Cga: | AUS |
Cganame: | Australian Commonwealth Games Association |
Games: | British Empire and Commonwealth Games |
Year: | 1966 |
Location: | Kingston, Jamaica |
Competitors: | 101 |
Sports: | 10 |
Flagbearer: | Opening: David Dickson[1] Closing: |
Rank: | 2 |
Gold: | 23 |
Silver: | 28 |
Bronze: | 22 |
Officials: | 23 |
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.
The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Men's 880 yards | |||
Men's 440 yards hurdles | |||
Men's high jump | |||
Men's pole vault | |||
Women's 100 yards | |||
Women's 220 yards | |||
Women's 440 yards | |||
Women's 80 metres hurdles | |||
Women's 4 × 110 yards relay | |||
Women's high jump | |||
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 | ||
Swimming | Men's 4×110 yards Freestyle Relay | ||
Swimming | Men's 4×220 yards Freestyle Relay | ||
Swimming | Women's 440 yards Freestyle | ||
Weightlifting | Men's Light Heavyweight | ||
Men's 3 miles | |||
Men's 6 miles | |||
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | |||
Men's javelin throw | |||
Women's 220 yards | |||
Women's 880 yards | |||
Women's discus throw | |||
Women's javelin throw | |||
Men's Bantamweight | |||
Men's Time Trial | |||
Men's Individual Pursuit | |||
Men's 10 miles Scatch | |||
Men's 3m Springboard | |||
Men's 10m Platform | |||
Women's 10m Platform | |||
Brian McCowage John Humphreys Russell Hobby | Men's Foil Team | ||
Gabor Arato Laszlo Tornallyay | Men's Sabre Team | ||
Melody Coleman Walburga Winter | Women's Foil Team | ||
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 | ||
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 | Men's 4 × 110 yards relay | ||
Women's high jump | |||
Men's Flyweight | |||
Men's Light Welterweight | |||
Men's Light Heavyweight | |||
Men's Time Trial | |||
Men's Individual Pursuit | |||
Men's Sprint | |||
Men's 3m Springboard | |||
Men's 10m Platform | |||
Women's 3m Springboard | |||
Men's Épée Team | |||
Men's Sabre | |||
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 | ||
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Medals by sport | ||||||||
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Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | ||||
Swimming | 11 | 7 | 6 | 23 | ||||
Athletics | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 | ||||
Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Cycling | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Diving | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
Boxing | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Total | 23 | 28 | 22 | 73 |
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[2]