Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Convention Hall, National Arena
Location	Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica
Dates	4 to 13 August 1966
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Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the inaugural appearance for badminton at the Commonwealth Games. ^[1]

Badminton and shooting were added to the Games because two sports; lawn bowls and rowing were dropped due to lack of facilities. ^[2]

The badminton events took place at the Convention Hall in the National Arena, in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 9 August 1966.

England topped the badminton medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals. ^[3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	3	2	2	7
2	Malaysia	2	2	1	5
3	Canada	0	1	0	1
4	India	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

Medal winners

Medallists by event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Tan Aik Huang	Yew Cheng Hoe	Dinesh Khanna
Men's doubles	Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	David Horton & Roger Mills
Women's singles	Angela Bairstow	Sharon Whittaker	Ursula Smith
Women's doubles	Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong
Mixed doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton	Bob McCoig & Muriel Ferguson

Final results

Results of final matches

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Tan Aik Huang	Yew Cheng Hoe	15–8, 15–8
Women's singles	Angela Bairstow	Sharon Whittaker	11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	15–14, 15–5
Women's doubles	Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton	7-15, 15–8, 15–12

Results

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Men's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Tan Aik Huang	15	15
	16	Nandu Natekar	5	10				Huang		15	15
	8	Wayne Macdonnell	15	15				Macdonnell		10	6
	9	Yeo Ah Seng	9	12											Huang		15	15
	5	Bob McCoig	15	15											McCoig		10	7
	12	George Robotham	4	9				McCoig		15	15
	4	Tan Yee Khan	15	15				Khan		7	13
	13	Colin Beacom	7	4																		Huang		15	15
	6	Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15																		Hoe		8	8
	11	Yves Paré	10	8				Hoe		15	15
	3	Suresh Goel	15	15				Goel		6	10
	14	Howard Jennings	3	2											Hoe		15	15				Bronze medal match
	7	Dinesh Khanna	15	15											Khanna		6	12
	10	Edward Paterson	10	4				Khanna		15	15											McCoig		8	7
	2	Roger Mills	15	15				Mills		3	11											Khanna		15	15
	15	Peter Seaman	6	1

Women's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Angela Bairstow	11	11
	16	Sheila Phillips	0	0				Bairstow		11	11
	8	Patricia Espley	3	11	12			Epsley		6	2
	9	Alison Glenie	11	8	10										Bairstow		11	11
	5	Ursula Smith	11	11											Smith		7	3
	12	Muriel Ferguson	1	7				Smith		11	11
	4	Alison Daysmith	4	11	12			Daysmith		1	5
	13	Rosalind Singha Ang	11	7	9																	Bairstow		11	11
	6	Sharon Whittaker	11	11																		Whittaker		5	3
	11	Iris Rogers	6	2				Whittaker		15	15
	3	Christine Bennett	w/o					Bennett		0	3
	14	D Ball	scr												Whittaker		4	11	11			Third place
	7	Jenny Horton	11	12											Horton		11	4	7
	10	Judy Humber	5	10				Horton		11	11											Smith		11	11
	2	Teoh Siew Yong	11	11				Siew Yong		5	5											Horton		8	1
	15	Joy Nancy Twining	4	4

Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	15	15
		Howard Jennings Peter Seaman	10	11
								Boon Bee Yee Khan		15	15
								Mills Horton		11	9
		Roger Mills David Horton	15	16	15
		Omar Ibrahim Ah Seng Yeo	5	17	5
															Boon Bee Yee Khan		8	5
															Huang Hoe		15	15
		Tan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15
		Donald Higgins Richard Purser	7	7
								Huang Hoe		15	15				Third place
								Jordan Beacom		2	11
		Tony Jordan Colin Beacom	15	1	15										Mills Horton		15	12	18
		Mac Henderson Bob McCoig	10	15	11										Jordan Beacom		9	15	17

Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Jenny Horton Ursula Smith	15	15
		Pauline Lamon Christine Bennett	0	0
								Horton Smith		18	15
								Siew Yong Ang		13	6
		Teoh Siew Yong Rosalind Singha Ang	15	15
		Cathie Dunglison Muriel Ferguson	12	1
															Horton Smith		15	15
															Bairstow Rogers		7	7
		Angela Bairstow Iris Rogers	15	15
		Kay Marie Nesbit Jay Nancy Twining	7	13
								Bairstow Rogers		15	15				Third place
								Glenie Simpson		2	10
		Alison Glenie Gaynor Simpson	17	15											Siew Yong Ang		15	15
		Alison Daysmith Judy Humber	16	10											Glenie Simpson		11	9

Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Roger Mills Angela Bairstow	15	15
		Tan Yee Khan Rosalind Singha Ang	7	12
								Mills Bairstow		15	15
								Paterson Whittaker		10	8
		Rolf Paterson Sharon Whittaker	15	15
		Mac Henderson Cathie Dunglison	11	9
															Mills Bairstow		7	15	15
															Jordan Horton		15	8	12
		Tony Jordan Jenny Horton	15	15
		Ng Boon Bee Teoh Siew Yong	4	2
								Jordan Horton		15	15				Third place
								McCoig Ferguson		8	6
		Bob McCoig Muriel Ferguson	15	15											McCoig Ferguson		15	15
		Edward Paterson Alison Daysmith	8	2											Paterson Whittaker		7	4

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