New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	NZL
Cganame:	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Games:	British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Year:	1966
Location:	Kingston, Jamaica
Competitors:	60
Flagbearer:	Opening: Don Oliver Closing:
Rank:	4
Gold:	8
Silver:	5
Bronze:	13
Officials:	18

New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 60 competitors and 18 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Kingston, Jamaica, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Don Oliver. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 26 medals, eight of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1966, with a total of 26 medals, including eight gold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's discus throw
			Men's 3000 m steeplechase
			Men's decathlon
			Women's discus throw
			Women's shot put
			Men's heavyweight
			Men's 220 yards butterfly
			Men's heavyweight
			Men's shot put
			Men's road race
			Open 50 m rifle prone
			Men's 110 yards breaststroke
			Men's 220 yards breaststroke
			Men's 20 mile road walk
			Men's marathon
			Men's 1 mile
			Men's discus throw
			Men's bantamweight
			Men's road race
			Women's individual foil
			Women's team foil
			Open fullbore rifle Queen's Prize
			Women's 220 yards breaststroke
			Women's 220 yards backstroke
			Men's 4 × 110 yards medley relay
			Men's lightweight

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	5	1	4	10
	1	2	3	6
	1	0	1	2
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	1	2
	0	1	1	2
	0	0	2	2
	0	0	1	1
Total	8	5	13	26

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Male	6	4	8	18
Female	2	0	4	6
Mixed / open	0	1	1	2
Total	8	5	13	26

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	13	4	17
Badminton	2	2	4
Boxing	4		4
Cycling	8		8
Diving	1	0	1
Fencing	5	3	8
Shooting	4	0	4
Swimming	5	4	9
Weightlifting	3		3
Wrestling	2		2
Total	47	13	60

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Bill Baillie	align=left	Men's 3 miles
align=left	Men's 6 miles	30:01.0	9
align=left	Men's marathon
align=left	Roger Johnson	align=left	Men's 440 yards hurdles	51.7	4 Q	56.0	7
align=left	Jeff Julian	align=left	Men's marathon	2:32:45.4	5
align=left rowspan=2	Brenda Matthews	align=left	Women's 80 m hurdles	11.1	3 Q	11.3	7
align=left	Women's 100 yards	10.9	3 Q	10.8	6	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Geoff Pyne	align=left	Men's 1 mile	4:04.5	3 Q	4:03.2	10
align=left	Men's 3 miles	13:18.6	9
align=left	Norman Read	align=left	Men's 20 mile walk	2:46:28.2
align=left	Mike Ryan	align=left	Men's marathon	2:27:59.0
align=left	Marise Stephen	align=left	Women's 880 yards	2:06.6	1 Q	2:05.9	6
align=left rowspan=2	Ian Studd	align=left	Men's 1 mile	4:09.5	4 Q	3:58.4
align=left	Men's 3 miles	13:25.8	10
align=left	Peter Welsh	align=left	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:29.6

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Diane Charteris	align=left	Women's discus throw	126feet	8
align=left	Women's shot put	46feet	5
align=left	Bob Hargreaves	align=left	Men's shot put	53feet	5
align=left rowspan=2	Les Mills	align=left	Men's discus throw	184feet
align=left	Men's shot put	60feet
align=left rowspan=2	Dave Norris	align=left	Men's long jump	24feet	7
align=left	Men's triple jump	50feet	5
align=left rowspan=2	Robin Tait	align=left	Men's discus throw	180feet
align=left	Men's shot put	53feet	6
align=left rowspan=2	Valerie Young	align=left	Women's discus throw	163feet
align=left	Women's shot put	54feet

Combined

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alison Glenie	Women's singles		L 11–3 8–11 10–12	did not advance
Don Higgins	Men's singles	L 15–9 7–15 1–15	did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	L 15–5 13–18 14–17	did not advance
Gaynor Simpson	Women's singles	L 3–11 11–7 9–11	did not advance
Alison Glenie Gaynor Simpson	Women's doubles			W 17–16 15–10	L 1–15 10–15	L 11–15 9–15	4
Don Higgins Richard Purser	Men's doubles			L 7–15 7–15	did not advance
Alison Glenie Richard Purser	Mixed doubles		L 4–15 15–11 8–15	did not advance
Gaynor Simpson Don Higgins	Mixed doubles	W 15–5 10–15 15–7	L 10–15 7–15	did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	width=150	Round of 16	width=150	Quarterfinal	width=150	Semifinal	width=150	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Wayne Young	Flyweight		L	did not advance
Brian Kendall	Bantamweight	W	W	L	Did not advance
Paul Domney	Lightweight	L	did not advance
Bill Kini	Heavyweight		W	W	W

Cycling

Road

Men's road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Laurie Byers	5:12:19.8
Tino Tabak	5:40:00.6	15
Des Thomson	5:12:01.2
Richie Thomson	5:39:59.4	14

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Bigwood	W 12.9		L	did not progress
Les Booth	W 12.6		L	did not progress

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Dave Comparini	1:15.21	9
Graham Wright	1:11.50	5

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit

Athlete	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result
Dave Comparini	5:11.7	6 Q	L 5:22.8	did not advance
Graham Wright	5:15.1	7 Q	L 5:21.3	did not advance

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Time	Rank
John Bigwood
Les Booth	Finished	Unplaced
Graham Wright

