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

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

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Dianne Burge	Jenny Lamy	Irene Piotrowski

Results

Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
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			24.6	Q
2	1			24.7	Q
3	1			25.3	Q
4	1			25.5
5	1			25.5
1	2			24.2	Q
2	2			24.2	Q
3	2			24.9	Q
4	2			25.3
5	2			25.3
6	2			26.3
7	2			26.5
1	3			24.1	Q
2	3			24.2	Q
3	3			24.6	Q
4	3			24.9	q
5	3			25.5
6	3			25.7
7	3			25.9
8	3			26.2
1	4			24.2	Q
2	4			24.6	Q
3	4			24.8	Q
4	4			25.0
5	4			25.1
6	4			25.2
1	5			24.5	Q
2	5			24.8	Q
3	5			25.0	Q
4	5			25.5
5	5			27.6
	5
	5

Semifinals

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

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			24.0	Q
2	1			24.1	Q
3	1			24.2	Q
4	1			24.2	Q
5	1			24.3
6	1			24.5
7	1			24.7
8	1			25.4
1	2			24.1	Q
2	2			24.1	Q
3	2			24.1	Q
4	2			24.4	Q
5	2			24.5
6	2			24.8
7	2			25.0
8	2			25.5

Final

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Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			23.73
			23.86
			23.92
4			24.14
5			24.16
6			24.3
7			24.4
8			24.6

Notes and References

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