1 x bronze
Brenda Bedford	shot put & discus
Lillian Board	440y
John Boulter	880y & 1 mile
Trevor Burton	pole vault
Chris Carter	880y
Mel Cheskin	220y, relay
Derek Clarke	decathlon
Pat Lowe-Cropper	880y
Dave Dear	220y, relay
Neill Duggan	1 mile
John FitzSimons	javelin	1 x gold
Roy Fowler	6 miles
Bob Frith	100y
Dave Gaskin	decathlon & long jump
Tim Graham	440y, relay	1 x bronze
Joy Grieveson	440y
Jill Hall	100y, relay	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
David Hemery	120y hurdles	1 x gold
Maurice Herriott	3,000m steeplechase
Ron Hill	6 miles
David Jones	220y, relay
Barrie Kelly	100y, relay
Brian Kilby	marathon
Gwenda Matthews	high jump & long jump
Bob McStocker	100y
Ray Middleton	20 mile walk	1 x silver
Mike Parker	120y hurdles	1 x silver
Howard Payne	hammer	1 x gold
Pam Piercy	440 & 880y
Sue Platt	javelin
Ernie Pomfret	3,000m steeplechase
Pat Pryce	80m hurdles
Mary Rand	80m hurdles, high jump & long jump	1 x gold
Allan Rushmer	3 miles	1 x bronze
Peter Seddon	hammer
John Sherwood	440y hurdles
Sheila Parkin	long jump	1 x silver
Dorothy Shirley	high jump	1 x silver
Ann Simmonds	80m hurdles, long jump & high jump
Alan Simpson	1 mile	1 x silver
Janet Simpson	100 & 220y, relay	1 x silver
Daphne Slater	100 & 220y, relay	1 x silver
Anne Smith	880y	1 x bronze
Gerald Stevens	3,000m steeplechase
Bill Tancred	discus & shot put
Laurie Taitt	120y hurdles
Dick Taylor	3 miles
Don Thompson	20 mile walk
Maureen Tranter	100 & 220y, relay	1 x silver
Dave Travis	javelin
Bruce Tulloh	3 miles, 6 miles
Michael Varah	880y
Ron Wallwork	20 mile walk	1 x gold
Peter Warden	440y hurdles, relay	2 x bronze
Deidre Watkinson	440 & 880y	1 x silver
Walter Wilkinson	1 mile
Bill Wilkinson	3 miles
Martin Winbolt-Lewis	440y, relay	1 x bronze
Robin Woodland	440y hurdles

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Angela Bairstow	singles, doubles, mixed	2 x gold, 1 x silver
Colin Beacom	singles, doubles. mixed
David Horton	singles, doubles, mixed	1 x bronze
Jenny Horton	singles, doubles, mixed	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Tony Jordan	singles, doubles, mixed	1 x silver
Roger Mills	singles, doubles, mixed	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Iris Rogers	singles, doubles, mixed	1 x silver
Ursula Smith	singles, doubles, mixed	1 x gold, 1 x bronze

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Bobby Arthur	67 kg welterweight	1 x silver
Johnny Clark	51 kg flyweight
Ken Cooper	57 kg featherweight
Billy Hiatt	63.5 kg light-welterweight
Mark Rowe	71 kg light-middleweight	1 x gold
Ron Thurston	60 kg lightweight	1 x silver
Roger Tighe	81 kg light-heavyweight	1 x gold
John Turpin	75 kg middleweight	1 x bronze

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Ian Alsop	scratch & 1 km time trial	1 x gold
Reg Barnett	1,000m sprint
Fred Booker	1,000m sprint & 1 km time trial	1 x silver
Trevor Bull	scratch	1 x bronze
John Clarey	road race
Harry Jackson	4,000m pursuit
Brendan McKeown	4,000m pursuit
Dave Nie	road race
Hugh Porter	road race & 4,000m pursuit
Mick Shea	road race
Dave Watkins	scratch & 1,000m sprint
Billy Whiteside	1 km time trial