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Fencing

Men

Individual

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool			Semifinal pool			Final pool
		Wins	Defeats	Rank	Wins	Defeats	Rank	Wins	Defeats	Rank
Bob Binning	Individual épée	1	4	6	did not advance
Individual sabre	4	2	3 Q	2	3	3 Q	3	4	6
Michael Henderson	Individual foil	3	2	3 Q	3	2	3 Q	3	4	6
Individual sabre	2	4	6	did not advance
Keith Mann	Individual épée	2	4	5	did not advance
Individual foil	1	5	–	did not advance
Richard Peterson	Individual épée	2	4	=5	did not advance
Brian Pickworth	Individual foil	3	2	3 Q	3	2	3 Q	4	3	5
Individual sabre	3	2	3 Q	3	1	3 Q	3	4	5

Team

Athletes	Event	Elimination pool		Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bob Binning Keith Mann Richard Peterson	Team épée	L 4–5	L 2–5	did not advance
Michael Henderson Keith Mann Brian Pickworth	Team foil	W 6–3	W 6–3	L 3–5	L 1–5	4
Bob Binning Michael Henderson Brian Pickworth	Team sabre	W 6–3	W 5–1	L 3–5	L 3–5	4

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool			Final pool
		Wins	Defeats	Rank	Wins	Defeats	Rank
Joyce Fenton	Individual foil	2	4	5	did not advance
Pam French	Individual foil	2	4	6	did not advance
Gaye McDermit	Individual foil	4	3	3 Q	4	3

Team

Shooting

Open small bore rifle

Athlete	Points	Rank
Don Wild	582	6
Brian Lacey	585

Open full bore rifle

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
	Stage 1	Stage 2	Total points	Rank	Stage 3	Total points	Rank
Maurie Gordon	100	143	243	=5 Q	135	378	5
Tom Sutherland	100	144	244	=3 Q	137	381

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Hilton Brown	align=left	Men's 110 yd backstroke	1:05.8	=9	did not progress
align=left	Men's 220 yd backstroke	2:21.1	6 Q	2:19.8	5
align=left rowspan=2	Dave Gerrard	align=left	Men's 110 yd butterfly	1:01.8	4 Q	1:02.1	6
align=left	Men's 220 yd butterfly	2:15.3	3 Q	2:12.7
align=left rowspan=2	Tony Graham	align=left	Men's 110 yd breaststroke	1:13.8	2 Q	1:12.9
align=left	Men's 220 yd breaststroke	2:39.4	2 Q	2:36.9
align=left rowspan=2	Vivien Haddon	align=left	Women's 110 yd breaststroke	1:19.7	1 Q	1:21.9	4
align=left	Women's 220 yd breaststroke		Q	2:53.9
align=left rowspan=2	Heather Kerr	align=left	Women's 110 yd butterfly	1:13.0	10	did not progress
align=left	Women's 220 yd butterfly	2:39.3	4 Q	2:36.4	4
align=left rowspan=4	Margaret Macrae	align=left	Women's 110 yd backstroke	1:13.9	7 Q	1:13.8	7
align=left	Women's 220 yd backstroke	2:37.7	4 Q	2:34.7
align=left	Women's 440 yd freestyle	5:04.4	9	did not progress
align=left	Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley	5:44.2	8 Q
align=left rowspan=3	Paddy O'Carroll	align=left	Men's 110 yd backstroke	1:04.9	5 Q	1:04.4	4
align=left	Men's 220 yd backstroke	2:21.9	7 Q	2:20.9	6
align=left	Men's 110 yd freestyle	58.4	14	did not progress
align=left rowspan=4	Allan Seagar	align=left	Men's 220 yd backstroke	2:22.2	8 Q	2:25.1	8
align=left	Men's 110 yd breaststroke	1:14.5	4 Q	1:13.9	4
align=left	Men's 220 yd breaststroke	2:40.8	4 Q	2:41.6	4
align=left	Men's 4 × 110 yd individual medley	5:03.6	4 Q	5:07.0	4
align=left rowspan=3	Tui Shipston	align=left	Women's 110 yd backstroke	1:17.4	11	did not progress
align=left	Women's 220 yd backstroke	2:46.2	10	did not progress
align=left	Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley	5:48.8	9	5:49.3	8
align=left	Hilton Brown Tony Graham Dave Gerrard Paddy O'Carroll	align=left	Men's 4 × 110 yd medley relay	4:17.5
align=left	Margaret Macrae Vivien Haddon Heather Kerr Tui Shipston	align=left	Women's 4 × 110 yd medley relay	4:57.7	5

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Jerk	Total	Rank
Bruce Cameron	Featherweight	181lb	199lb	260lb	640lb	8
John Bolton	Middleweight	NaNlb	NaNlb	NaNlb	NaNlb	6
Don Oliver	Heavyweight	NaNlb	303lb	NaNlb	NaNlb

Wrestling

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Neil Scott	Featherweight	L	L	Eliminated		=5
Tony Greig	Lightweight	W		L	D

Officials

Team officials included:^[1]

• Manager – Ron Shakespeare
• Assistant manager – Ashley Taylor
• Chaperone – Pat Cheesman
• Medical officer – Mayne Smeeton
• Athletics
  • Section manager – J. Hutchinson
  • Coach – Frank Sharpley
• Badminton section manager – Valentine Arthur Horne
• Boxing section manager – Dick Dunn
• Cycling
  • Section manager – Merv Gamble
  • Coach – John Peoples
• Fencing section manager – Brian Hampton
• Shooting section manager – J. M. Ross
• Swimming and diving
  • Section manager – A. J. Donaldson
  • Coach – Morry Doidge
• Weightlifting section manager – Tony George
• Wrestling section manager – Barrie Courtney

See also

• • New Zealand Olympic Committee New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics

External links

• NZOC website on the 1966 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website

Notes and References

1. Book: New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica . 1966 . New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department . Wellington.

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