Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 220 yards explained

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.^[1] It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 200 metres.

Results

Heats

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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			21.8	Q
2	1			21.8	Q
3	1			21.8	Q
4	1			21.8	Q
5	1			22.3
6	1			22.3
7	1			22.9
1	2			21.4	Q
2	2			21.9	Q
3	2			22.0	Q
4	2			22.9	Q
5	2			23.7
	2
	2
1	3			21.7	Q
2	3			21.9	Q
3	3			22.1	Q
4	3			22.4	Q
5	3			22.7
6	3			23.3
	3
1	4			21.7	Q
2	4			21.9	Q
3	4			22.2	Q
4	4	E. Donkor		22.3	Q
5	4			22.5
6	4			22.8
7	4			23.2
1	5			21.8	Q
2	5			22.0	Q
3	5			22.1	Q
4	5			22.3	Q
5	5			23.0
6	5			23.2
1	6			21.7	Q
2	6			21.9	Q
3	6			22.2	Q
4	6			22.5	Q
5	6			22.9
6	6			23.4
7	6			23.8
1	7			21.4	Q
2	7			21.4	Q
3	7			21.6	Q
4	7			21.8	Q
5	7			22.2
6	7			22.2
	7
1	8			20.9	Q
2	8			21.7	Q
3	8			21.7	Q
4	8			21.8	Q
5	8			22.2
6	8			25.6
	8
	8

Quarterfinals

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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			20.8	Q, GR
2	1			21.0	Q
3	1			21.1	Q
4	1			21.5	Q
5	1			21.8
6	1			21.8
7	1			22.0
	1
1	2			21.2	Q
2	2			21.3	Q
3	2			21.3	Q
4	2			21.5	Q
5	2			21.7
6	2			21.8
7	2			21.9
8	2			22.0
1	3			21.1	Q
2	3			21.3	Q
3	3			21.5	Q
4	3			21.9	Q
5	3			22.0
6	3			22.0
7	3	E. Donkor		22.3
	3
1	4			20.7	Q, GR
2	4			21.5	Q
3	4			21.5	Q
4	4			21.7	Q
5	4			21.7
6	4			21.8
7	4			21.8
8	4			23.0

Semifinals

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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			20.6	Q, GR
2	1			20.8	Q
3	1			21.0	Q
4	1			21.1	Q
5	1			21.2
6	1			21.2
7	1			21.3
8	1			21.8
1	2			21.1	Q
2	2			21.1	Q
3	2			21.2	Q
4	2			21.3	Q
5	2			21.5
6	2			21.6
7	2			21.8
8	2			21.9

Final

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Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			20.65	GR
			20.93
			20.95
4			21.05
5
6			21.40
7			21.4
8			21.5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . thecgf.com . 22 July 2020.
2. News: Heats, Quarterfinals & Semifinals results . 22 July 2020 . . 10 August 1966 . 19.
3. News: Final results . 22 July 2020 . . 13 August 1966 . 10.