Australia at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Australia at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
in Kingston, Jamaica
Competitors	101 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: David Dickson [1] Closing:
Officials	23
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 23 Silver 28 Bronze 22 Total 73
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
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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.

Medallists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Noel Clough Athletics Men's 880 yards  Gold Ken Roche Athletics Men's 440 yards hurdles  Gold Lawrie Peckham Athletics Men's high jump  Gold Trevor Bickle Athletics Men's pole vault  Gold Dianne Burge Athletics Women's 100 yards  Gold Dianne Burge Athletics Women's 220 yards  Gold Judy Pollock Athletics Women's 440 yards  Gold Pam Kilborn Athletics Women's 80 metres hurdles  Gold Jenny Lamy Pam Kilborn Joyce Bennett Dianne Burge Athletics Women's 4 × 110 yards relay  Gold Michele Brown Athletics Women's high jump  Gold Margaret Parker Athletics Women's javelin throw  Gold Michael Wenden Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle  Gold Bob Windle Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle  Gold Ron Jackson Swimming Men's 1650 yards Freestyle  Gold Peter Reynolds Swimming Men's 110 yards Backstroke  Gold Peter Reynolds Swimming Men's 220 yards Backstroke  Gold Ian O'Brien Swimming Men's 110 yards Breaststroke  Gold Ian O'Brien Swimming Men's 220 yards Breaststroke  Gold Peter Reynolds Swimming Men's 440 yards Individual Medley  Gold David Dickson John Ryan Mike Wenden Bob Windle Swimming Men's 4×110 yards Freestyle Relay  Gold David Dickson Mike Wenden Peter Reynolds Bob Windle Swimming Men's 4×220 yards Freestyle Relay  Gold Kathy Wainright Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle  Gold George Vakakis Weightlifting Men's Light Heavyweight  Silver Ron Clarke Athletics Men's 3 miles  Silver Ron Clarke Athletics Men's 6 miles  Silver Kerry O'Brien Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase  Silver Nick Birks Athletics Men's javelin throw  Silver Jenny Lamy Athletics Women's 220 yards  Silver Judy Pollock Athletics Women's 880 yards  Silver Jean Roberts Athletics Women's discus throw  Silver Anna Bocson Athletics Women's javelin throw  Silver Darryl Norwood Boxing Men's Bantamweight  Silver Phillip Watts Bristow-Stagg Cycling Men's Time Trial  Silver John Bylsma Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit  Silver Hilton Clarke Cycling Men's 10 miles Scatch  Silver Don Wagstaff Diving Men's 3m Springboard  Silver Don Wagstaff Diving Men's 10m Platform  Silver Robyn Bradshaw Diving Women's 10m Platform  Silver Barry Wasley Brian McCowage John Humphreys Russell Hobby Fencing Men's Foil Team  Silver Brian McCowage Gabor Arato Laszlo Tornallyay Fencing Men's Sabre Team  Silver Jeanette Beauchamp Melody Coleman Walburga Winter Fencing Women's Foil Team  Silver Michael Papps Shooting Men's Rapid Fire Pistol  Silver John Bennett Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle  Silver Graham Dunn Swimming Men's 110 yards Butterfly  Silver Brett Hill Swimming Men's 220 yards Butterfly  Silver Lynette Bell Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle  Silver Jenny Thorn Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle  Silver Janet Steinbeck Jan Murphy Lynette Bell Marion Smith Swimming Women's 4×110 yards Freestyle Relay  Silver Jan Murphy Swimming Women's 440 yards Individual Medley  Silver Arthur Shannos Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight  Silver Kevin McGrath Wrestling Men's Bantamweight  Bronze Gary Eddy Allen Crawley Gary Holdsworth Peter Norman Athletics Men's 4 × 110 yards relay  Bronze Robyn Woodhouse Athletics Women's high jump  Bronze John Rakowski Boxing Men's Flyweight  Bronze Bryan Knoche Boxing Men's Light Welterweight  Bronze Dennis Booth Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight  Bronze Richard Hine Cycling Men's Time Trial  Bronze Richard Hine Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit  Bronze Daryl Perkins Cycling Men's Sprint  Bronze Chris Robb Diving Men's 3m Springboard  Bronze Chris Robb Diving Men's 10m Platform  Bronze Susan Knight Diving Women's 3m Springboard  Bronze Barry Wasley John Humphreys Peter Hardiman Russell Hobby Fencing Men's Épée Team  Bronze Gabor Arato Fencing Men's Sabre  Bronze John Murphy Shooting Men's Small Bore Rifle  Bronze David Dickson Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle  Bronze Karl Byron Swimming Men's 220 yards Backstroke  Bronze Jan Murphy Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle  Bronze Kim Herford Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle  Bronze Heather Saville Swimming Women's 110 yards Breaststroke  Bronze Allyson Mabb Heather Saville Jill Pauline Groeger Lynette Bell Swimming Women's 4×110 yards Medley Relay  Bronze Russell Pery Weightlifting Men's Middleweight  Bronze Michael Benarik Wrestling Men's Middleweight

Medals by sport Sport 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 Fencing 0 3 2 5 Boxing 0 1 3 4 Shooting 0 1 1 2 Wrestling 0 1 1 2 Total 23 28 22 73

Officials

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]

See also

• Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Flag bearers". Australian Web Archive . Archived from the original on 23 November 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
2. 1911–2010 Australia at the Commonwealth Games : Delhi 2010 XIX Commonwealth Games 3-14 October. Melbourne: Australian Commonwealth Games Association. 2010.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database