Men's 6 miles at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Independence Park, Kingston | |||||||||
Dates | August 6, 1966 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 yd | men | women |
220 yd | men | women |
440 yd | men | women |
880 yd | men | women |
1 mile | men | |
3 miles | men | |
6 miles | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
120 yd hurdles | men | |
440 yd hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 110 yd relay | men | women |
4 × 440 yd relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 miles walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The men's 6 miles event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] [2] It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 10,000 metres.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Naftali Temu | Kenya | 27:14.21 | GR | |
Ron Clarke | Australia | 27:39.42 | ||
Jim Alder | Scotland | 28:15.4 | ||
4 | Pascal Mfyomi | Tanzania | 28:38.0 | |
5 | Ron Hill | England | 28:42.6 | |
6 | Dave Ellis | Canada | 28:55.4 | |
7 | Fergus Murray | Scotland | 29:40.0 | |
8 | Andrew Boychuk | Canada | 29:54.0 | |
9 | Bill Baillie | New Zealand | 30:01.0 | |
10 | John Mowatt | Jamaica | 31:13.4 | |
11 | Harry Prowell | Guyana | 31:24.0 | |
Tony Cook | Australia | DNF | ||
Robert Lightburn | British Honduras | DNF | ||
Glenford Robinson | Jamaica | DNF | ||
Bruce Tulloh | England | DNS | ||
Roy Fowler | England | DNS | ||
Stanley Vennard | Northern Ireland | DNS | ||
Rupasinghe Perera | Ceylon | DNS |
The men's 4 × 110 yards relay event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 4 × 100 metres relay.
The women's 4 × 110 yards relay event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 14 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 4 × 100 metres relay.
The men's 4 × 440 yards relay event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 4 × 400 metres relay.
The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 100 metres hurdles.
The women's 880 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 800 metres.
The men's 1 mile event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games, being replaced subsequently by the 1500 metres.
The men's 440 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 11 August 1966 at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 400 metres.
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. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 200 metres.
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. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 200 metres.
The women's 440 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the first and last time that this imperial distance was contested at the Games for women later replaced by the 400 metres.
The men's 880 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 800 metres.
The men's 440 yards hurdles event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 400 metres hurdles.
The women's 100 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 100 metres.
The men's 100 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 100 metres.
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
The men's 20 miles walk event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 5 August in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the first time that racewalking was held at the Games.
The men's high jump event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
The women's shot put event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
The men's javelin throw event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
The men's decathlon event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the first time that combined events were held at the Games.