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Frances Cramp	platform
John Thomas Miles	springboard & platform
Joy Newman	platform	1 x gold
Brian Phelps	springboard & platform	2 x gold
Kathy Rowlatt	springboard	1 x gold
Dennis Young	springboard

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
John Rayden	sabre, sabre team	1 x gold
Ralph Cooperman	sabre, sabre team	1 x gold
Bill Hoskyns	épée, foil, foil & épée team	3 gold, 1 x silver
Peter Jacobs	épée, épée team	1 x gold
Allan Jay	foil, foil team	2 x gold
Richard Oldcorn	sabre, sabre team	1 x gold
Shirley Parker	foil, foil team	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Graham Paul	foil, foil team	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Joyce Pearce	foil, foil team	1 x gold
John Pelling	épée, épée team	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Janet Wardell-Yerburgh	foil, foil team	2 x gold

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Richard Cade	fullbore rifle pair
Anthony Chivers	50m free pistol
Tony Clark	rapid fire pistol, centre fire pistol	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Brian Girling	rapid fire pistol, centre fire pistol
Francis Little	fullbore rifle pair
Peter Morgan	50m rifle prone
Frank Pacey	50m rifle prone
Charles Sexton	50m free pistol	1 x gold

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Bob Apel	110 & 220y breaststroke
Ann Barner	110 & 220y butterfly	2 x bronze
Keith Bewley	110 & 220y butterfly, relays	1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Jeanette Cave	110 & 440y freestyle, relay	1 x bronze
Susan Cope	relay	1 x bronze
Mary-Anne Cotterill	110 & 220y butterfly
Anthony Davidson	110 & 220y backstroke
Janet Franklin	110 & 200y backstroke	1 x bronze
Judy Gegan	110y butterfly, relay	1 gold, 1 x silver
John Gordon	220y breaststroke, 440y medley
Diana Harris	110 & 220y breaststroke, relay	2 x gold
Neil Jackson	110 & 220y backstroke, relay	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Tony Jarvis	440 & 1650y freestyle, relays	2 x bronze
Darryl L. Jones	220y butterfly, 440y medley
Alan Kimber	400 & 1650y freestyle, 440y medley
Christine Kindon	110 & 220y backstroke
Liz Long	440y freestyle
Bob Lord	110y freestyle, relay	1 x bronze
Linda Ludgrove	110 & 220y backstroke, relay	3 x gold
John Martin-Dye	110y freestyle, relay	1 x bronze
Stella Mitchell	110 & 220y breaststroke	1 x silver
James Rogers	110 & 220y backstroke
Pauline Sillett	110y freestyle, relays	1 gold, 1 x bronze
Jill Slattery	110 & 220y breaststroke	1 gold, 1 x silver
John Thurley	110 & 220y butterfly, 440y freestyle, relay	1 x bronze
Malcolm Tucker	110 & 220y breaststroke, relay	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Judith Turnbull	440y medley
Michael Turner	110y freestyle, relays	1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Diana Wilkinson	110y freestyle, relay	1 x bronze
Susan Williams	440y freestyle, 440y medley
Andrew F. Wilson	1650y freestyle

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Sylvanus Blackman	82.5 kg light-heavyweight	1 x silver
Laurie Levine	75 kg middleweight
George Manners	90 kg middle-heavyweight	1 x silver
Louis Martin	90 kg middle-heavyweight	1 x gold
Precious McKenzie	56 kg bantamweight	1 x gold
George Newton	67.5 kg lightweight	1 x silver
Mike Pearman	82.5 kg light-heavyweight	1 x bronze

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Bert Aspen	62 kg featherweight	1 x bronze
Andrew Bailey	57 kg bantamweight
Stan Gilligan	68 kg lightweight
Ronald Grinstead	82 kg middleweight
Geoffrey Hill	90 kg light-heavyweight
Denis McNamara	100 kg heavyweight	1 x bronze
Herbert Owen	74 kg welterweight
Alfred Rhodes	52 kg flyweight